Ask HN: How to do equity split when a founder can and puts in more money?

[ovatsug25]

Hey guys!

I have more cash than others on my founding team. I've already been putting more of it in than the rest of the team. What's the fair / standard way of handling this situation so that the team continues to congeal? I'm pretty confident that we have a smash hit on our hands. Is there a fair way of doing this long term and short term? Thanks!

[tlb]

It's best to put in the cash on the same terms as an outside investor would, and split the founder shares evenly. The SAFE investment documents [0] are standard and battle-tested.

[0] http://www.ycombinator.com/documents/#safe

[ovatsug25]

Perfect! Thank you.