Have been in that situation. If you leave, you're done. It's up to the other co-founders if they want to throw you a bone to keep a relationship in place. The leaver is dead to the board and the investors. It's your business now, move on.

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throwaway-xx a day ago | parent [-]

is it tho? like i agree if i just took the equity. but if i own a ton of equity and the board wants to clean up the cap table, don't they still need to deal with me by offering me a fair number instead of "just moving own"?

	▲	zanone 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not sure they need to do anything. Maybe in the interest of smooth sailing, and closing things off, then the board might be motivated to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion. Whether this be a little buyout, an advisor tie-in, etc, completely depends. Situations like this is why founders create equity agreements.