The CEO of a Norwegian hardware startup shared a pitch deck with me that had an unusual slide: It included the company’s capitalization table — the breakdown of who owns what part of the company.

A company’s capitalization table, simply put, details who has what ownership within a company. That’s straightforward when the company has a single owner. But as other equityholders are introduced, it ...

In startup fundraising, ownership structure can be as decisive as revenue growth or market size. Investors often review a company’s capitalization table, a record of who owns what, before committing ...

One of the most overlooked yet critical elements of a startup's success is its shareholder capitalization table (cap table). Founders often rightly focus on product development, fundraising, and ...

After more than two years of venture capital retrenchment, startups that survived the battle are emerging as real businesses. But their haphazard journeys — grabbing capital when and where they could ...