Model your cap table and dilution across SAFEs, option pools, and priced rounds so you know what you actually own.
cap-table-manager/SKILL.md
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name: cap-table-manager
description: Use when a founder needs to understand or model ownership and dilution. Triggers on "model my cap table", "how much will I be diluted", "option pool", "SAFE conversion", "post-money vs pre-money", "what do I own after this round", "pro rata". Turns equity from a black box into a model the founder controls.
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# Cap Table Manager
Founders lose more value to cap-table mistakes they did not model than to
valuation they negotiated badly. This skill makes dilution legible: you should
be able to state what you own after the next two rounds, and why.
## When to use this skill
Use it during [[fundraising-stage-selector]] to pressure-test dilution, before
signing any SAFE or term sheet, and whenever someone says "we'll just expand the
pool." Pair instrument mechanics with [[safe-vs-priced-round]].
## The mechanics that actually move ownership
### Pre-money vs post-money
- Post-money valuation = pre-money + new investment.
- Investor ownership = investment ÷ post-money. ($2M into $8M pre => $10M post
=> 20% to investors.)
- Modern SAFEs (post-money SAFEs) lock the investor's percentage; founders
dilute *around* them when later money comes in. Know which kind you signed.… load the full skill through Skill MeClick to play with sound.