Employee Stock Option Fund

company

About

The ESO Fund provides funding for employees of venture-backed companies to absorb the financial risk of exercising stock options.

Highlights

Details

Industries
Angel Investment,Financial Services,Funding Platform,Venture Capital
Founded date
Aug 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Secondary Purchaser

The Employee Stock Option Fund provides current and former employees of venture-backed companies with financial help needed to exercise options and cover associated taxes. It has a due diligence strategy and transaction protocol to evaluate and close transactions very quickly.

The ESO Fund provides a new approach to exercising stock options that provides superior ROI potential through leverage and tax optimization. The fund also provides individuals who have already exercised private stock options with partial liquidity on the same terms that allows the owners to recover capital and eliminate downside risk while still retaining the potential upside from the stock.

ESO Fund was formed by Stephen Roberts, Jimmy Lackie, and Scott Chou in 2012.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
30
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Employee Stock Option Fund has made 30 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 3, 2020, when Airbnb raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jun 3, 2020 Airbnb
Secondary Market Hospitality
Jan 22, 2020 Segment
Secondary Market Analytics
Dec 3, 2019 Zerion
Seed $2M Asset Management
Sep 1, 2019 Aurora
Secondary Market Automotive
Aug 19, 2019 Dex
Pre-seed $150K Computer