Startup Cap Table Dilution Simulator

Initial State: Founder One owns sixty percent and Founder Two owns forty percent. Pre Seed Round: We establish a ten percent option pool, which dilutes the founders to fifty four percent and thirty six percent respectively. The pre seed investor buys twelve and a half percent of the company for five hundred thousand dollars. Post round ownership becomes: Founder One forty seven point twenty five percent, Founder Two thirty one point five percent, Option Pool ten percent, and Pre Seed Investor twelve point five percent. Seed Round: The seed investor buys twenty percent of the company for two million dollars. This dilutes all existing stakeholders by twenty percent. Post round ownership becomes: Founder One thirty seven point eight percent, Founder Two twenty five point two percent, Option Pool eight percent, Pre Seed Investor ten percent, and Seed Investor twenty percent. Summary: Your overall control has shifted from one hundred percent to sixty three percent combined, while the value of your shares has increased significantly.