How to model your exit using waterfall | support.carta.com

How to model your exit using waterfall

If your company is considering a potential acquisition or IPO, you need to understand how different exit scenarios will financially impact each share class and key stakeholder.

Carta’s waterfall modeling tool helps you simulate payout distributions based on an exit value(the total price the company is sold for or valued at in an IPO).

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🔍 Example scenario