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Start hereGetting startedCreate your workspace, add your first company, and reach a clean fully-diluted cap table in about fifteen minutes — by import or from scratch.Read the guide →Start here
Core workflows
Importing your cap tableBring an existing cap table into Tenacap from Carta, Pulley, or a spreadsheet — every figure reconciled against the source before anything is committed.Managing your cap tableAdd stakeholders and share classes, issue and transfer shares, and read the fully-diluted ownership view that ties it all together.Share buy-backsRepurchase shares from one or more sellers in a single transaction — preview the cap-table effect, commit it to the ledger (shares return to authorized-but-unissued), then route a board consent and a repurchase agreement per seller for e-signature.
Equity instruments
SAFEs & convertiblesRecord SAFEs and convertible notes with caps and discounts, generate a YC post-money SAFE agreement, and send it for signature.Options, grants & vestingCreate an option plan, issue ISO or NSO grants, attach standard or custom vesting, and record exercises — with grant notices ready to sign.Vesting calendarA company-wide, time-ordered view of who vests next — every active option, RSU, and RSA grant in a 30-, 90-, or 365-day window, with cliffs marked.Restricted stock & 83(b)Issue restricted stock with a vesting schedule, generate the purchase agreement (RSPA), and track the 30-day 83(b) election deadline.
Documents
Compliance & tax
Compliance & taxRecord 409A valuations, track 83(b) elections and Rule 701 limits, export Form 3921, and watch each holding’s QSBS clock.Option HoldingsA per-grant compliance roll-up for stock options — Rule 701, 83(b), Form 3921, the ISO $100k limit, the AMT-ISO preference, and dispositions — so you can see what each grant might trigger at a glance.QSBS (§1202)A per-holding view of the Qualified Small Business Stock clock and tests — the five-year hold, the $50M gross-assets test, and the active-business attestation — with a conservative estimate and a plain not-tax-advice disclaimer.ASC 718 stock-comp reportMeasure grant-date fair value for every option grant with Black-Scholes, recognize the cost straight-line, and produce an auditor-ready expense schedule from persisted assumptions — reproducible years later.Delaware franchise taxPrepare a Delaware Annual Franchise Tax Report from your cap table (C-corps) — computed both ways with the far-cheaper Assumed Par Value method recommended — or see the flat $300 June-1 annual tax for LLCs, with a filing link and an optional reminder before the deadline.
Sharing & modeling
Stakeholder portalInvite founders, employees, and investors to a read-only view of their own holdings, vesting, options, and estimated value.Scenario modelingModel a priced round, watch outstanding SAFEs convert line by line, and see the resulting fully-diluted ownership before you commit.Recording a priced roundTurn a modeled Series A into real records: issue a new preferred class, take in the new money, and convert your outstanding SAFEs and notes — all as one atomic, immutable ledger entry.Export & open schemaExport your whole cap table to CSV, JSON, or a single archive in our open, versioned schema — your data leaves whenever you want it to.Exit waterfallEnter an acquisition or liquidation value and see who gets what — stacked liquidation preferences, the convert-or-take decision, participation caps, accrued dividends, and option net exercise, all as a private projection.Founder calculatorsQuick answers off your live cap table — how many shares to grant for a target %, and how much option pool you need — using the same math as the scenario engine.
Governance & trust
Board approvalsRecord what the board authorized — grants, financings, 409As, pool increases — generate a consent document, link it to the records it covers, and keep an immutable trail.Cap-table health signalsThe signals that flag what needs attention before your next round — a stale 409A, grants priced without one, overdue 83(b) elections, unsigned or un-approved grants — and where each one now lives across the app.Change log & audit trailSee who changed what, when, and why. Every change to your company is recorded as a hash-chained, tamper-evident entry you can filter and export.Email notificationsProactive emails for the time-sensitive things — a 409A about to expire, an 83(b) deadline approaching — so you hear about them before they become a problem. Choose what you receive per event.Roles & permissionsWho can see and do what. Workspace roles (Admin, Editor, Viewer) control your team; the stakeholder portal gives shareholders read-only access to just their own holdings.Diligence packHand an investor, lawyer, or auditor a single zip with your cap table, compliance reports, and audit trail — each file fingerprinted in a signed manifest.Trust & securityWhat Tenacap is built on, how your data is protected, and how we keep it safe — encryption, access control, an immutable audit trail, and where your data lives.Closing your account & deleting your dataHow to close your Tenacap account, what gets erased, what we’re legally required to keep, and how to take your data with you first.