The document discusses equity ownership and how it should be split among founders, employees, and investors of a company. It provides guidance on how to determine the equity split among founders based on factors like capital funding, role importance, and salary. It also discusses employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and how much equity to offer investors while considering the company valuation, investment amount, negotiation factors, and investor risk appetite. The session aims to answer questions about equity ownership during an open Q&A session.

1. Introduction to the
Company
Live Q&A Session with
Archana Rajaram
General Counsel, Unilazer Ventures

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Agenda for the session
Introduction to Equity Ownership1
Open Q&A2

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Equity Ownership
How should equity be split?
Equity
Ownership
Founders
Employees
(ESOPs)
Investors
A common question every entrepreneur has when they start.

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Equity for Founders
In what proportion should it be split?
Key Drivers for Calculating Equity Split among Founders
Who’s funding capital
into the Business?
How important is this
person’s role?
Who’s taking cash salary,
or not?
Whose idea was it?

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Equity for Employees (ESOPs)
How do you decide on ESOPs for employees?
An arrangement between the company & an employee that provides employees an
ownership interest in the company at no cost
Do’s & Don’ts for ESOPs
Life cycle of ESOPs
Grant Vesting Exercise
Exercise
Period

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Equity for Investors
How much equity should you offer to investors?
Things that an Entrepreneur needs to take into consideration while offering equity to
investors
Valuation of the
company
Amount Invested
Negotiation between
Founder & Investor
Risk Appetite of Investor

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Agenda for the session
Equity Ownership1
Open Q&A2

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Open Q&A
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