The ESO Fund provides funding for employees of venture-backed companies to absorb the financial risk of exercising stock options.
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.
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Jun 3, 2020
Airbnb
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Secondary Market | — | Hospitality | — |
Jan 22, 2020
Segment
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Secondary Market | — | Analytics | — |
Dec 3, 2019
Zerion
|
Seed | $2M | Asset Management | — |
Sep 1, 2019
Aurora
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Secondary Market | — | Automotive | — |
Aug 19, 2019
Dex
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Pre-seed | $150K | Computer | — |