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A reconstructed cap table for OpenAI Group PBC, valued at $852 billion post‑money, has surfaced, revealing a $122 billion round and a striking ownership picture. The document shows CEO Sam Altman listed with 0% equity, while SoftBank holds an 11.75% stake that translates into roughly $50 billion of paper gains. The OpenAI Foundation sits atop the share structure with 2.6 billion shares, but its liquidity rights remain opaque. The full investor roster, from Microsoft to early angels, is now publicly visible for the first time.
The VC Corner blog post unveils a free seven‑sheet Excel model that lets founders and investors run a full accretion/dilution analysis on any M&A transaction. The tool calculates whether the acquiring company’s earnings per share (EPS) will rise or fall...
The VC Corner has compiled a one‑stop library of fundraising resources for founders, ranging from curated investor lists and financial‑model templates to real pitch decks and due‑diligence checklists. The collection targets every stage of a raise, from pre‑seed to late‑stage,...
Private B2B SaaS valuations in 2026 are now anchored to a regression‑derived formula based on 63 cash transactions. The baseline multiple ranges from 4.8x ARR for bootstrapped firms to 5.3x for equity‑backed ones, while companies with Rule of 40 above...
Fundraising in 2026 has slowed dramatically, with deals now taking six to nine months versus three to four in 2021. Seed investors expect the same unit‑economics and go‑to‑market rigor that once belonged at Series A, and AI startups command roughly 42%...
A founder raised $1.2 million using four non‑dilutive sources—cloud credits, a government grant, revenue‑based financing, and a tech‑company program—while retaining 100% ownership of his SaaS at $80K MRR. The post reveals a curated list of 80+ equity‑free funding options across nine...
The author has assembled a visual collection of 16 early‑stage pitch decks from companies now worth over $1.5 trillion, including Airbnb, Uber, Facebook and WeWork. The decks, ranging from eight to twelve slides, reveal that the most successful seed presentations are...
