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The code is a mess right now, but it'll get better I promise. You can also help with that.\n\nWe didn't build this to make money. We genuinely did it because we were looking for it, and couldn't find it.\n\nWe're in fact in the process of fundraising for a company, and at first glance the process looks simple. Just an excel sheet will do! 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Definitely needs the educational hints for people who are newbies, but that is obvious and you probably already have it on your…",[104,108],{"value":105,"source":53,"evidence":106},"Only supports post-money SAFEs and priced rounds, no down rounds or liquidation preferences",[107],{"id":56},{"value":109,"source":73,"evidence":110},"Breaks or shows NaN results in some scenarios such as down rounds or late series",[111,115,119],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"39121652","tantalor","Clicked a few buttons and got \"You kept NaN% equity... You get $NaN\" That's a surprising result, and not very user friendly. Some ideas to make it better: - make it impossible to…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"39129571","throwaw33333434","It breaks when you do a down round. 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