Founder equity split checklist before the cap table hardens
Use a structured conversation before ownership assumptions become legal, emotional, and expensive.
Quick answer
SparkLaunch helps founders turn equity split discussions into cap table records by organizing roles, contributions, vesting context, IP questions, approval records, and diligence notes.
Founder inputs
- Role and time commitment
- Prior contribution
- Future responsibility
- Cash invested
- IP contributed
Terms to discuss
- Vesting
- cliffs
- decision rights
- departure handling
- repurchase rights
- future hiring and option pool assumptions
Records to save
- Cap table baseline
- board or founder approvals
- stock purchase documents
- 83(b) workflow notes
- data-room copy
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