View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Editor’s note: Understanding how to divide founder equity at a startup can be tricky, even to the point of reaching emotional riffs between founders. Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits.

Equity 315

Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits. As a result, one of the trickier things co-founders tackle is determining the equity split amongst the founding group of individuals.

Cofounder 255

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits. As a result, one of the trickier things co-founders tackle is determining the equity split amongst the founding group of individuals.

Cofounder 173

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Especially in situations where the founders have a large position and are key employees, it is not uncommon for investors to request that they agree to have some portion of their holdings vest on a schedule.   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Hippoland

APRIL 10, 2016

Ada is my professor, and we are using her lab, and the company is based on her research, though the IP is assigned to the company. But, Ada wants to split the equity 50% her, 20% Bob and 20% me with a 10% option pool. Dear elizy : I started a company in school with two co-founders. Let’s call them Ada and Bob.

Cofounder 48

Cofounder Cap Table Equity Vesting 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

Founder Vesting 365

Founder Vesting Intellectual Property Stock Options IP 365