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…
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…
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…
January 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…
Only 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…
Astrella hosted a few hundred alliances and leaders from the Private Market ecosystem for #CAPtivate21 at The Pearl in San Francisco. The event included a panel discussion and was also used to launch the new book from President of AST Private Company Solutjons, Carine Schneider “The Democratization of the Private Market.” “The CAPtivate was excellent…
Industry experts talk about what’s next for private companies now that transparency is on the top of the regulator’s mind. November 08, 2021 Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Founders, many of whom want to avoid the scrutiny of public markets, are choosing to stay private for longer than ever. Yet with a record amount of cash locked up…
Carine Schneider, an esteemed leader within the start-up community, will release “The Democratization of The Private Market” on November 8th MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 2, 2021 – Carine M. Schneider, FGE, President of AST Private Company Solutions, Inc. in Menlo Park, California, today announces November 8th as the publication date for her book “The Democratization of The Private Market.” The book provides expert…
Employee compensation can be a complicated and multi-faceted puzzle. Even if a business has found a balance between profitability and employee satisfaction in salaries, they may have no idea how to approach stock awards. How many shares should a company grant its employees and how often? There are plenty of guides that break down the…
Before the dot-com boom of the late 90s, employees used to write checks to their employer when they decided to exercise their stock options. In return, the company would deposit the check and issue a paper stock certificate to the employee. Now that banking and financial management have mostly moved online, stock ownership is managed…