Startup & VC Jargon · Managing Director level

"Cap table"

"Cap table" is short for capitalization table, the document that shows who owns what percentage of a company and on what terms.

Say this instead: ownership spreadsheet

How "Cap table" shows up at work

Essential, unglamorous, and the first thing investors ask for. In early-stage companies it lives in a spreadsheet; later it gets a dedicated software subscription, which is a sign that things got complicated somewhere along the way.

Buzzword

Before we discuss the term sheet, can you send over the current cap table?

Plain English

Before we discuss the term sheet, can you send over the current ownership spreadsheet?

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