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MyStartupEquity’s Cap Table Dictionary

MyStartupEquity‘s cap table dictionary comprehensively enlists all the important terms pertaining to cap table management. Must read for founders, employees, and investors! Note: We have called this a dictionary but…

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#LetsTalkESOP | Employees and Equity Generation

Jitendra Gupta is a serial entrepreneur in the fintech space. Having previously founded Citrus Pay (acquired by PayU) in 2012, he now heads Jupiter Money – a digital bank. As…

ESOP Accounting – US GAAP

There is a lot of misconception around the accounting treatment and the requirement of valuation reports and disclosures for Employee Stock Options. Accounting treatment is different for various jurisdictions and…

News

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…

ESOP for Founders

#LetsTalkESOP | Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)

In a webinar with MyStartupEquity, Siddarth Pai (Founding Partner & CFO of 3one4 Capital) spoke about the importance of equity grants in startups. Siddarth believes that Indian startups should consider…

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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…

ESOP for Founders

How to manage delayed vesting when paperwork is not in place

There are many instances where a new startup founder promises ESOPs to employees when they join, this is typically a verbal commitment or might even be captured on email –…

ESOP for Founders

#LetsTalkESOP | Designing an ESOP Policy

Did you think only tech startups have an ESOP policy? Think again! Here’s the story of Cloudnine Group – a hospital chain that has grown to be one of the…

ESOP for Founders

ESOP Accounting & Bookkeeping

There is a pandora of misconception around ESOP accounting treatment, the requirement of valuation reports and disclosure etc. across the startup ecosystem. Companies provide ESOPs to employees to buy the…

Offering ESOP - How much and at what stage?

ESOP for Founders

Offering ESOPs – Planning for every stage of growth

Employee ownership and shared capitalism as concepts are relatively new to India but have a strong impact on the startup ecosystem. Thanks to the benefits that ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership…