cap table

English

Etymology

Clipping of capitalization table.

Noun

cap table (plural cap tables)

1. (business, finance) A document which details the distribution of equity in a company.
   • 2011, Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson, Venture Deals […] , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 95:

     Now that we've worked through all of the specific clauses in the term sheet, let's go through how a typical capitalization table (cap table) works. A term sheet will almost always contain a summary cap table, which we describe in this chapter.

   • 2013, Nicole Gravagna, Peter K. Adams, Venture Capital For Dummies‎^[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     When you hire a new key employee, you will probably give him or her some stock and add that to the cap table.

   • 2014, David Worrell, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Financial Statements, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 191:

     A cap table is not a financial statement, per se, but it is an important document that entrepreneurs should maintain at all times.

See also

• term sheet