SAFEs 2.0: YCombinator Updates the Form

In late 2013, seed accelerator Y Combinator introduced the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) – a convertible instrument designed to make seed stage investing quicker and less expensive. Rimon Law’s FinTech Partner, Dror Futter, highlights changes to the SAFE made by Y Combinator this fall in a crowfunderinsider.com article. Read more here.

In addition to a growing blockchain practice, Dror Futter focuses his practice on startup companies and their investors and has worked with a wide range of technology companies. His fifteen years’ experience as in-house counsel includes positions with Vidyo, Inc., a venture-backed videoconferencing company, and New Venture Partners, a venture fund focused on corporate spinouts. Prior to that, Mr. Futter was Counsel to the CIO of Lucent Technologies, as well as supporting parts of its sourcing organization. Read more about Mr. Futter here.