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Add shareholders and enter a round to see post-money ownership.
Founders: your post-round % is what matters — not just the round size.
Scenario Summary
| Group | Post-Money % Why dilution is normal New investment always issues new shares, so every existing holder's percentage drops. A smaller percentage of a larger company is usually worth more than a larger percentage of a smaller one. |
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Typical option pool sizes
Seed rounds usually reserve 5–10% for the option pool; Series A typically 10–15%; Series B and later often 15–20%. The pool comes out of the post-money cap table, so it dilutes founders before the new investor's money lands.
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| Shareholder | Class | Shares | Pre-Money % | Post-Money % | Dilution Long-term impact of a 20% pool Dilution compounds across every future round, and the option pool refreshes each time. A 20% pool today typically grows into a materially larger pre-exit allocation by Series C — so the founders' final exit slice is smaller than this round's number suggests. |
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