Capital

Every round, instrument and investor, and what the next raise does to ownership.

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Priced rounds, SAFEs, notes and warrants each convert differently. A company that reads only its issued shares is reading a number that will not survive its next financing.

This holds the instruments with their terms and models the next round so the resulting ownership is a calculation rather than a surprise at signing.

Where everything sits

Capital
Capital
Wired
Wired
Committed not wired
Committed not wired
Rounds
Rounds
Stage
Stage
Pre-seed
Pre-seed

How to work this page

Record instruments with their full terms

Cap, discount, interest and maturity on a note. Cap and discount on a SAFE. These determine conversion and they differ per instrument.

Model the raise before you agree it

Pre-money and amount give resulting ownership with every convertible converting at its own terms.

Include the pool top-up

Investors usually require a pool increase pre-money, which dilutes existing holders rather than the new money. It is the most commonly missed piece.

Read the preference stack

Liquidation preferences determine who gets what on an exit and they compound across rounds.

On a phone

Capital on iPhone 15 Pro Max

Every figure from the desktop appears here, stacked rather than reduced. Tables scroll inside themselves so the page never moves sideways, and figures keep their separators and their alignment at every width.

Questions people actually ask

Why is my percentage lower than expected after a round?

Almost always the pool top-up taken pre-money. It dilutes founders and existing investors, not the incoming round.

How do SAFEs convert with different caps?

Each converts on its own terms, so different SAFEs from one raise can convert at different prices. Each is calculated individually.