The following are recommend resources for various template structures to use (with appropriate counsel) in seed rounds. As counsel to startup companies, we use these as starting points for simplifying negotiation.

General reading:

• Seed Rounds
• “No Code” v. “Open Source” in Early-Stage Startup Law

Convertible Notes

Convertible Note Template

Additional Reading: A Convertible Note Template for Seed Rounds

SAFEs

PRE-MONEY (more company friendly) Template

A corrected “Safe for founders” Post-Money SAFE Redline

A “Friends and Family” SAFE Template

Additional Reading:

• Don’t Use Post-Money SAFEs
• Fixing Convertible Note and SAFE Economics in Seed Rounds

Seed Equity (simplified Series Seed)

Cooley Series Seed Template Doc Generator

Additional Reading: Myths and Lies about Seed Equity 

NVCA Equity (full Series A-style docs)

NVCA Templates

Additional Reading: Startup Term Sheets