Carine M. Schneider still remembers the first conversation when she decided to build Astrella. “When they say “we drew it on a cocktail napkin,” I really did do that. I had a vision on how we could build an ownership tracking system while integrating services and solutions from other providers in our ecosystem,” she elucidates.…
Read articleMENLO PARK, Calif. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AST Private Company Solutions, Inc. (AST PCS), an Equiniti company, is announcing that it has collaborated with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a leading marketplace for trading private company stock, to enable private companies to seamlessly manage company-sponsored liquidity events and cap table administration. “By building a link between Astrella…
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“We needed an expert to help manage our ownership data” White-glove cap table management Disaster Tech optimizes employee ownership with the Astrella platform Introduction Starting a business is hard. In addition to building a solution and bringing it to market, founders and CEOs need to wear many hats and be experts in legal, tax, HR,…
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Starting a company is an exciting and often intimidating adventure. Making the climb from the company’s founding to a public offering or exit strategy can seem impossible. In fact, about 40% of businesses who say they are about to go public later realize that they are missing crucial data and are unable to reach an…
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When managing your capitalization table or, cap table, maintaining the precision and validity of its information should be top of mind. Whether your business is looking to increase investor acquisition, prepare your cap table for the next financing round, or predict capital gains with scenario testing, a “dirty” cap table will hold you back. But…
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As a start-up company, you’ll want to consider creating a cap table to manage your financial assets. However, tracking ownership, shares and various funding sources can become overwhelming quickly. Creating a capitalization table that offers the quick setup, security, and automation you need is the best way to ensure your business’s shareholders and employee stock…
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The private market is often considered an exclusive club. While it may tout accessibility for everyone, only those with substantial personal wealth or connections can reliably find their way in through a secret door. In fact, there are many qualified “accredited investors” who don’t realize they can participate in this asset class, because they do…
Read articleJanuary 11, 2022 01:00 AM Eastern Standard Time MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AST Private Company Solutions (AST PCS) is announcing the company’s latest strategic alliance with Simetria Trading Solutions Ltd™ (Simetria), an Israeli-based leading provider of liquidity for private tech companies powered by digital assistance technology. AST PCS’s Astrella® capitalization (cap) table and ownership data management…
Read articleOnly a few generations ago, investing tended to remain the purview of the wealthy. No longer. Today, your neighborhood plumber might have a more impressive portfolio than your company’s CEO. And it’s all happened thanks to systematic democratization in the publicly traded capital markets This isn’t to suggest that everyone can or should invest, of…
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Sobering statistics are often tossed around about the single-digit percent of startups that make it, with relatively few companies receiving venture capital funding. But there are steps you can take from the start to significantly increase your chances of success. Decisions you make now will determine how sustainably you grow, the quality of investors and…
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