How to find your issued share count

If you're following our Delaware Franchise Tax guide, you might wonder how to determine the number of shares you've issued. Here's a detailed guide for popular providers:

Stripe Atlas

Note that these instructions will find you the initial issued share counts. (If you've issued more shares since then, they will not be included.)

Go to your Stripe Atlas dashboard, and under "Documents", find "Founder Stock Board Consent." Scroll to the very bottom where you'll see an Exhibit A, which lists all of the initial shareholders and how much equity they were granted. Sum up these numbers.

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Pulley

Click on "Cap Table" in the left sidebar, then "Download Cap Table" and specify the correct end date. Then, look for the number in the "Issued and Outstanding" column on the report that gets downloaded.

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AngelList

Click on "Equity" in the left sidebar, and then "Reports". Then select "Summary Cap Table", and put in the correct "as-of" date. The number you want is then going to be in the "Shares Issued and Outstanding" column in the downloaded report.

Carta

In the left sidebar, select "Cap Table" and then "View by Share Class". Make sure to update the "View cap table as of" field, and then the number you're looking for is the number of shares "Outstanding" in the table that gets shown.

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