Also called: Post-money, Post money
TL;DR
The company's value immediately after a new investment closes, equal to pre-money valuation plus the new investment amount.
Post-money valuation reflects the company's worth after the round closes and the new investors' shares are issued. It's the basis for calculating new-investor ownership: investor's percentage = investment ÷ post-money.
Post-money is more useful than pre-money for understanding the actual dilution math and for comparing rounds. A $10M raise at $50M pre-money is identical to a $10M raise at $60M post-money, but the framing emphasizes different things.
Post-Money Valuation = Pre-Money Valuation + Investment Amount
Post-money is the basis for investor ownership: Investor % = Investment ÷ Post-Money.
Pre-money $30M + $10M raise → post-money $40M. Lead investor wrote $7M of the $10M → owns $7M ÷ $40M = 17.5%. The remaining $3M came from the existing-investor pro rata pool.
Surfaces in negotiation, term sheets, and diligence rather than the deck.
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The agreed-upon value of the company immediately before a new investment round closes, pre-money + new money = post-money.
The reduction in an existing shareholder's ownership percentage caused by issuing new shares in a financing or an option grant.
Equity reserved for future employee, advisor, and contractor grants, usually sized as 10 to 20% of fully diluted shares.
The 2018 YC SAFE variant where the valuation cap is computed on a post-money basis, making the investor's ownership share predictable.
A non-binding document outlining the principal terms of a proposed financing, used to align investor and founder before legal documents are drafted.
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