Company Structure Over Time

The company’s structure will likely change over time as the team grows and new investors come on board. See the following page for a diagram of how OCV companies will change their structure from initial incorporation towards a round of external funding.

Open Core Ventures companies will typically have an equity ownership capitalization that resembles the following progression.


graph TD
  subgraph Incorporation
	Company --> OCV["OCV: 100%"]
	end
  subgraph FounderHired[Founder Hired]
	Company2[Company] --> OCV2["OCV: 50-90%"]
	Company2 --> Founder2["Founder(s): 10-50%"]
	end
  subgraph OtherEmployees[Other Employees Hired]
	Company3[Company] --> OCV3["OCV: 45-80%"]
	Company3 --> Founder3["Founder(s): 10-45%"]
	Company3 --> Employees3["Other Employees: 0-10%"]
	end
  subgraph PricedRound[Priced Round]
	Company4[Company] --> OCV4["OCV: 30-70%"]
	Company4 --> Founder4["Founder(s): 10-30%"]
	Company4 --> Employees4["Other Employees: 10-20%"]
	Company4 --> NewInvestors["New Investors: 10-20%"]
	end
Incorporation --> FounderHired --> OtherEmployees --> PricedRound

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Dilution