Re:How do you manage dilution in your cap table?
by alexanderjarvis on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:58AM
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Dilution sucks.You need to min, and/or bootstrap. It's prob more popular a notion now (since 20-21 funding cohorts for VCs are flarked- I think it is the 2022 cohort that fund commits are 40^ than normal 60- so VCs aren't spending like it's...1999).
I have made free excel sheets to explain dilution, cap tables, conv note, SAFE, etc.
I invented something called the future fundraise model. The idea is to set your exit goal and work backwards so you can plan your raise plan (and dilution) till then - so you know how much you need to raise in this round to get to s-a and raise x with y traction and so on.
The idea is to create a framework to think about what you are doing if you go down the VC path (and ow to deliver).
There are things to consider- first, if you C level= earn less. When hiring staff less likely to ask fro more than CEO...
Staff go in a bucket which VCs negotiate as it affects the px (make a hiring plan)
I have made free excel sheets to explain dilution, cap tables, conv note, SAFE, etc.
I invented something called the future fundraise model. The idea is to set your exit goal and work backwards so you can plan your raise plan (and dilution) till then - so you know how much you need to raise in this round to get to s-a and raise x with y traction and so on.
The idea is to create a framework to think about what you are doing if you go down the VC path (and ow to deliver).
There are things to consider- first, if you C level= earn less. When hiring staff less likely to ask fro more than CEO... Staff go in a bucket which VCs negotiate as it affects the px (make a hiring plan)