Blog Category: Cap Table

A capitalization table or cap table for early-stage startups lists your startup’s shareholders and their relative stakes in the organization. It is a spreadsheet that gives a summary of the capital structure of the business. Every investor will ask for your cap table to understand the financial system and the weight of each partner in … Continued

The Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) Pool is the company’s equity for issuance to employees, directors, and, where permissible, advisors and consultants. Correctly sizing the ESOP pool is a fragile balancing act that most founders get wrong, a potentially costly error. The size of the employee option pool influences how much ownership can be retained … Continued

A startup’s cap table often grows faster than projected, and founders normally feel the ache of a growing cap table when it’s too late. Managing a cap table has practical ramifications for a business. Each investment the company gets requires cautious management. Founders must answer investor communications, keep them updated, and seek their signatures on … Continued

A cap table is a defining document for founders, investors, and employees. It’s the most important point of reference for understanding how ownership in your company gets divided. Who owns what percentage of the company, funding rounds, vesting schedules, and liquidation preferences are all captured clearly in the cap table. The cap table comes into … Continued

For company owners and key employees, stock acceleration could be a crucial component of the equity jigsaw. Understanding vesting acceleration and its triggers can prevent you from suffering a large loss of equity if your business is liquidated or acquired. Additionally, you can’t rely on merger and acquisition (M&A) discussions to iron out acceleration clauses. … Continued

With the diversification of investments, the number of shares and owners in a company can often be a bit tricky to keep track of. In order to avoid any confusion down the line, it’s important that you know how a company’s equity is divided among the shareholders. A cap table or capitalization table is a … Continued

The rising trend of blockchain-based technologies has spawned a whole new industry. Cryptocurrencies are gaining traction, and presently, the global crypto market cap is $979.94B. With such a high market cap, the potential opportunities are endless. Crypto refers to the technology of creating the digital currency, which relies on cryptography and blockchain. Cryptography is the … Continued

A capitalization table known as a cap table is a financial spreadsheet typically used in startups to manage the equity in the company. While dilution refers to a reduction in an ownership percentage interest in the company. In essence, dilution occurs when new shares are issued, decreasing the percentage ownership of each share. In this … Continued

A startup’s venture capital cap table can initially be fairly simple, consisting solely of the founders and/or the first few workers. However, when the company’s staff base grows and additional outside investors become involved, the situation can quickly become more problematic. As a result, a cap table must be employed and maintained to determine the … Continued

We are honored and excited to announce that Eqvista has won Best Equity Management Software US 2022 at this year’s World Business Outlook Awards! This award would not be possible without the continuous support and trust of our clients.  The World Business Outlook Awards recognize industry masters, leadership talents, and potential for international growth. After … Continued

People who are new to the idea of cap tables often have many questions, and it can be hard to get answers from their limited knowledge base. You may find yourself on a constant hunt for people with the same or a similar question in order to just get an answer. To help with this, … Continued

The moment an organization issues additional stock to new shareholders, it can decrease the value of existing investors’ shares and their ownership of the company. This problem is termed dilution. Stock dilution is also sometimes referred to as equity dilution. Fundamentally, It is a risk that investors must be conscious of as shareholders. Also, they … Continued

Excel sheets are one of the oldest ways to keep track of the shares in a company. It has been the tried and trusted method for everything around numbers, including tracking equity. However as the world evolves, we need to look for better ways to get things done properly. And with Excel sheets, cap table … Continued

The startup cap table is one of the most fundamental documents that every entrepreneur must know and understand. The moment a couple of founders come together to form a company, figuring out the equity distribution is inevitable. After this stage, the concept of a cap table follows. Ranging from simple cap tables maintained on spreadsheets … Continued

Success of any business is determined by the team behind it. Be it the founders, employees or the business’s resources, a company succeeds only when all these forces come together to contribute the best of their skills and hard work. Needless to say, such dedicated efforts have to be adequately compensated by the company. An … Continued

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When a person becomes a founder, they know all about the many different aspects of a company, such as important business documents and how to manage a company to become successful. And one of the most important documents that an entrepreneur needs to know about is a capitalization table and what proper cap table management … Continued

One of the most important things that any startup executive will come across when discussing about the company shares is stock dilution. Stock dilution in a company decreases the equity ownership of the existing shareholders when new shares are issued, be it to investors, employees, advisors, and others. There are also other ways equity dilution … Continued

Are you planning to issue shares to your employees? If so, do you know all about the possible vesting plans you can offer your employees with? Well, share vesting is a very important part of issuing shares to your staff, and helps with controlling the ownership of the company. Read on to learn more about … Continued

If you have recently launched a new startup, your mind might be a battlefield by now. You must be struggling with the harsh facts that only the best startups can survive in the competitive business world. In essence, you are bound to pay close attention to each & every aspect related to the growth of … Continued