Founder Resource · Carta 2026 Report · Updated Q2 2026

Co-founder Equity Split Calculator

Score each founder's contributions across 6 factors and see how your split compares to real benchmark data from 54,601 US startups. It models the answers you give; it is not legal or financial advice.

Carta · 54,601 US startups 2016–2025 · equity splits 2023–2025 SaaS · Fintech · Biotech · Healthtech · Crypto/Web3 · more Pre-seed to Series A
How to use this calculator
Set up your team (Step 1), then rate each founder on 6 contribution factors: idea, capital, commitment, expertise, network, and track record (Step 2). Your suggested split updates live and is compared against real Carta benchmark data for your industry and team size (Step 3).

Set up your team, score each founder's contributions, then see how your split compares to real benchmark data.

Sources Updated 2026 Carta 2026 Report · 54,601 US startups
Carta: Equity split between founders (overall, by team size)
Overall equity splits by team size · Carta 2016–2025
Carta: Equity split by industry
Equity splits by industry · Carta 2023–2025
Carta · Co-founder attrition · 7,015 teams
Carta: Co-founder attrition rates over time
% of 2-founder teams losing a co-founder by year · Carta 2016–2025
Healthtech & Crypto/Web3 benchmarks: Carta 2025 (team-size distributions, Chart 3)

Rate each founder on 6 contribution factors. 1 = minimal, 5 = primary contributor. Your suggested split updates live.

This is a model of the answers you gave, not legal or financial advice. A split is a contract: agree it with your co-founders and confirm it with counsel before you paper it.

Agreed on a split? The paper is what makes it real

A percentage in a conversation is not a cap table. We put the vesting, the cliffs and the founder agreements behind the numbers you just modelled, and flag what changes when the next founder or the first hire joins.

For informational purposes only · Not legal or financial advice · Equity split benchmarks: Carta 2026 report (54,601 US startups, 2016–2025 · equity medians incorporated 2023–2025) · BVJ Consulting has no affiliation with Carta · Use of this calculator is subject to our terms of service · Compiled by BVJ Consulting