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Pulley

Fast, founder-friendly cap table management

4.4From ~$100/moBest for Early-stage portcos wanting speed over incumbency
Cap Table SAFEs Startups

Overview

Pulley is a Y Combinator-backed cap table platform positioned as the faster, cheaper alternative to Carta, covering cap tables, SAFEs, option grants and 409A valuations. Investors usually meet it from the other side — a portfolio company runs on Pulley — and its clean SAFE and pro-forma modeling makes round math easy to sanity-check.

Key features

  • Cap table and SAFE management
  • Option grants and employee equity portal
  • 409A valuations
  • Round and dilution scenario modeling
  • Pro-forma cap tables for fundraising

Pros

  • Quick onboarding and responsive support
  • Strong SAFE-native modeling for early-stage rounds
  • Cheaper than the incumbent at comparable stages

Cons

  • Ecosystem and integrations trail Carta's
  • No fund-side products — company cap tables only

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