# Post-money valuation

> Post-money valuation — Pre-money valuation plus the new money. An investor's ownership is its investment ÷ post-money; a post-money SAFE's cap is stated this way, so the SAFE's ownership is known the day it is signed.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/post-money-valuation
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**What is post-money valuation?** In accounting, post-money valuation means pre-money valuation plus the new money. An investor's ownership is its investment ÷ post-money; a post-money SAFE's cap is stated this way, so the SAFE's ownership is known the day it is signed.

## Words this system refuses for it

- pre-money
- exit value

- **Category:** Equity & financing
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** pre-money-valuation, safe