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Convertible loans are short-term debt instruments that convert into equity in a later financing round. Discounts or valuation caps are frequently applied. In the DACH environment they are an established instrument for bridge financings and early pre-seed financings.<\/p>

The US counterpart, the SAFE (\u2018simple agreement for future equity\u2019), dispenses with the debt character and functions as a pure equity conversion undertaking. In both cases, the central terms are the cap, the discount, the MFN clause and the conversion trigger.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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