What Y Combinator and Techstars Actually Take in 2026
YC now takes 7% for $125,000 plus an uncapped safe; Techstars takes 5% for $20,000…
Startups & Funding
Startups & Funding
Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital: The Real Trade-Offs
Venture capital is priced for outcomes that rarely happen. Here is what the return data…
Startups & Funding
Cap Tables and Dilution: The Math Founders Get Wrong
The option pool shuffle, pro rata rights and the liquidation preference stack decide founder outcomes…
Startups & Funding
How the Post-Money SAFE Actually Works for Founders
The post-money safe fixed the stacking problem in pre-money safes, but it did so by…