04 • Ownership discipline

Valuation is what you announce. Ownership is what you keep.

The wrong early capital can damage future rounds, founder incentives, control and exit outcomes. XITIJ helps founders understand dilution, ESOPs, convertibles, investor rights and long-term consequences before signing.

Take Mini Assessment Request Cap Table Review

How XITIJ goes about it

Structured advisory before a contact request.

The objective is to avoid generic “contact us” flows. Each visitor first sees the method, self-checks readiness and then proceeds with a clearer enquiry.

1

Document and cap-table intake

We review the current cap table, planned raise, prior instruments, ESOP pool, SHA/SSA/term sheet and side letters where available.

2

Economic terms review

We evaluate valuation, dilution, option pool, conversion, liquidation preference and exit-proceeds implications.

3

Control and governance review

We flag investor rights, reserved matters, board rights, ROFR/ROFO, drag/tag and strategic restrictions.

4

Scenario modelling

We model future rounds and founder ownership/exit outcomes under reasonable scenarios.

Mini assessment

Cap Table, Dilution & Term Sheet Health Check self-check

Answer the quick prompts below. The score is only a directional readiness indicator. It helps the visitor understand the conversation they should have with XITIJ before submitting an enquiry.

1. The company has an updated cap table with all issued, promised and reserved equity

2. All convertible/CCD/CCPS/SAFE-like instruments and conversion triggers are documented

3. ESOP pool size, timing and pre-money/post-money impact are understood

4. Investor rights such as liquidation preference, anti-dilution and pro-rata are understood

5. Control rights, board rights and reserved matters have been reviewed

6. Advisor equity and inactive co-founder equity have been cleaned up or documented

7. Future-round dilution has been modelled for at least two additional rounds

8. Exit proceeds under key term-sheet scenarios have been simulated

What the visitor should understand before contacting XITIJ

XITIJ is not positioning this as a generic form fill. The visitor should know the likely scope, the readiness questions, and the next advisory conversation before submitting details.

Next step after this page

Use the CTA above after completing the mini assessment. The contact form will preserve the service name, source page and readiness band so the enquiry does not lose context.