Eqvista provides an option to reissue SAFE agreements for SAFEs that you have previously issued. 

Reissue SAFE Agreements

SAFE agreements can be reissued when you have edited SAFE details, making the existing ones inaccurate or outdated. The new agreement will automatically void the previous version.

The reissue of agreements only applies to SAFEs and is not available for convertible notes. 

Note: The agreement feature is only available for premium account holders. Kindly upgrade your account to unlock the feature. 

Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Log into Eqvista and select your company account.

Eqvista login

On the dashboard, click on “Admin Records” on the left side to get a drop-down menu and select “Agreements”.

Agreements

Step 2: Once you do this, you will be directed to the following page. You can reissue SAFE agreements by clicking on “Reissue” as shown below.

SAFE agreements

Step 3: A new panel will appear as shown below. Tick the box if the shareholder’s signature is required.  A list of SAFEs with agreement to reissue will appear.

Note: Before reissuing SAFE agreements, ensure you have issued SAFE agreements. Check out the support article to understand how to issue SAFE agreements.

shareholder’s signature is required

Note: The list for reissuing displays all SAFE notes that have an original agreement, have been updated, and have not been reissued with new agreement.

In this case, the date highlighted in “Red” is the updated date.

The moment you select the shareholder, you can see the number of shareholders selected. You can select more than one shareholder. In short, you can select all if you want to reissue SAFE agreements for all of them at the same time.

Once done, click on “Next”.

Step 4: The next step takes you to add the executor who would be signing the agreement. Select up to two executors and the role of the executor from the drop-down menu.

add the executor 

Note: The person who is selected to execute and sign the agreement should be either the director, the secretary, or the president. Company users can only be assigned as executors. To know how to add a company user read this support article.

Once done, click on “Next”.

Step 5: The last step involves you checking the information, including the shareholder’s agreement you want to reissue and the executor who would be signing the agreement. 

submit

Once done, click on “Submit”.

Note: If the original agreement is signed by both the company and the shareholder, then the system will prompt a message asking you to request the shareholder’s consent to void the original agreement. Check out the support article to understand more about it.

Step 6: Then, you will be directed to the following page, where the new SAFE agreement will automatically void the previous version. The previous version of the agreement will display the status “Voided”.

new SAFE agreement will automatically void

The previous version of the agreement can be viewed by clicking on “Detail”. The reissued agreement will automatically void the previous version.

Detail

Step 7: You can see the option “Your sign is required”, which appears for the executor. To sign the agreement, click on “Sign”.

Note: From here, you will be able to perform many functions. To know more about it, check out the support article!

sign

If you are the executor, you will also receive an email to sign the agreement and click on “View Agreement”. 

Note: Once you click, you will reach the page where you can view the SAFE agreement and sign it. Check out the support article to understand how to sign a SAFE agreement.

View Agreement

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