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# Benefits for the Founders

### <mark style="color:purple;">10e53 connected to the Cap Table enables its efficient management</mark>

By benefiting a wider range of investors, the startup gains access to these, and since 10e53 enables the startup’s on-chain representation of their cap table, it makes it easy for the startup to also monitor any equity or token offering on-chain, which investors get to openly bid for, making the whole offering and trading process seamless.

### <mark style="color:yellow;">Secondaries also get simplified</mark>

In addition, once the securitized shares of a company (as equity or token) are passed it’s lockup period (for securities laws reasons), the investor’s equity representation (the interest token) would become accessible and tradable among other accredited investors under the 10e53 platform, which makes the underlying equity ultimately more [valuable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidity_premium).

### <mark style="color:purple;">Expand to new kind of investors</mark>

By upgrading the fund structure and funding vehicles to be more liquid, we hope to increase access to startup investing for both people and large institutions, benefiting the founders in the process (more web3 investors, more liquidity, better valuations, lower dilutions.