At a very high level, New York seed financing structures can be broken down into two broad categories: convertible securities and equity (stock).

Convertible SecuritiesThe two main types of convertible securities are convertible notes and SAFEs.

Within the equity category, there are two types of structures: full “NVCA-style” equity docs and simplified “seed equity” docs.

As a kind of “middle ground” between convertible securities and NVCA-style equity are “seed equity” documents.

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