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Fundraising readiness is a cap table problem, not a pitch deck problem

Pitch decks still matter, but most fundraising delays happen during cap table review. Learn why ownership clarity determines how quickly a round closes.

Industry News

Why scaling startups are rightsizing their cap tables

Best Practices

10 Ways startups can prepare for a successful fundraise in 2026

Customer stories

Simplifying equity at scale: Why The Mintable made the switch from Carta

Customer stories

How Lemonlight saved $3,000 by right-sizing their equity management

Customer stories

Elnora AI made every founding member a co-owner in breakthrough innovation

Inside Cake

Fundraising readiness is a cap table problem, not a pitch deck problem

Garrison Gowens

Industry News

Why scaling startups are rightsizing their cap tables

Garrison Gowens

Best Practices

10 Ways startups can prepare for a successful fundraise in 2026

Garrison Gowens

Product Updates

Close out 2025 strong with Cake's compliance and fundraising updates

Nick Cust

Product Updates

What's new: QSBS attestation letters, warrant management, and bulk edits

Nick Cust

Industry News

Startup equity is not dead: Why startup founders still believe in shared ownership

Garrison Gowens

Community

LA Tech Week: From surfboards to startups

Garrison Gowens

Community

A big night at Colorado Startup Week

Garrison Gowens

Community

Sweat, startups, and scooters: Our kind of Tech Week

Garrison Gowens

Best Practices

Startups embrace AI to amplify human creativity, not replace teams

Kim Hansen

Best Practices

Startup fundraising: What makes a cap table investor-ready — and what raises red flags

Garrison Gowens

Community

Cake shines in G2’s Fall 2025 Reports

Elise Peate

Product Updates

What's new this summer: From compliance to comms to team motivation

Nick Cust

Product Updates

What's new: Empowering smarter equity setup & seamless compliance

Nick Cust

Product Updates

What's new: Refreshed stakeholder experience and cap table clarity

Nick Cust

Product Updates

What's new: AI-powered contract analysis and People-focused features

Nick Cust

Community

Wrapping up on an incredible SXSW 2025

Garrison Gowens

Community

A full-circle moment in the LA startup ecosystem

Garrison Gowens

Community

Denver Startup Week 2024: Pitch Competition

Garrison Gowens

Community

LA Tech Week 2024: Storytelling for Scale with Cake

Garrison Gowens

Community

UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator Summer Activate Program 2024

Garrison Gowens

Cake blog

Fundraising readiness is a cap table problem, not a pitch deck problem

Why scaling startups are rightsizing their cap tables

10 Ways startups can prepare for a successful fundraise in 2026

Simplifying equity at scale: Why The Mintable made the switch from Carta

How Lemonlight saved $3,000 by right-sizing their equity management

Elnora AI made every founding member a co-owner in breakthrough innovation

"I learned early on that equity is not just a powerful tool, but is a must-have tool for companies that want to scale and do great things."

Fundraising readiness is a cap table problem, not a pitch deck problem

Why scaling startups are rightsizing their cap tables

10 Ways startups can prepare for a successful fundraise in 2026

Close out 2025 strong with Cake's compliance and fundraising updates

What's new: QSBS attestation letters, warrant management, and bulk edits

Startup equity is not dead: Why startup founders still believe in shared ownership

LA Tech Week: From surfboards to startups

A big night at Colorado Startup Week

Sweat, startups, and scooters: Our kind of Tech Week

Startups embrace AI to amplify human creativity, not replace teams

Startup fundraising: What makes a cap table investor-ready — and what raises red flags

Cake shines in G2’s Fall 2025 Reports

What's new this summer: From compliance to comms to team motivation

What's new: Empowering smarter equity setup & seamless compliance

What's new: Refreshed stakeholder experience and cap table clarity

What's new: AI-powered contract analysis and People-focused features

Wrapping up on an incredible SXSW 2025

A full-circle moment in the LA startup ecosystem

Denver Startup Week 2024: Pitch Competition

LA Tech Week 2024: Storytelling for Scale with Cake

UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator Summer Activate Program 2024

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