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ShareChat adds $14 Mn to its ESOP Pool

Social media platform ShareChat has added $14 million to its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) pool, taking the total to $35 million. The startup on Wednesday also announced 50% additional…

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Unacademy plans to launch INR 30 Cr. ESOP buyback offer

Edutech platform Unacademy on Thursday said it will undertake an ESOP buyback programme of INR 25-30 Cr. in December this year. The buyback – which will be held on December…

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MyStartupEquity hits 100 customers for its Cap Table & ESOP Management Product

Aug 13, Singapore – Bangalore headquartered, LetsVenture’s Cap Table and ESOP Management Product – MyStartupEquity.com has hit 100 customers. Natively designed to support startups from India, the USA, and Singapore,…

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LetsVenture’s Founders First

LetsVenture’s Founders First is an online event focused on enabling interactive and hands-on conversations between founders and operators. We’ve divided the day into three separate tracks because we get that it…

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Jitendra Gupta’s Jupiter valuation jumps 67% to Rs 720 Cr; allots SARs to staff

Storied second term or serial entrepreneurs have been raising staggering seed amounts for their ventures. Founders such as Kunal Shah, Ashish Kashyap, and Jitendra Gupta have raised about $30 million…

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Zerodha’s Rs 60-65 crore ESOPs buyback plan values firm at $1 Bn

Discount brokerage Zerodha will spend Rs 60-65 crore for ESOPs buyback this year, at a self-assessed enterprise value of Rs 7,000 crore, or around $1 billion. This is significant because it’s the…

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The pitfalls of ESOP lifelines at startups

Before they started Udaan, a marketplace platform that facilitates trade between businesses, in 2016, the company’s three founders, Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar, and Vaibhav Gupta, had completed successful stints at…

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Start-up companies given more leeway to issue sweat equity shares

With valuations of several start-ups taking a hit during the lockdown, the Centre has sought to soften the blow by allowing them to issue sweat equity within 10 years of…

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Oyo announces ESOPs for all furloughed employees impacted by COVID-19

Hospitality firm Oyo is granting employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) worth a total of around Rs 130 crore to all its furloughed employees impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic as part…

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Startups like Zomato, Oyo offer more stock options to ease paycut pain

Some of India’s leading consumer internet startups are offering additional stock options to employees in a bid to retain them following broad pay cuts due to economic upheaval triggered by COVID-19.