Cap (Capitalization) Tables — Example Spreadsheet

Cap Tables (short for capitalization tables) are spreadsheets that show how much everyone owns of the company. You can get a stockholder ledger from your lawyer that will list all the stockholders and show how many shares or options they have, but I don’t consider that a cap table. For the past 25 years, I’ve used a simple form, mostly given to me by the partners I worked for when I first entered the venture capital business in the mid-80s, but with a few modifications by me over the years. Last night I put together a public read-only google spreadsheet that shows you a basic cap table in t
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Orrick – Start-Up Tool Kit – Term Sheet Creator – Start-Up Forms Library

There are many items useful to entrepreneurs on the site including:

  • Example cap (capitalization) table spreadsheet
  • Term Sheet Creator
  • Non-disclosure Agreements
  • Employment Agreements
  • Stock Option plans
  • Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement for Employees & Consultants

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Example Capitalization Table (cap table) Spreadsheet

A few days ago I answered a question on AsktheVC about modeling cap tables. After a quick email conversation with Jeff Boardman (founder of LearnVC), I realize I had left his product off the list.

Jeff has done a nice job building a site that both models a cap table and provides a lot of information to empower entrepreneurs both with educational resources and software tools. In addition to modeling a cap table and ownership of the company, Jeff’s software helps answer questions like “if I sell for $100M, how much money does everyone receive.”

What is a Capitalization Table and what does it say about my Company?

Why is the Cap Table so important? Because, if the investor believes in your value proposition, then the biggest upside is in ‘who owns stock in your
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Advice on Providing Your Cap Table to an Investor

A ‘cap table’ or capitalization table details the equity ownership and debt obligations of the company. When a VC (or Angel) gives you a term sheet
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Example of a Generic Capitalization Table — through multpile financing rounds

This link gives an example cap table for a company that raises several rounds of money. It shows the valuation progression and the dilutive effects o
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Build your own cap table — Includes Spreadsheet Example

A cap table shows you who owns what in your company. It calculates how the option pool shuffle and seed debt lower your Series A share price. This ar
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Capitalization Table Example and other Tools

For entrepreneurs seeking assistance in their calculations Scale Venture Partners provides our standard capitalization table.

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