GrayShares helps startups hire by adding shared startup upside to employee offers.
Shared startup upside for employee offers.
GrayShares helps startups hire by adding shared upside from a curated startup network to compensation packages
A company gives employees normal equity plus GrayShares units. Units vest over time. If
approved companies in the GrayShares network have major liquidity events, value flows through the
network and employers pay employees with vested units in cash.
- Trust Note: The first cohort is curated and conditional. Employees do not own pooled startup stock. No public company names will be used without approval.
Problem
Startup offers are too binary: salary plus one-company equity. Candidates are asked to trade cash for equity in one private company.
Product
A company gives employees normal equity plus GrayShares units. Units vest over time. If approved companies in the network have major liquidity events, employers can pay employees with vested units in cash.
How It Works
GrayShares is shared across multiple companies, but employees do not directly own
pooled startup stock.
1. Company joins GrayShares
The company adopts GrayShares as a compensation program
2. Employees get units
Employees receive GrayShares units from their own employer.
3. Units vest
Units vest over time like a normal compensation benefit.
4. Network companies cash out
If approved companies have major liquidity events, value flows through the network.
5. Employers pay employees
Each employer pays its own employees with vested units in cash
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