Udemy Cap Tables 101 for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Everything you need to know about modeling Cap Tables

Description​

Small errors in Cap Table modelling might cost you millions of dollars at the exit.
This course will help you avoid them.

You will learn both the Theory and Practice:
Theory:

• What is a Cap Table, who needs it, when, and why?
• What is a Healthy Cap Table?
• What's the difference between common and preferred shares?
• How does Employee Stock Option Plan work?
• What's the difference between Cap Table with Outstanding Shares and a Fully-Diluted Cap Table?
• What's the difference between Equity Rounds, SAFE notes, Convertible notes, and secondaries? Which of them are used for fundraising, and which are for exiting investments? Which appear in the Cap Table instantly, and which with some delay?

Practice:

• How to model Seed round?
• How to model ESOP extension?
• How to model Series A with Pro-rata?
• How to model SAFE conversion?
• How to model Convertible Debt conversion?
• How to model secondary transactions?
• How to format models?
• What's the standard color coding of inputs?
• What are Iterative Calculations, how to turn them on, and how to fix errors connected to them?

About the Instructor:

• I'm an Investment Principal at Seed Stage VC Fund with more than 5 years of experience in the startup ecosystem
• I've seen thousands of startups and hundreds of Cap Tables
• I have a finance background, and I took VC courses at 3 different universities, including the University of Michigan and the Rotterdam School of Management.

Who this course is for:​

• Startup Founders going for Venture Capital funding
• Analysts at Venture Capital Funds
• Students willing to get a job at a Venture Capital Fund