Finance glossary
Cap Table
Definition
A record of who owns what equity in a company.
A capitalization table lists all shareholders and their stakes, including founders, investors, and option holders, plus the impact of future dilution. It is essential for startups to track ownership, model funding rounds, and understand how new shares affect everyone stake.
In a sentence
Before the funding round, she updated the cap table to show how new shares would dilute everyone.
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