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Roll Up Vehicle Cost Comparison

In addition to keeping a clean cap table, Roll Up Vehicles can present significant cost savings over the lifetime of the company. This calculator presents an estimate of savings from using a Roll Up Vehicle over direct investments.

Cost Comparison

This model calculates the lifetime cost difference between a Roll Up Vehicle and direct investments. You can edit key assumptions & variables below

Number of investors
Legal hourly rate
Years before exit
Additional rounds

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Hours per investor for reach-out and correspondence
Hours per investor to draft documents & collect signatures
Cost per year for Cap Table Management per shareholder
Hours per cap table entry for proformas
Future Shareholder Consents
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Seed Round (SAFE/Notes)

FAQs

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Yes. The one time $8k RUV setup cost is all inclusive and covers the cost of all filings (including Blue Sky filings), banking fees, and electronic tax document delivery (K-1s) to the investors in the RUV for the lifetime of the fund.

For No-Fee SPVs, AngelList will only charge for pass through state filing costs.

For No-Fee RUVs: The company is sent an invoice for the pass-through state filing costs soon after the RUV is finalized.
For Custom RUVs: The setup cost is paid when the RUV is finalizing.

In either case, if the RUV is cancelled, there is no penalty or cost.

AngelList will manage the SPV's taxes and deliver K-1s to investors as appropriate. The costs for taxes are included in the setup fees for the lifetime of the SPV.

Yes, we often work with the corporate counsel for companies and can keep them in the loop.

RUVs are economically similar to investing directly if the company is covering the filing costs or setup fees. For tax purposes, the roll up vehicle is a pass-through entity so benefits such as QSBS should pass through.

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