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Nathan Latka

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
223533 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Yes, but it's important, and I know you're open, and I think you'll talk about it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Most people won't talk about this, so I have to take the opportunity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

But this is, I believe, what your cap table looks like.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

So there's some key assumptions here.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

I made the assumption that your four co-founders all own 25% at the start, so you see that in the upper right, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

You, Doron, Carmel, and Guy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

And then I assumed 20...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

20% sold on the 2014 series seed, which you confirmed earlier.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

And then some of these other metrics are already public.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Like, we know you sold 16% in the series C. We just got confirmation on the series E of about 13% sale.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

If all this is true, you've been diluted down to about an 8% stake in the company, assuming there was no top-up or ESOP pool.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Are you in that range today?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Yes, but this is what all the early employees at Hoppin said.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

And then it crashed and burned and all their options are upside down and the employee number two gets no money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

Well, that's my question for you, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

So you see my sort of ugly text in the bottom left, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

As you raise more capital, your options for exiting decrease.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

There's less buyers that will pay that amount of money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

So how do you turn your list?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His cap table will shock you. $100m revenue, $750m valuation in his series D with Coro Co-Founder Dror Liwer

You have not, just to be clear, he has not confirmed this.