Built for YC SAFEs and the path to demo day.
You're in (or just out of) Y Combinator. You took the YC standard $500K SAFE, you're stacking more SAFEs from angels, and you'll convert all of it at a priced round in 12-18 months. Slyced handles every step of that path natively.
What hurts at this stage
The YC SAFE stack is where founders blow up dilution
By the time you raise priced, you might have 8-15 SAFEs at different caps. Modeling how they all convert - and which MFN clauses trigger - is the difference between knowing your dilution and being surprised by it.
Discounts still require a plan decision
Even with startup discounts, founders still have to decide what they are buying and when the discount ends. Slyced's free tier covers every YC batch company up to 25 stakeholders, and the Starter plan is $290/yr - flat.
Demo Day to Series A is a 90-day fire drill
Post-demo-day, you need a clean data room, fast e-signatures on SAFEs, and a cap table that updates in real time as money lands. Most YC teams hold this together with Docsend + DocuSign + Notion. There's a better way.
What Slyced does for y combinator teams
Native YC post-money SAFE support
Slyced ingests the YC standard SAFE (post-money) and models conversion correctly - including MFN cascades across SAFE rounds.
Demo Day data room
Stand up a real VDR for batch-investor access. Viewer analytics show which VCs are actually opening your decks.
Investor pipeline Kanban
Track the 50+ VCs you'll be meeting between Demo Day and Series A. Notes, status, next step, term sheet comparison.
Migration from Carta in 30 seconds
If you started on Carta during YC, export and import to Slyced in the same sitting. Cancel Carta at renewal.
Free up to 25 stakeholders covers most YC batches. Starter at $290/yr unlocks 100 stakeholders + AI 409A - typically what you need at Series A.
Y Combinator founder questions
- Does Slyced support the YC standard SAFE (post-money) natively?
- Yes. The YC post-money SAFE is the default SAFE template in Slyced. Cap, discount, and MFN clauses are all modeled correctly. At conversion, Slyced computes per-SAFE share counts and produces a pro-forma cap table showing the full dilution math.
- Can we e-sign new SAFEs through Slyced?
- Yes. Generate the YC SAFE template, fill in cap + amount + investor, and route for signature in one flow. Free, unlimited e-signatures on every plan - no DocuSign cost.
- We're between YC and Demo Day. What should we set up first?
- Three things, in order: (1) Import your existing cap table and SAFEs into Slyced, (2) Stand up the data room with your deck, financial model, and one-pager, (3) Build your investor pipeline Kanban with the VC list you'll be pitching after Demo Day. Total setup time: ~2 hours.
- Do you integrate with YC's bookface / WAAS?
- No direct integration today. We treat YC as one possible source of investor introductions, and the investor pipeline accepts manual + CSV import of contact lists from any source.