Issuing additional shares to founders on Eqvista

Let us say that you have created the company and added a founder to the company account. But then a new person comes in to be a partner with you, who becomes the co-founder of the company. Or let us say that you want to issue additional shares to a founder. In both the above situations, …

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3. Milestone: Issue shares to founders

The company is set up, shares authorized – how many shares should be issued to founders? Once you set up your company, you should think of issuing shares to founders. You typically issue 50-80% of the authorized shares of common stock to the founders. The Articles of Incorporation usually authorizes 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, …

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How do our shareholders access their electronic certificates?

Eqvista is a very simple-to-use platform. Once you have created your account, you can issue the shares to all the shareholders in the company.  This is a step-by-step guide to help you understand how you, as a shareholder, or your shareholders can easily access their electronic certificates. Step 1: You can issue shares to the shareholder using the …

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4. Milestone: Create an Employee’s Stocks Options

1. Dividing shares among employees? Create ESOP (Equity Stock Ownership Plan) – it is usually between 10 % – 20% and allows employees to own stock in the company without having to purchase shares. Employee Stock Purchase (Option) Plan (ESPP) – allows employees to use after-tax wages to purchase stock in their companies, usually at …

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Issuing Shares to Investors on Eqvista

About to take up an investment for your company and need to issue shares to your investors? With Eqvista, everything can be done easily. There are two situations or ways in which you can issue shares to investors in Eqvista.  Here is a step-by-step guide on how to issue shares to investors through Eqvista. Issue …

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5. Milestone: Convertible Notes, Option, Warrant

Warrant, Convertible Note & SAFE & KISS, Option – are financial instruments which give the right to buy or sell the equity of the company. When to convert into equity? Convertible notes are usually received before a financing round (Pre-seed or Seed investment funding). The trigger happens once you receive the first investments for the …

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Permission and Roles (Administrator, Officer, Secretary, Advisor)

Eqvista understands that you do not just need shareholders and employees to view the cap table, but also accountants, administrators, external advisors, and law firms (or lawyers). They help you in making a lot of decisions and for that, they need to have a look at your cap table. So, Eqvista allows you to add …

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Issue Shares to an Employee on Eqvista

It is common nowadays for employers to offer their employees shares at some point of time during the business. And you might reach a place where you too would want to offer your employees the benefits of having ownership in the company they work for. With Eqvista, all this is easy to do. Just as you can add …

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6. Milestone: Pre-seed funding, Seed Funding

Both of the seed moneys are considered as the very first money that many enterprises raise. Seed funding is used to move a start-up from idea to the first steps, such as product development or market research. The whole financing regime has moved what was once a Series A to a seed now. Basically a …

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Adding New Company

If you are new to Eqvista, you should know that Eqvista is a very easy-to-use application. You can easily create your profile and the company’s profile before you begin to issue shares to the shareholders. Add a new company on Eqvista To help you better, here is a step-by-step guide on how to add a new …

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