Oh what I have heard founder's are classless frauds, first hand accoint from one of the co-founders who has pushed out 
  
 Also business of selling software to coaching centres does not fit in VC funded model post the 2021 Covid hype

Founder

Classplus sells B2B saas products for educators if I am not wrong?

Software Developer

Software Engineer

Edtech startup Classplus unveils second Esop buyback, over 150 employees eligible

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Classplus Launches Second Esop Buyback

Classplus Launches Second Esop Buyback- Grapevine

https://indianstartupnews.com/news/edtech-startup-classplus-announces-its-second-esop-buyback-for-over-150-employees-3781872

Brand Marketing Manager

Some thing good in startup ecosystummm!

https://startupstorymedia.com/insights-cardekho-group-announces-5-million-esop-liquidity-buyback-reports-strong-growth-in-fy23/

Cardekho announces $5 mil ESOP buyback

Would you rather sell at a devaluation and access liquidity or hope that next buy back allows you greater rewards?

Swiggy ESOP buy back: anyone has the scoop on this?

Product Manager

Urbancompany announces its biggest ESOP buyback of  203Cr where 446 employee will participate. 
In the era of layoffs be a UC 🙃

UC announces its biggest ESOP buyback

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Approx 2000 Swiggy folks are going to be like “Paisa hi Paisa”. Anyone here who will be benefiting from this??

Swiggy’s 540 Cr of ESOP buy back ahead of IPO

After reading this article, it seems like early players who have become big had the fortune of liquidity. What do you think about more recent startups in last 5yrs or so?

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/esop-cashout-events-drop-by-62-in-2023-as-funding-winter-bites-11987051.html

Esop Liquidity is becoming lottery??

Hi folks, 

I'm Kashish, the CEO of EquityList and Founder of Cloud Capital which I run as a solo GP.
A little bit about what we do: 

EquityList is a full-stack equity management platform by AngelList India. Companies across India, US and Singapore use EquityList to manage their cap table, stock options (ESOP/SAR), shareholders, and related compliances. Managing equity for 10k+ stakeholders, 250+ companies and ~$1B in stock options.

Cloud Capital has deployed $8M+ in 55+ startups such as Airmeet, Rupifi, Orange Health, DevRev, ZET (OneCode) and others. I've also angel invested in startups such as OSlash, Atlys, Chronicle, Even Healthcare and others.

Excited to do this AMA, and look forward to answering any of your questions about ESOPs, cap table management, investing, entrepreneurship, and more!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kashisharma

Live AMA: Hey everyone, I'm Kashish, CEO of EquityList. Ask me anything!

https://www-moneycontrol-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/meesho-announces-esop-buyback-of-rs-200-crore-likely-to-benefit-1700-employees-12452511.html/amp

A good news after loooong time.. whats the valuation as per this?

Meesho esops.. can someone explain?

Strategy & Operations

Consider this scenario:

A well established publicly trading company is giving you $45000 (120 units) worth of RSUs, with vesting schedule of 4 years. The work culture seems stressful (asked from ex employees) and they have a 4 day work from office where they track your badge attendence. 

And a Series B startup is giving you $45000 (9000 units) worth of ESOPs with vesting schedule of 4 years. It has scope to go for Series C and D fundings and even IPO in 4-5 years. The company is flexible in remote/office setting and has some perks like: once a quarter a selected Monday will be holiday, yearly offsite to exotic places.

Which one would you prefer RSUs or ESOPs? and why? Kindly explain why your preferences.

ESOPs or RSUs? Which would you choose?

Analyst

Hello guys,
I would want to know what is the benefit of getting ESOPs in an early stage startup?
The startup has a great team and working on a promising product. 
I have been offered a package with somewhat lower fixed component and somewhat higher ESOPs. Need insightful pointers here. TIA :)

Value of ESOPs in early stage startups?

The ESOP is a bit of a blind bet.  
  
 It's paper money that can get you a windfall if all goes to plan and execution, solution, pricing, market readiness amongst other things, all line up over the next few years.  
  
 I wouldn't take a pay cut in lieu of ESOPs.  Keep the real money real and the paper money as an outside bet.

Sales Manager

How many new millionaires on GV?

Congrats to everyone who's made a fortune here. Please share some discount codes for the rest of us plebs!

Urban Company ESOP Buyback

Business Analyst

- Swiggy has launched a $65 million ESOPs liquidity programme, marking its fifth such event since 2018.
- Employees across various levels can now receive liquidity for their ESOPs in the secondary market.
- This is the third consecutive ESOP liquidity event following those in July 2022 and 2023.
- Swiggy has enabled over Rs 1,000 Cr of ESOPs liquidity, benefiting 3200 employees over five events.
- The announcement comes as Swiggy prepares for its IPO, with plans to raise approximately $1.25 billion. 

 Source: Entrackr

Swiggy Announces $65 Million ESOPs Liquidity Programme

Journalist

Classplus is falling apart. The CTO, CBO and VP-Business have resigned from the company amidst rumours around financial irregularities. Classplus now joins a long list of Indian startups caught amidst fraud/financial irregularities allegations. Classplus was last valued $600Mn in their last funding round and counts Tiger Global, Falcon Edge, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India) as their investors.

Classplus is going belly up. Big news to come out soon.

Project Manager

- SaaS startup **Everstage** raised **USD 30 million** in Series B funding led by Eight Roads Ventures, with participation from Elevation Capital and 3one4 Capital.
- The funds will be used to enhance product capabilities and expand professional services.
- The round also included an **INR 5 crore ESOP buyback**, showing Everstage's commitment to its employees.
- Everstage, founded in 2020, automates the sales commission process for companies and has a client base that includes Fortune 1000 companies.
- The company plans to launch its **AI Agent Creation Studio** to further streamline sales operations.

Source: [Entrepreneur](https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/everstage-announces-usd-30-mn-series-b-funding-and-inr-5-cr/481373)

Everstage Secures $30M Series B Funding and Announces ESOP Buyback

Fast learning and fast paced growth aside, after 15 years of MNC experience  I joined a startup to get some ESOPs.. and hopefully a good buyback ..

I have worked in 2 startups now.Both of these were already  Unicorns when I joined .


While I love the culture and dynamic pace of a startup 
i feel my chances of getting a payout  are slim...

My personal learning is to get a good reward you have to be in top 10 employees for sure ... otherwise it's not worth it ..

There is no point joining a Unicorn in middle management...or second in command in any function...

Happy to hear your thoughts !

Share your ESOP buyback story..

I am in discussion with some very early stage startup and if things work out then will be part of the founding team. They have promised to give me same salary as the current company’s salary but give ESOP. Is ESOP worth it if you are founding team member?

The founder has sold his previous company so higher chance of success it looks to me.

Is there any case where person made huge money on ESOP?

Are ESOP worth it? Did it make anyone billionaire?

Engineering Manager

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I have 6 years experience. My current base/fixed is 60 LPA. (I also got a 5 lakh bonus and 5 lakh of my ESOPs vested this year making my total vested about 30 lakh. So the total comp is 70). 

I'm being offered a senior engineer position in an early stage startup (as part of the founding engineer team). They haven't given an offer yet.

Being early stage, the emphasis will most likely be on ESOPs. How do I evaluate this and set my expectations? (If I were to switch to a mature company, I believe the hikes usually are between 15-20%? How does this work for early stage startups?)

Classplus Launches Second Esop Buyback

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