Your post-money stake, spelled out
Enter the raise and the pre-money valuation and CX Cash shows your ownership before and after, side by side, with the point drop called out. No squinting at a formula someone built in a tab two rounds ago.
Equity
See the ownership you actually walk away with once the round closes
CX Cash turns the round terms into a live cap table, so you read your post-money stake, every holder's percentage, and the pool top-up that quietly eats into it before you ever countersign.
CX Cash
Founder ownership
51.2%
Post-money
$15.0M
New round
$3.0M
Holders
7
Founder stake after the round
▼ -10.8 pts62.0% before · 51.2% after the $3.0M Series A
| Holder | Shares | Ownership % |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Chen (Founder, CEO) | 5,120,000 | 51.2% |
| Devin Okafor (Founder, CTO) | 1,480,000 | 14.8% |
| Northstar Ventures (Series A) | 2,000,000 | 20.0% |
| Harborline Capital (Seed) | 780,000 | 7.8% |
| Option pool (unissued) | 520,000 | 5.2% |
| Early team (vested) | 70,000 | 0.7% |
| SAFE conversion (Antler) | 30,000 | 0.3% |
The number you sign for is not the number you end up with
The headline is a valuation and a check size. What it costs you is buried: the new investor takes their slice, then the pre-money option pool top-up dilutes you again before the money even lands, and your real post-round stake is a few points lower than the deck implied. Most founders work this out after the wire clears, off a spreadsheet that breaks the moment the terms shift. So you negotiate the price and miss the ownership.
What you can do
Every holder on one table
Founders, existing investors, the option pool, SAFE conversions and the new round line up with their shares and ownership percentages, so the full picture is one table instead of seven cells you have to trust.
The pool top-up, made visible
Toggle the pre-money option-pool top-up and watch it come out of your slice before the new money does. That is the dilution founders forget, and here it is a number you can see and push back on.
Re-model as the terms move
A new pre-money, a bigger check, a different pool size: change the inputs and the holder table and your percentage update on the spot, so you can compare two term sheets in the time it takes to read one.
7 holders
on one ownership table
Pre + post
your stake, before and after
Live
re-models as terms change
Onboard in three steps
- 01
Enter the round
Type in the new investment, the pre-money valuation, and your current ownership split. CX Cash takes it from there with no spreadsheet to wire up.
- 02
Read your post-money ownership
Your stake before and after lands at the top with the point drop, and the full holder table shows every party's shares and percentage on a single screen.
- 03
Test the terms
Add the pool top-up, raise the check, drop the valuation, and watch your ownership and every holder's slice re-settle, so you know the real cost before you sign.
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Questions
What does CX Cash actually compute for a round? +
It takes your current ownership split, the new investment, and the pre-money valuation, then works out the new investor's percentage and re-scales every existing holder. You see your founder stake fall from its pre-round figure to its post-round one, with the post-money valuation alongside.
How does the option pool top-up affect my ownership? +
A pre-money pool top-up is carved out of the existing cap before the new money comes in, which means founders and existing holders fund it and dilute first. CX Cash lets you toggle a 10% top-up so you can see exactly how many points it costs you, rather than discovering it inside the closing docs.
Can I see who holds what, not just my own slice? +
Yes. The holder table lists founders, existing investors, the option pool, SAFE conversions and the new round with shares and ownership percentages, so the whole cap table reads as one view instead of a stack of separate figures.
Can I compare two term sheets? +
Change the pre-money, the check size, or the pool and the table re-settles immediately, so you can run one set of terms, note your stake, then run the other and see the difference in ownership directly.
Is this a full cap table of record? +
It is a modeling view built to answer the ownership question for a round: what your stake becomes and how each holder moves. It is meant to sit next to your system of record so you can pressure-test terms before they are locked.