Cap Table Finance Founder IPO 
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Flexible VC 102: Variations.
Altgate
JUNE 25, 2012
—————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. Facebook’s IPO minted many millionaires and even billionaires. Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs.
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Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
Most startup founders do not have enough capital to launch their companies and need to raise money at some point. The return only happens when there is an exit via acquisition or an IPO. Convertible Debt Financing. Among the most common methods of funding used by startups when raising seed capital is “Convertible Debt Financing.”
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 26, 2022
Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. First, congrats! Enter Box. They gave me a shot.
Altgate
AUGUST 25, 2012
—————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. Facebook’s IPO minted many millionaires and even billionaires. Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs.
BeyondVC
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
We each independently fell in love with enterprise software 20+ years ago as seed investors (cos like gotomeeting/Citrix, greenplum/EMC, livperson/IPO LPSN) and founders (workmarket, onforce/Adecco, spinback/buddymedia/salesf0rce) and are now benefiting from the ecosystems, knowledge and network that we’ve collectively developed.
ithacaVC
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
It is highly typical for a startup to have small investors on its cap table. Founders often raise money from friends and family and other angels. The treatment of the friends, family and angels (FFA) as the startup matures and raises larger rounds of financing over time is interesting. Here is a quick guide.
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