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Option Plan Impact Viewer
Evaluate how increasing or resizing an employee option plan changes founder ownership, investor ownership and the overall cap table.
This is a directional founder tool to make option pool expansion easier to understand before a financing round or hiring plan. It does not replace a full legal cap table model.
Current Ownership
Use combined founder ownership before the option plan is increased.
Use combined investor ownership before the option plan is changed.
Use the current employee option pool before any expansion.
New Plan Structure
Enter the new total pool target, not only the increase amount.
This changes how the pool increase dilution is distributed across the existing holders.
Please complete every field, ensure the starting ownership adds up to 100%, and ensure the new pool target is not smaller than the current pool.
Founder Ownership After Change
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Estimated founder ownership after the option plan expansion.
Investor Ownership After Change
0%
Estimated investor ownership after the option plan expansion.
Option Pool After Change
0%
This is the target pool size after the change is applied.
Founder Dilution from Pool Change
0%
This is the percentage point reduction in founder ownership caused by the option plan expansion.
Pool Increase Size
0%
This is the size of the new pool increase.
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