WE.VESTR vs Equity Matrix

WE.VESTR is an Amsterdam-based equity management platform founded in 2020. It offers comprehensive cap table management, ESOP administration, shareholder portals, and investor reporting. They include Slicing Pie as one feature among many for pre-investment contribution tracking.

Yes, we can import your contribution history from a CSV export. Contact us and we'll help you get set up with your existing data.

Cliffs and thresholds that protect your company from early departures. Set a minimum contribution period before equity vests, or require certain milestones. WE.VESTR's Slicing Pie implementation awards equity immediately—which can be risky if a co-founder leaves early.

WE.VESTR is an enterprise platform built for funded startups that need full cap table management, ESOP administration, and investor portals. If you need those features, the price makes sense. But if you're pre-funding and only need dynamic equity, you're paying for features you won't use for years—if ever.

Dynamic equity is a method where ownership percentages adjust based on actual contributions over time, rather than being fixed upfront. Each person's time, money, and resources are tracked and converted into "slices" that determine their ownership stake. As more contributions are made, the percentages recalculate automatically.

You convert to a fixed cap table when you're ready to raise. Dynamic equity is for the pre-funding stage when contributions are still being made. Once you fundraise, you "freeze" the percentages—and that's when a tool like WE.VESTR's full cap table might make sense.

The software tracks contributions and calculates ownership, but you'll need a proper legal agreement (like an Operating Agreement for LLCs) to make it binding. We recommend working with an attorney to formalize your dynamic equity arrangement. Equity Matrix is working on built-in agreement templates to make this easier.

Yes, dynamic equity works well for LLCs. In fact, LLCs have more flexibility than corporations for adjusting ownership. The main challenge is tax reporting—K-1 forms require averaged ownership percentages. Equity Matrix's tax snapshot feature solves this by calculating the exact percentages you need for any reporting period.

With basic Slicing Pie implementations (like WE.VESTR's), a departing co-founder keeps equity based on what they contributed. Equity Matrix adds loyalty protections (cliffs and thresholds) so you can require minimum commitment periods before equity fully vests, reducing the risk of early departures walking away with significant ownership.

Time is typically valued at each person's hourly rate (what they'd earn elsewhere). Cash contributions are often multiplied by a risk factor (commonly 2x-4x) since cash is harder to recover than time if the venture fails. Both platforms use these principles, though the exact multipliers can be customized.