Pro Rata Rights
The right to invest in future rounds in proportion to an existing stake, so an investor can maintain their percentage as the company raises more money. For a seed fund it is the term that decides whether an early winner keeps compounding in the portfolio or is diluted out of it, and post-money SAFEs grant it only by a separate side letter.
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