Three investors have asked about your cap table. You nodded confidently. Then you opened a spreadsheet later and realized you ...

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.

Maintaining a clean cap table is crucial for startups seeking investment. It provides investors with a clear understanding of the ownership structure, builds trust, and facilitates informed ...

This article explores the critical warning signs of a broken cap table, where a misaligned equity structure jeopardizes a startup’s growth and sustainability. It highlights how excessive founder ...

Founders frequently underestimate the equity dilution impacts of funding rounds and employee stock option plans (ESOPs). Consider two stark examples: Eric Yuan's ownership in Zoom dwindled to 22% by ...

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 ...

Ask a broker what they sold a property for, and the answer is just as likely to be a percentage as a dollar figure. Commercial real estate lives and dies by the capitalization rate. The simple ...

The relationship between capitalization rates and interest rates is more nuanced than first meets the eye. While nominal interest rates have an impact on real estate values, they do not have the same ...

Cap rates are one of the best indicators of forward returns in REITs. It is not 1 for 1 in the sense that a 5% cap rate does not translate to a 5% forward return, but a higher cap rate at purchase ...

—More moderate commercial real estate price growth reflects a shift to a new normal, rather than significant industry disruption, says Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder— “Investors ...