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Raise, grant and exit with a cap table that adds up.

Model the round before you sign it, grant options without a spreadsheet, and know exactly what every holder receives at exit — on an equity ledger your investors and auditors can trust.

EQUITY · LARKSPUR LABS, INC. · ONE CAP TABLE, EVERY STEP
Model the round
Close
Grant options
Exit waterfall
TERM SHEET · SERIES A
Larkspur Labs · Series A
Series ADraft v3Unsigned
Pre-money$18.0mm
Lead · Northfield Ventures I
New money$5.0mm
1.0x participating · 3.0x cap
SAFE 1$1.0mm · $12.0mm cap
Aldercrest Family Office
SAFE 2$0.5mm · 20% disc.
H. Larkin · angel
Post-money pool12.0%
Back-solved on post-money
Change a term · everything re-solves
THE MATH · IN CODE
DETERMINISTIC
Pool back-solve · SAFE conversion
1post = pre + raise$23.0mm
2iter 1 · N = 14,972,681Δ +1,972,681
3iter 2 · N = 15,691,852Δ +719,171
4iter 3 · N = 15,954,037Δ +262,185
5iter 12 · N = 16,104,442Δ 0 · settled
6SAFE 1 · $12.0mm cap$1.2000 / sh
7SAFE 2 · 20% discount$1.1425 / sh
8Series A price$1.4282 / sh
New Series A shares3,500,966
Pool 1,932,533 = 12.0% × 16,104,442 ✓
CAP TABLE · AFTER
FULLY DILUTED
Before → after the round
Founders80.0%→80.0%
Series A0.0%→0.0%
SAFE holders0.0%→0.0%
Option pool6.0%→6.0%
Employees14.0%→14.0%
Fully diluted16,104,442 · 100.0%
HOLDERS · PORTAL
LIVE
Stakeholders · scenario preview
Founder A4,650,000 common28.9%
Founder B3,350,000 common20.8%
Northfield Ventures ISeries A lead · $5.0mm21.7%
Aldercrest Family OfficeSAFE $1.0mm → 833,333 sh5.2%
H. LarkinSAFE $0.5mm → 437,621 sh2.7%
Employees · 121,400,000 granted8.7%
Agrees with ledger·Shared with counsel
Term sheet→Model→Close→Holders· one cap table
What changes for founders

Know the numbers before you sign.

01

Model rounds before term sheets

Pool back-solve, SAFE and note conversion and anti-dilution are modelled up front, then the round closes in one atomic step.

02

Grants in minutes

Issue options and RSUs with vesting computed for you; holders accept from email or their portal, and the pool cannot drift from its grants.

03

Know your exit waterfall

Seniority, participation caps and conversion decisions are solved per class, so you see real proceeds by holder at any exit value.

Where the cap table lives today

Equity math, done the night before.

  1. 01A cap table spreadsheet that disagrees with counsel's version
  2. 02SAFE conversion and option pool math done the night before the close
  3. 03Grants tracked in a doc, vesting worked out at each departure
  4. 04No clear answer to “what does everyone get at $60mm?”
On Privatis

On Privatis the round is modelled in code, closes in one transaction, grants vest by schedule, and the waterfall answers the exit question for every holder.

Outputs

What you'll always have to hand.

The cap table, round model, vesting and waterfall are all computed from the same equity ledger.

Cap table

Fully diluted, as of any date.

Round model

Price per share, new shares, conversions, dilution — before you sign.

Vesting schedule

Per holder, with cliff and acceleration applied.

Exit waterfall

Proceeds by holder at any exit value.

By seat

Founders, finance and the team.

Founder

One answer to ownership, dilution and exit proceeds — the same one counsel sees.

First finance hire

An equity ledger instead of a spreadsheet, with compliance checks built in.

Employees

A portal with their own grant, vesting and documents.

How the company's equity runs

From first shares to exit.

Each step posts to the equity ledger, so the round you model is the cap table you close.

  1. 01

    Start

    Enter founders, common and any SAFEs — or import from Carta, Pulley or a spreadsheet with a dry run.

    Import & Export →
  2. 02

    Model the round

    Pre-money, raise, post-money pool, SAFE conversion — before the term sheet is signed.

    Round Modeling & Close →
  3. 03

    Close

    One atomic transaction: new shares, conversions and the pool, posted together.

    Round Modeling & Close →
  4. 04

    Grant

    Options and RSUs from the pool with vesting computed; acceptance from email.

    Equity Plans & Vesting →
  5. 05

    Plan the exit

    Waterfall by class and holder, with sensitivity on exit value.

    Exit Waterfall →
Privatis Enterprise Suite

What you'll use from day one.

Questions

Is there a free plan?
Yes. Founders can start a cap table free and upgrade when they need plans, rounds or compliance tooling.
We already use another tool. Can we switch?
Yes. Import from Carta or Pulley with a dry run so you can check every holder before committing.
More solutions

Start a cap table that adds up.

Start free, or import your current cap table with a dry run and check every holder before you commit.

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