Kimono — Bridge Model
One wire. One waterfall. Every return below comes from the same engine.
Draft documents: open the bridge document folder
1. Choose the wire
Total wire
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What it does
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2. Choose the sale price
Sale price
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$8M floor is on. The price may be cash plus acquirer stock. Bridge preference is satisfied from cash first, to the fullest extent available.
$8.0M floor$20.0M
3. What you get back
Whole position
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Old holdings + new SAFE + founder stock.
On new money
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Improvement versus sitting out ÷ this wire.
On everything invested
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Total back ÷ old capital plus this wire.
New SAFE preference
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Tiered preference on the 90% SAFE portion, subject to the available pot.
Founder stock value
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At an $8M+ sale, the secondary cost floor protects its $0.10 purchase cost.
4. What you already hold
5. What participation changes
New money
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2x through $10M; qualifying holders receive 2.5x above $10M and 3x above $20M.
Existing SAFEs
Standard
At $538K: 1.5x / $8M. At $1M: 2x / $8M. Sale only.
Payment order
In first
Participants’ old SAFEs rank ahead of old SAFEs held by people who sit out.
The $8M re-cap applies only to a Change of Control. It does not change conversion in a priced financing, current ownership or current votes.
6. Terms and downside
- One wire: 90% becomes a Bridge SAFE at the $10.5M cap; 10% buys existing founder common at $0.10 per share.
- The 10% stock purchase is inside the wire, never added to it. A $350,000 wire is $315,000 to Kimono and $35,000 of stock.
- Waterfall: $225,000 debt/claims/fees → employee & founder floor → Bridge SAFE preference → participating old SAFEs → non-participating old SAFEs → secondary cost-floor top-up → common.
- The employee & founder floor is 25% of what remains after debt, capped at $3M, and only for people employed when the sale closes.
- The Bridge SAFE pays 2x through a $10M sale. Qualifying holders receive 2.5x above $10M and 3x above $20M. The Cash-Out Amount is satisfied from cash consideration first, to the fullest extent available.
- The upper tiers require a wire of at least 50% of the investor’s existing SAFE purchase amounts. New investors require a separate written agreement.
- Nate’s ladder: $350K leaves old money at 1x/original caps; $538K gives old money 1.5x/$8M; $1M gives old money 2x/$8M and first refusal on remaining secondary. Sale only.
- At any sale at or above $8M, secondary shares return no less than their $0.10 cost; any shortfall is topped up immediately before common.
- A $2.5M+ qualified financing ends the side-letter rights; every SAFE then follows its own financing terms.
- The round closes only when aggregate wires reach $400,000. Otherwise wires return.
- Existing holders have ten business days after the initial close to request more; Kimono accepts allocations in its discretion.
Below the $8M sale floor, the model remains available only as a downside inspection. In a shutdown, all positions can be worth $0.
Full-participation stress test
Internal only. Each new cheque is a separate decision. Nate’s $538K and $1M old-money packages are bilateral; they appear only here and on Nate’s page.
Total wires
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Bridge preference stack
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Working allocation cap
~$1.4M
Company retains sole discretion.
Source scenarios
Control — votes and economics are different
The $8M re-cap is sale-only. It does not apply in an Equity Financing, does not change fully diluted financing ownership, and does not move votes.
Voting — common only
| Holder | Shares | % common |
|---|---|---|
| Titus | 13,523,812 | 46.6% |
| Nate | 2,351,904 | 8.1% |
| Total common | 29,000,000 | 100% |
What does not move
Votes
SAFEs do not vote. The side letter changes only sale economics. Any financing conversion uses the original SAFE terms because the side-letter rights terminate on a $2.5M+ qualified financing.
Locked model terms
| Input | Model value |
|---|---|
| Debt, claims and fees | $225,000 |
| Employee & founder floor | 25% after debt, capped at $3,000,000; employed-at-closing only |
| New Bridge SAFE | 90% of wire; 2x / 2.5x / 3x Change-of-Control preference with 50% gate |
| Founder stock | 10% of wire; $0.10/share; transferred, not issued; $0.10 cost floor at an $8M+ sale |
| Nate at $538K | Existing SAFEs: greater of 1.5x or $8M sale-only conversion |
| Nate at $1M | Existing SAFEs: greater of 2x or $8M sale-only conversion; first refusal on remaining secondary |
| Other participating SAFEs | Greater of 1x or applicable-cap conversion; 25% participation protects payment priority |
| Non-participating SAFEs | Greater of 1x or own-cap conversion |
| Common outstanding | 29,000,000 in every scenario |
| Sale floor | $8,000,000; cash and/or acquirer equity; cash-first preference |
Source register
| Source | Status | Supports |
|---|---|---|
| Kimono Bridge - Nate.docx | Working source, 17 Aug 2026 22:09 UTC | Nate asks and acceptance totals |
| Kimono Bridge SAFE Side Letter v6.docx | Working legal draft, 17 Aug 2026 22:09 UTC | Wire, tier gate, waterfall, old-money package, minimum close |
| Carta pull supplied 16 Aug 2026 | Current cap-table input | Existing holdings and 29M common |