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Follow-on & Reserves Model
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Follow-on & Reserves Model

For: Investors

Inputs: fund size, reserve %, per-company ownership, round need, conviction 1–5

Output: follow-on $ by company and unfunded high-conviction gaps

Time: 20 min

v1.1.1, updated Oct 2026

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Pre-Seed Fund-Returner Check

For: Pre-seed investors. Founders who want to know why a fund passed.

Inputs: fund size, check, post, the exit you believe, dilution per round, pro rata Y/N

Output: exit to return the fund, % of fund your exit returns, max post you can pay, verdict

Time: 2 min

A $500k check at a $10M cap needs a ~$1.02B exit to return a $25M fund. Run yours.

v1.0 · updated Oct 2026

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