entity·Tier ownership·legal-finance·complexity 2/3
Series A cap table
entity-structure·§ Corporate
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Scenario
A startup attorney or CFO documents the post-Series A ownership table for a 409A valuation, board consent, or investor report. The cap table diagram makes the dilution story visual — founders can immediately see their post-money percentage, and the VC can verify their ownership stake before signing the term sheet.
Annotation key
--45%-->— ownership arrow with percentage label; all percentages should sum to 100%type: individual— natural person (founder, angel)type: fund— institutional investor entitytype: trust— the ESOP/option pool (typically a Delaware trust or reserved pool)type: corp— the issuer (the company being invested in)
How to read
Acme Inc. (Delaware C-corp) sits at the bottom as the issuer. Five shareholder classes flow down with their ownership arrows: founders at 45%, the lead Series A investor at 22%, the employee option pool at 15%, the seed fund at 12%, and angels at 6%. Percentages sum to 100%, representing a clean fully-diluted cap table on the day of Series A close.