01  /  Funds · Micro-GPs · Syndicates

How much you hold.
How much you dilute.
How much is left.

How a micro-GP with 18 positions ditches the spreadsheet: it models what each ticket buys, how it dilutes each round, and what's left at the end.

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Illustrative example · fictional fund and figures
02  /  The problem

The percentage you say you hold is an estimate.

A pre-seed fund invests almost everything via SAFE. Until the priced round arrives, the real ownership is nowhere: it's in a spreadsheet someone updated six months ago.

WITHOUT VEFY

Unconverted SAFEs. Real ownership is an assumption.

WITHOUT VEFY

The portfolio raises and the fund finds out about dilution later.

WITHOUT VEFY

Pro-rata is decided without knowing what it costs to hold the %.

WITH VEFY

Every position modeled. The % is a fact, not an estimate.

03  /  The journey

Four moments when a fund opens the cap table.

MOMENT 01  /  Before signing

What does this ticket buy, exactly?

The GP is weighing a USD 250,000 ticket via SAFE at a USD 8M cap. Before signing, it models the conversion on the YC Post-Money standard. Out comes a number, not a range: 3.13%.

Model SAFE · Nordia Inc.
Ticket
USD 250,000
Valuation cap
USD 8,000,000
Instrument
SAFE Post-Money · YC 2018
% on conversion3.13%
Post-money · the % is locked at signing
MOMENT 02  /  Every month

The 18 positions in a single view.

Each position with its instrument, its ticket and its percentage. SAFEs show the % on conversion; equity, the current %. One single source of truth, not a spreadsheet per company.

Portfolio · 18 positions
PositionInstrumentInvested%
Nordia Inc.SAFE · cap 8.0M250,0003.13
CalarisPreferred · Series A400,0004.10
Tebas LabsSAFE · cap 6.0M150,0002.50
Orbe SaludPreferred · Seed300,0005.20
MiradorSAFE · cap 10.0M200,0002.00
13 more positions4,900,000
Deployed total · USD 6,200,000
MOMENT 03  /  When the portfolio raises

Dilution and pro-rata, before the deadline.

Nordia raises a Series A: USD 4M on a USD 12M pre-money. The fund sees the dilution and what it costs to hold the percentage — USD 125,000 — with time to decide.

Dilution · Series A
Current positionSAFE converted3.13
Series AWithout pro-rata2.34
Series AWith pro-rata3.13
Cost of the pro-rataUSD 125,000
MOMENT 04  /  Every quarter

How the position lands, round by round.

The GP projects the next rounds and sees ownership in each scenario. The same model serves the committee and the LP report — without redoing the spreadsheet every quarter.

Scenarios · Nordia position
ScenarioValuation% fundPosition value
Today · SAFE8.0M cap3.13
Series A16.0M3.13500,000
Series B40.0M2.501,000,000
Acquisition90.0M2.502,250,000
Ownership model · does not account for liquidation preferences
04  /  The other side of the deal

The same deal, seen from both ends.

When the startup also runs on Vefy, the fund stops chasing documentation. The SAFE is signed on the platform and that same position is already loaded into the cap table.

Dataroom

Diligence without an email chain

The fund enters the startup's dataroom: corporate, round, cap table, financials. All in one place, access by invitation.

SAFE

Signed and loaded

The SAFE is generated and signed on the platform. The position enters the cap table with no manual re-entry.

Cap table

The same position, both sides

The startup sees one line on its cap table. The fund sees the position modeled in its portfolio.

05  /  The result

Zero spreadsheets. One single model.

The GP enters each deal knowing what it buys, tracks dilution without finding out late, and decides pro-rata with the number on the table. The LP report comes from the same place the position lives.

  Cap table · Dataroom · SAFE

Your portfolio, with one single source of truth.

If all this feels calm, it's because someone absorbed the complexity for you.

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