Cake supports double-trigger vesting configuration natively, alongside standard time-based vesting. On Cake, you can set double-trigger acceleration directly on an RSU grant, tied to a change-of-control event, without building a workaround in a spreadsheet. The condition attaches to the grant and updates the cap table automatically once triggered, and stakeholders can see their vesting status directly in their portal.
Double-trigger acceleration protects unvested equity only when two conditions occur together. For example, a change of control, like an acquisition, and a qualifying termination of the grant holder. Single-trigger acceleration, by contrast, vests everything on the change of control alone, which is why investors often push back on single-trigger provisions in a deal.
On Cake, double-trigger acceleration is a configuration option on RSU grants specifically, alongside standard time-based vesting.
Picture an acquisition closing eighteen months after a founder's RSU grant was issued. Without double-trigger acceleration tracked against the grant itself, someone has to manually check the original grant agreement, confirm the termination happened within the deal's window, and recalculate the accelerated units by hand, under the time pressure of closing a transaction. With Cake, that calculation runs the moment the qualifying event is recorded, without anyone digging through an old PDF.
That's the difference between a term that lives in a document and a term that lives in the system that actually runs your cap table.
For the exact grant setup steps, see the help center guide on creating RSU grants.
Vesting conditions that protect your equity
Double-trigger acceleration is a built-in configuration option on RSU grants, not a manual clause your finance team has to track separately in a spreadsheet. With Cake, you can:
- Set double-trigger acceleration once, directly on an RSU grant
- Combine it with standard time-based vesting on the same grant
- Get automatic cap table updates the moment a qualifying event triggers
- Give stakeholders live visibility into their vesting status in their own portal
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