Cap Table
/kæp ˈteɪ.bəl/concept · noun(Capitalization Table)
The ledger that tracks who owns what in your company — every founder, employee, investor, SAFE holder, and option grant — typically expressed as percentages and share counts on a fully-diluted basis.
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Add my companyCarta (originally eShares) launched in 2012 selling a single insight: cap tables in Excel are catastrophic. Founders lose track of grants, investors fight over percentages, and acquisition due diligence becomes a nightmare. By 2021 Carta had digitized the cap tables of half the US venture-backed market — a $7.4B company built on a spreadsheet replacement.
Source:Carta company history
