Exit WaterfallRound Modeling

Exit waterfalls,
SAFE conversion,
round what-if.

Liquidation preferences, participation caps, SAFE/note conversions, next-round dilution — modeled on your live cap table in seconds, not weeks. Defensible board packs, not spreadsheets.

Solves in <2sLattice-testedGP-grade math
Lattice Robotics · base case
$240M exit
● Solves in 1.8s
Per-class final proceeds · $240M exit
Series B · $53.65M
Series A · $35.29M
Common · $112.9M
Σ $240.0M
Common /sh
$11.32
Series B /sh
$13.16
Founders @
39.0%
Trusted by founders & finance teams worldwide
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01
Live waterfall, in seconds
Liquidation prefs, participation caps, conversion math — solved on your live cap table, not a stale Excel.
02
SAFE & note conversion, modeled cleanly
Pre-money vs post-money, valuation caps, MFNs — visualized as a single bar per round, not a labyrinth.
03
Next-round what-if, side by side
Sandbox a Series B at three different valuations. Founder ownership, employee dilution, investor returns — compared in one view.
$300M
$500M
$800M
Two modes, one cap table

Exit waterfall.
Round modeling.
Same source of truth.

Most tools do one or the other — exit modeling OR round modeling. We model both off the same kernel of grant truth, so the answers never disagree with each other or with your audit.

Exit waterfall
Liquidation · participation · conversion
GP-grade math
Liquidation preferences
Multi-tier, in seniority order — Series B → A → Seed with override toggles per class.
Participation caps
1× / 2× / 3× caps with the standard binary-search settlement once a class hits its cap.
Conversion-vs-pref decision
Brute-force across all 2^N pref/convert combinations; per-class optimization, not heuristics.
Edge cases visible
Negative returns to common, participating-cap activations, anti-dilution adjustments — flagged in the UI, not hidden.
Round modeling
SAFE / notes / next round
Founder-friendly
Pre-money & post-money
Choose either; the other re-derives. Option-pool refresh modeled before or after.
SAFE/note conversion
Valuation cap, discount, MFN — all three resolved per holder, not in aggregate.
Side-by-side scenarios
Pin 3+ valuations at once. Founder ownership, employee dilution, lead-investor % — every line item comparable.
Next-round projection
Cap table after the next round. Hand it to the board as a single sealed PDF.
Same grants, both views, one click.
Toggle a tab to swing from "what does an exit look like?" to "what does the next round look like?" — on the same data.
How it works

From cap table to board pack
in five steps.

⌀ Solve time: 1.8s
01
Connect your cap table
One-click sync from Value8, or upload Carta / Pulley / Shareworks / CSV. All terms — liquidation, participation, caps, anti-dilution — live in the kernel.
02
Set the exit value (or pre-money)
A slider for exit-waterfall mode. A valuation input for round-modeling mode. Both drive the same solver in real time.
03
Layer the overrides
Toggle participation, simulate a forced conversion, override anti-dilution terms — each change re-solves in <2 seconds.
04
Review every edge case
Cap-activation crossings, negative-to-common scenarios, MFN cascades — surfaced in the UI, not buried in a footnote.
05
Ship the board pack
Sealed PDF with assumptions, per-class proceeds, sensitivity tables. Audit-grade, not a screenshot.
A real waterfall, in miniature

Drag the exit slider.
Watch the cascade resolve.

Sample cap table for Lattice Robotics, Inc. — 17M shares, $38M raised across Seed → A → B. Try different Series B terms and see the cap activation crossing live.

Exit value
$240.0M
Common /sh
$14.12
Investor MOIC
2.90×
Founders take
$112.9M
Exit-value scenario
Slide between $20M and $800M · solver re-runs as you drag
$20M$800M
$240.0M
After liquidation prefs
Remaining waterfall · $240.0M
Σ $240.0M
Per-class final proceeds
Series B · $53.65M
Series A · $35.29M
Common · $112.9M
Σ $240.0M
⚠ Series B chose to convert (better than its pref).
Per-class proceeds
ClassSharesInvestedModeProceeds$/sh
Common
Founders & employees
8,000,000$112.9M$14.12
Options pool
Vested ISO/NSO
1,200,000$16.94M$14.12
Series Seed
1× non-participating
1,500,000$3.00MCONVERTED$21.18M$14.12
Series A
1× non-participating
2,500,000$10.00MCONVERTED$35.29M$14.12
Series B
1× participating · $50M cap
3,800,000$25.00MCONVERTED$53.65M$14.12
Totals17,000,000$38.00M$240.0M
Our team's background

Credentials you can trust.

Our appraisers bring hands-on experience from top-tier financial institutions and Ivy League business schools — the same people you'd hire individually, working on every valuation.

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Finance & business majors
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Law & compliance counsel

Every engagement is led by a named, credentialed appraiser — backgrounds across Ivy League finance, Big Four audit, investment banking, and law. Bios available on request.

Used by deal teams at
VCs and growth funds run waterfalls and round models on Value8.
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Pricing

Quarterly, like your reviews.

One simple quarterly price — discounted when your cap table lives on Value8.

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Exit waterfall + Round modeling
$499/ quarter
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+Exit waterfall + Round modeling
+Liquidation prefs · participation · caps
+SAFE / convertible note conversion
+Side-by-side scenario compare
+Per-class proceeds + $/share table
+Edge-case detection (cap activation, neg-to-common)
+Sealed PDF board pack export
+Unlimited scenarios · 1 cap table
Enterprise
Late-stage · GP-grade
Custom
Unlimited · SSO · API

+Multi-entity & multi-currency
+Custom term sheets · MFN cascades
+API + bulk scenario runs
+Monthly cadence + alerts
+SOC 1 SSAE 18 report
+Dedicated CSM
+On-prem audit-room option
+Custom investor portal links
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