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VEST Notes™ 

A Smarter Way to Raise Early-Stage Capital

VEST Notes™ are our founder-first alternative to traditional SAFEs and convertible notes — purpose-built to simplify early-stage fundraising while protecting your long-term equity.

Designed for speed, flexibility, and global compliance, VEST Notes™ align founders and investors with clarity and structure, helping you raise capital without slowing down growth.

Why Traditional Funding Models No Longer Work. 

The old venture capital playbook was built for startups chasing unicorn status, burning through millions, and aiming for a Series A by Year 2.

Yet today's most agile, AI-amplified, low/no-code startups don’t follow that path.

They don’t need to raise $10M+ to validate an idea.
They don’t need heavy infrastructure or massive teams.
They don’t want to give up control — and they shouldn’t have to.

Instead, they want to:

  •  Build to $1M+ ARR/AOR fast

  • Raise flexible seed rounds to test, grow, and scale

  • Use venture debt and sales momentum to self-fund
    beyond that

  •  Retain more ownership and optionality along the way
That’s where VEST Notes™ come in.
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How VEST Notes™ Work

VEST Notes™ are a modern, digital-first funding instrument designed to help startups raise capital with the simplicity of a SAFE — but with more control, clarity, and alignment for both founders and investors.

While they follow a familiar legal structure, VEST Notes™ are built to be tokenization-ready — enabling future integration with digital ownership systems, cap table automation, and compliant secondary trading as the ecosystem evolves.
Here’s how it works:
  • Define Your Raise Terms
    Set your valuation cap, discount, and raise amount using our compliant, founder-friendly templates.
  • Issue VEST Notes to Investors
    Investors receive a secure digital note representing future equity — structured to convert on clear triggers, without cluttering your cap table today.
  • You Grow. They Hold. Alignment is Built In.
    You keep full control as you grow. Investors gain exposure to future upside — with transparency, simplicity, and structured alignment.
  • Optional Liquidity Path (Coming Soon)
    Investors may gain future access to secondary trading, offering early liquidity without pressuring founders to exit or raise prematurely.

Why Choose VEST Notes™

VEST Notes™ are built for high-growth, capital-efficient startups who want to raise with intention, not obligation.
Here’s why founders and investors are choosing VEST:

  • Founder-friendly structure — no board seats, no forced conversions, no hidden traps
  • Protects long-term equity — raise what you need now, without over-diluting your future
  • Clean cap table — deferred equity doesn’t show up as immediate ownership
  • Faster to raise — standardised terms, simple documentation, and investor-ready frameworks
  • Tokenized & future-ready — built to work in both traditional and web3-native ecosystems
  • Supports multi-seed strategies — ideal for raising in stages without committing to a Series A
  • Designed for sales-led ventures — pair with revenue and venture debt to scale without VC pressure
  • Investor aligned — gives them equity exposure and confidence without overcomplicating the deal
  • Part of a smarter capital stack — VEST + venture debt = growth funding without losing control

Who It's For?

  • Founders raising pre-seed or seed funding to get to $1M+ ARR
  • Startups using AI and no/low-code platforms to grow lean
  • Ventures that will scale through product-market traction, not massive VC rounds
  • Entrepreneurs who want to own their company — not just build it for someone else
  • Global founders seeking compliant, scalable funding tools from Day 1

Ready to Raise Smarter?

If you're building a high-growth venture and want to raise capital on your terms, VEST Notes™ are the instrument designed
for your path.


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