Cap Table Creation & Management
Business Legal Services
Cap Table Creation & Management
Achieve greater transparency in your business with a clearly maintained cap table
Businesses like yours should ensure that they have an accurate and up-to-date cap table ready from the very beginning. They make it easy to see who owns what and it helps you and investors understand your businesses’ capital structure.
If your startup were a Netflix series, your cap table would be the recap rolling at the start of each episode.
With our cap table creation and management services, you’ll receive a dynamic cap table, ongoing management and the ability to run specific scenarios to see how a future funding round could affect your businesses’ ownership structure, all from as little as £500.
Cap table benefits
Why is a cap table important?
A cap table is a legal document that shows your businesses equity structure. This means it should be properly maintained and kept up to date. Creating and maintaining a cap table can be a tedious process though, especially in the early days. Your time is limited and you would rather spend your time growing your business.
Even though it isn’t a mandatory document to have in place, any errors in your cap table are errors in your businesses official ownership documentation. This can cause significant issues when approaching funding rounds or hiring employees.
As new investors join you on your journey, they will dilute the stakes of existing shareholders. You’ll be recruiting new employees, each with different starting dates, different option grants, vesting schedules and exercise dates. Some will no doubt leave before they’re fully vested. Your cap table must keep track of all this in precise detail along with materials like contact information and legal documents for all shareholders.
Funding rounds become easier and quicker to close
if investors have visibility of a well-maintained cap table.
Negotiations and terms with investors become better and smoother
as both parties understand the effect of incoming funds on the company’s ownership structure.
Investor relations become stronger
as potential investors have greater confidence in your business.
Disputes are minimised
as all parties are clear on who owns what.
Employee motivation and trust is increased
as employees, executives and senior management have full visibility of their share in the company.
You’ll have more time back
to focus on what’s really important… running your business.
Cap table services
I'm interested in setting up a cap table. How can you help?
If you choose to let us create and manage your cap table, you’ll receive:
Dynamically formatted cap table
You’ll receive a correctly formatted cap table broken down by stakeholder, saving you the trouble of tedious formatting and formulas.
All you need to do is supply us with your current cap table if it needs re-modeling, or you can supply us your key stakeholder information and we’ll create your cap table from scratch.
Ongoing management and support
You’ll receive ongoing management and support of your cap table, ensuring no mistakes are made and information is correctly updated. When approaching a funding round or onboarding a new stakeholder, all you have to do is let us know and we’ll do the rest to keep your cap table updated.
If your business has undertaken more than 2 rounds of new share issues and historical share movements need to be filled in, this may incur extra cost at our standard rates.
Unique scenario modelling
This is what makes us different to the vast amount of online cap table platforms out there.
You’ll have the ability to see how a future fundraise could impact your current stakeholders without actually issuing your shares. All you have to do is let us know what scenario you’d like to run and we’ll do the rest.
How much does a cap table cost?
We’re not like traditional law firms. To provide your business with flexible and affordable legal support, there are three different ways you can work with us: pay as you go and two subscriptions. Learn more about our pricing plans.
Our Enterprise Plan is designed specifically to support the needs of start-ups and smaller businesses, joining our Enterprise plan will give you fast access to highly experienced solicitors at a fraction of the cost of traditional law firms. You’ll benefit from one hour of legal advice each month included in your subscription, access to our full range of services covering everything a growing business needs, a simple flat rate of £125 per hour (excl. VAT) for any additional legal support and more.
| Service plan
|
City
One-off legal support for any business |
Enterprise
Monthly subscription for start-ups and SMEs |
On-demand
Quarterly subscription for larger businesses |
| Cap table creation | £500-£1,000 | £250-£500* | At your hourly rate |
| Ongoing management | £250 per hour | £125 per hour* | At your hourly rate |
Our cap table services are the equivalent to 2-4 hours of legal support. The costs listed above exclusive of VAT. Our Enable and Extend plans offer up to 50% discount on our Standard Rates (Engage plan).
*Minus any accrued credit on your Enable plan..
Why choose our corporate solicitors?
As entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand your situation
Wherever you are in your start-up, we’ve got a member of our specialist team who’s been there before. We can offer expert advice and hands-on support to move your business forward. Our objective is to provide legal support to start-ups that’s more accessible, affordable, and holistic in approach. We’ll get to know your business goals so that we can apply our legal knowledge and commercial experience to reach the best possible outcome specifically for you.
Our experts have all been recruited from top 100 UK law firms or from large international businesses. Find out more about who you’ll be working with below:
Testimonials
What our clients say
It was delightful working with Stephen and Callum on the fundraise. As an ex-investment banker, I’ve worked with many law firms and the legal process can be quite painful. We wanted to make sure our investors were protected and there were no delays with the raise. The fundraise was executed smoothly and Stephen and Callum were both very helpful. Callum was extremely bright. They both pointed out lots of things that we had missed.
Hana Salussolia
Chief Operating Officer,
Medisonal
The flexibility of the enable plan works perfectly for us as a growing start-up. It’s like having your own in-house counsel without spending a fortune like other firms charge. Working with Callum Giliker on this funding round was incredibly easy and straightforward. Callum understood all our needs without us even having to voice it.
Dr. Francesco Colacino
Co-Founder and CEO,
Rheality
Over the years Harper James have helped us navigate complex legal issues and red tape, providing distilled options and legal consultancy that far exceeds the service levels we’ve previously experienced from more traditional law firms. The team act like our own in-house counsel so, regardless of which lawyer we work with, we feel supported and that they truly have our best interests at heart.
Michael Edwards
Co-Founder,
Inspire Group
Stephen was very helpful, pragmatic and where appropriate, entertaining. We were grateful for the way Stephen advised us in layman’s terms, showing patience to ensure we understood the transaction and were able to move to completion. I value the relationship we have developed with Harper James over the last few years and would recommend them to others.
Jon Arcos
Founder & CEO,
Axis Spine Technologies
When we were in the process of raising funds for our business venture, we were fortunate enough to have the support of Harper James. Their advice and guidance were extremely beneficial to us, and we’ve been impressed by their responsive service.
TJ Herbert
CEO and Founder,
Itchy Fish
Harper James have been incredibly professional and responsive. They immediately understood the challenges we have. Not only those of any small business, but those relating to building a piece of complex tech, and they have been able to help us navigate that from a legal perspective.
Alastair MacGregor
Founder,
Do IT
It was delightful working with Stephen and Callum on the fundraise. As an ex-investment banker, I’ve worked with many law firms and the legal process can be quite painful. We wanted to make sure our investors were protected and there were no delays with the raise. The fundraise was executed smoothly and Stephen and Callum were both very helpful. Callum was extremely bright. They both pointed out lots of things that we had missed.
Hana Salussolia
Chief Operating Officer,
Medisonal
The flexibility of the enable plan works perfectly for us as a growing start-up. It’s like having your own in-house counsel without spending a fortune like other firms charge. Working with Callum Giliker on this funding round was incredibly easy and straightforward. Callum understood all our needs without us even having to voice it.
Dr. Francesco Colacino
Co-Founder and CEO,
Rheality
Over the years Harper James have helped us navigate complex legal issues and red tape, providing distilled options and legal consultancy that far exceeds the service levels we’ve previously experienced from more traditional law firms. The team act like our own in-house counsel so, regardless of which lawyer we work with, we feel supported and that they truly have our best interests at heart.
Michael Edwards
Co-Founder,
Inspire Group
Stephen was very helpful, pragmatic and where appropriate, entertaining. We were grateful for the way Stephen advised us in layman’s terms, showing patience to ensure we understood the transaction and were able to move to completion. I value the relationship we have developed with Harper James over the last few years and would recommend them to others.
Jon Arcos
Founder & CEO,
Axis Spine Technologies
When we were in the process of raising funds for our business venture, we were fortunate enough to have the support of Harper James. Their advice and guidance were extremely beneficial to us, and we’ve been impressed by their responsive service.
TJ Herbert
CEO and Founder,
Itchy Fish
Harper James have been incredibly professional and responsive. They immediately understood the challenges we have. Not only those of any small business, but those relating to building a piece of complex tech, and they have been able to help us navigate that from a legal perspective.
Alastair MacGregor
Founder,
Do IT
