Let's talk about SAFEs
In 2013, Y Combinator created the SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). This has become a popular early-stage investment vehicle for founders and investors. Since then, accelerators, angels, and early-stage...
Substack and the Rise of Content Creators
If the 2010’s will be remembered as the decade of publications, the 2020’s will be the decade of creators. In fact, digital content creation is expected to reach $43 billion...
🇺🇸The Cap Table: Deal News July 3rd
We believe in data. The data show that today could be possibly the worst ever to send an upcoming newsletter. A lot of work goes into these weekly exclusives, both...
TCT Exclusive: Stephanie Friedman, Angel Investor, Advisor & Board Member
We’re thrilled to announce this week's exclusive with Stephanie Schatz Friedman, an experienced operator, Angel Investor, Advisor & Board Member. With 20+ years of operating experience, she’s helped build and...
The Cap Table: Ryan Denehy, founder & CEO of Electric
For this week’s exclusive, we caught up with Ryan Denehy, 3x founder, investor, and current CEO at Electric. Ryan knows a thing or two about getting on the cap table....
Amplifying Black Voices in VC & Startups
Here at The Cap Table, our mission is to help more people get (and stay) on the capitalization table. Historically, equity upside in startups and VC has been reserved predominantly...
Polina Marinova on the future of media 🔮
For this week's exclusive, we caught up with Polina Marinova, founder at The Profile. We discussed: The most complex story she covered at Term Sheet ✍️ Why she left Fortune...
Why we switched to Substack
This post is a Twitter thread explaining our recent switch to Substack.
TCT EXCLUSIVE interview: Arjun Sethi, Tribe Capital
We’re thrilled to feature our first exclusive interview with Arjun Sethi, Co-Founder of Tribe Capital. Arjun is a two-time founder (2 exits) turned Angel and Venture Capital investor. He has...
inspired by a 🍭
Volume 3: inspired by a lollipop Remember when your parents used to drag you to the bank? The long lines, the suits, the stuffy atmosphere. You know what made it...
Many are called, few are chosen
‘Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen’ No, we’re not talking about admission to Clubhouse in this week’s exclusive. We’re talking about perhaps the best-kept secret in VC. The man...
The 205x return you might have missed
Let’s play a game. On April 19th, 2020, amid a global pandemic, a VC could have cashed in on a 205x return. Hint: it wasn’t liked by “VCs Congratulating themselves”...