New Data How Much Will You Own After Each Funding Round

New data for founders: how much of your company will you own after each round of venture fundraising?

Also known as the single most frequent question I get asked 😁

This is a question worthy of a deep dive - so we built a 20 chart report with answers like:

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

• Number of founders per founding team

• How VCs prefer teams with cofounders

• How likely your cofounder is to leave

𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘀

• Do founders split 50/50?

• Ownership at the start for the non-CEO founders

• Splits by industry and incorporation year

𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲

• How much equity does the founding team hold after each round?

• How has that percentage shifted in recent years?

• Splits by physical vs digital startups

• Ownership by valuation or by cash raised

• Ownership for the CEO (!) specifically

And a new interactive graphic that allows the reader to see founding team ownership by stage for their specific sector.

One key finding (but you need to read the full report, worth it I promise):

The moment the founding team falls under 50% ownership 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 the same moment when VCs own the majority of shares thanks to the expanding employee option pool. Interesting to watch these percentages shift as questions about control are always top of mind!

Read the full report for free here: https://lnkd.in/gC2Y-xfR

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