Exercise Your Startup Options: Simple, Transparent, Fast
We provide startup employees with funding to exercise their stock options. Take charge of your hard-earned equity!
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Get your instant exercise funding estimate
Vested sends you the cash you need to exercise your options. In exchange, you send us a portion of your shares. There is no out-of-pocket expense for you. See your estimated funding breakdown today.
Sync your equity from 10,000+ supported startups
Vested supports startups of all sizes with our option funding, liquidity solutions, and valuation tools.
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Access your data-driven equity dashboard to monitor growth and stay informed about key trends. Get alerted if we find an opportunity to sell.
How Vested funding works
Tell us about your equity
Securely connect your grants via Carta to instantly share your equity details. If you don’t have Carta, you can add your equity through a few simple questions.
Get your funding estimate
Vested funding covers your exercise expenses, estimated taxes, and associated fees so you can exercise your options. In exchange, you send us a portion of your shares later. If your company “goes to zero,” you never owe us any shares.
Get a fast decision
The Vested team will contact you promptly after you submit your proposal to review your situation and finalize a funding decision. No marketplace delays or false hope.
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If Vested didn't exist, I would've been screwed! I felt like I couldn't leave my previous company because I had all this equity I couldn't exercise.
Dylan
Ex-employee, Series A Startup
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Got questions? We’ve got answers.
Quick answers to the most common questions from startup employees.
Vested helps startup employees exercise their options with more clarity and no out-of-pocket expense. You start by building a funding proposal, and we review your grant details to share a preliminary overview of terms before our team follows up to move through diligence. If there is a fit, Vested provides funding to cover your exercise costs, estimated taxes, and associated fees in exchange for a portion of the exercised shares.
If you already own shares, Vested may be able to help you explore liquidity pathways for already-exercised options, RSUs, or other owned equity with guided support and clear timelines. The fastest way to see what may be available is to submit a proposal, and our team will follow up with next steps based on your situation.
The Vestimate is Vested’s estimate of what your startup equity is worth and how that value has changed over time. It helps you track value trends, benchmark against similar companies, and make more informed decisions. You can view your company’s Vestimate or read our Vestimate FAQs for more detail.
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Yes. We recommend starting the process by building a funding proposal, and you’ll hear from the Vested team with follow-up from there. You can also reach us at our contact page.
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