How much ESOP's?
How much ESOP's (percentage) ideally someone should hold or ask for while joining a 2-3yr old Early Stage Startup with valuation of around 25cr for the Following Positions? - Tech Lead - Head of Technology - Director of Engineering - CTO
percentage = amount/valuation (25cr)
Standard ESOP pool size 10-15% (2.5-3.75cr)
Not sure. Titles become very ‘vague’ at early stages especially lead/head. A GPM equivalent should probably get 0.2-0.4%. But founders are very stingy in giving away equity at early stages.
Typically reserve a higher set for leadership hires during seed stage, and then hope valuation grows to give lower% to mid level. Junior levels don’t get esops
CleverClover
Stealth
a year ago
CTC x2 -3x worth esops if it’s series A/B higher if pre series A
Can you tell in terms of percentage holding in the company for all the roles (for e.g. 2% of the company for X Role)
CleverClover
Stealth
a year ago
That’s not how esops are given in most companies.
Standard ESoP pool is 10 to 15%
I believe: general employes (founding or early): 0.1 to 0.15 %
Then:
0.2 to 0.5%
0.25 to 1%
1 to 2%
1 to 5 %
Depend on the importance, involvement and expertise.
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