Most favored nation clause
In accounting, most favored nation clause means a promise that an investor's terms improve to match better terms the company gives a later investor. YC's MFN SAFE has no cap or discount and takes those of any SAFE issued later.
Also called MFN.
Authority: YC SAFE documents (opens in a new tab). Sources
The lesson that teaches this
From the free founder back-office course, taught on one company's books, with exercises to work it yourself.
What it is not called
Each of these means something else. Use one here and an accountant reading the product notices.
- pro rata right
- side letter
Nearby in the catalog
No component names this concept outright. These sit in the same part of the system.
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Family specAlso in Equity & financing
Defined in Lexicon. This page is generated from that document, so the two can't disagree.