├── CONTRIBUTING.md ├── LICENSE └── README.md /CONTRIBUTING.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Contributing 2 | 3 | We want your nifty additions! Here's a couple guidelines: 4 | 5 | - All companies are welcome as long as as they are privately-owned and can be loosely deemed "a startup" 6 | - All companies with any length longer than the standard 90-day windows are welcome 7 | - Please keep the list in alphabetical order, with similar formatting for the window duration 8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | The MIT License (MIT) 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2016 Zach Holman 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Startups with Extended Exercise Windows 2 | 3 | A list of startups that have employee-friendly terms for exercising your options past the (current) norm of 90 days. 4 | 5 | For more information, read [this post](http://zachholman.com/posts/fuck-your-90-day-exercise-window/). 6 | 7 | ## Companies 8 | 9 | Name | Exercise Window | Additional details 10 | ---- | ---- | ---- 11 | [AcuityMD](https://www.acuitymd.com/) | 10 years | 12 | [Ada](https://www.ada.support/) | 5 years | After 2 years of employment 13 | [Aerotime](https://aerotime.com/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 14 | [Alan](https://alan.com) | 7 years 15 | [Alloy](https://alloy.ai) | 10 years 16 | [Alto](https://alto.com) | 2 years | After 2 years of employment 17 | [AngelList](https://angel.co) | [10 years](https://angel.co/angellist) 18 | [Atlan](https://www.atlan.com) | 10 years |(https://handbook.atlan.com/team-handbook/doing-the-best-for-yourself/compensation) 19 | [AtoB](https://www.atob.com) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 20 | [BaseDash](https://www.basedash.com) | 10 years 21 | [Begin](https://begin.com/) | 2-5 years | After 2 years of employment, with each year of employment adding another year to the window 22 | [BillionToOne](https://billiontoone.com/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 23 | [Blissfully](https://www.blissfully.com) | 5 years 24 | [Bobsled](https://www.bobsled.co/) | 10 years 25 | [Bonsai](https://www.hellobonsai.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/bonsai) 26 | [Braid](https://braidhq.com) | 5 years 27 | [Brex](https://brex.com) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 28 | [Buffer](https://buffer.com) | [10 years](https://open.buffer.com/explaining-equity/) 29 | [Buildkite](https://buildkite.com) | [15 years](https://twitter.com/lox/status/1344246056494616576) 30 | [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/buildzoom) 31 | [Carmera](https://carmera.com) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/jessaylaz/status/1316044523320094725) | After 2 years of employment 32 | [Carta](https://carta.com) | [1 year for each year of vesting](https://carta.com/blog/pte-vesting/) 33 | [Castle](https://castle.io) | 10 year 34 | [Chameleon](https://www.chameleon.io) |7 years | After 2 years of employment 35 | [Checkr](https://checkr.com) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 36 | [Cinder](https://cindercooks.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/cinder) 37 | [Circle Medical](https://www.circlemedical.com/) | [5 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/circle-medical) 38 | [Clearbit](https://clearbit.com) | [10 years](http://blog.clearbit.com/stock) 39 | [Clippings](https://clippings.com) | [10 years](https://github.com/clippings/join-us/blob/master/share-options.md#readme) 40 | [CodeCombat](http://codecombat.com) | 10 years 41 | [Codility](https://codility.com) | 10 years 42 | [CoinTracker](https://www.cointracker.io) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/company/public/cointracker) 43 | [Column Tax](https://jobs.columntax.com/) | 10 years 44 | [Cyscale Security](https://cyscale.com/careers/) | [3 years](https://cyscale.com/blog/one-cyscale-pro-employee-equity-esop-distribution-exercise-window) | After 3 years of employment 45 | [DataCamp](https://www.datacamp.com/careers) | 1 year for each year of vesting 46 | [Desmos](https://www.desmos.com/careers) | 7 years 47 | [Earthly](https://earthly.dev/) | 10 years | After 3 years of employment 48 | [Eve](http://witheve.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/eve) 49 | [Even](https://www.even.com/careers) | [5 years](http://triplebyte.com/startup/even) | After 2 years of employment 50 | [Expensify](https://expensify.com) | [2 years](http://blog.expensify.com/2015/10/05/building-a-pro-employee-company-updating-equity-distribution-at-expensify/) | After 3 years of employment 51 | [Experiment](https://experiment.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/experiment) 52 | [Feedly](https://feedly.com/) | 10 years 53 | [Felt](https://felt.com/) | 10 years 54 | [Flexport](https://www.flexport.com/) | [10 years](https://www.flexport.com/blog/10-year-option-exercise-window/) 55 | [Foxglove](https://foxglove.dev/) | [10 years](https://foxglove.dev/blog/its-time-to-change-the-status-quo-for-options) | After 2 years of employment 56 | [Freshpaint](https://www.www.freshpaint.io/) | [10 years](https://www.freshpaint.io/about) 57 | [Ginkgo Bioworks](http://www.ginkgobioworks.com/) | [5 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/ginkgo-bioworks) 58 | [GiveCampus](https://www.givecampus.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/givecampus) 59 | [Glitch](https://glitch.com/) | [10 years](https://handbook.glitch.me/#compensation-and-equity) 60 | [GoCardless](https://gocardless.com) | 10 years 61 | [Gusto](https://gusto.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/gusto) | After 3 years of employment 62 | [Heap](https://heapanalytics.com) | 10 years 63 | [Her](https://weareher.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/her) 64 | [Hightouch](https://hightouch.io/) | 10 years 65 | [Honeycomb](https://honeycomb.io) | 1-7 years | 2 months per month of vesting after 1 year of employment 66 | [Hykso](https://www.hykso.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/hykso) 67 | [Infracost](https://www.infracost.io) | [10 years](https://www.abar.tech/articles/10yr-excercise-window/) | After 2 years of employment 68 | [Intellimize](https://www.intellimize.com) | 2 years 69 | [Ironclad](https://www.ironcladapp.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/ironclad) 70 | [Kayako](https://www.kayako.com) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/jmedwards/status/685778938992410625) 71 | [Kickback](https://kickback.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/kickback) 72 | [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/) | [10 years](https://medium.com/@BreakoutList/tech-startups-that-give-employees-a-large-window-to-exercise-options-32f6cb3afde4#.ndzkru86k) 73 | [Kite](https://kite.com/) | 10 years | After 3 years of employment 74 | [Ladder](https://ladderlife.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 75 | [Lattice](https://latticehq.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/lattice) 76 | [Lawn Love](https://lawnlove.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/lawn-love) 77 | [Lightstep](https://lightstep.com/) | 1 year 78 | [Linear](https://linear.app/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 79 | [Lingokids](https://lingokids.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 80 | [Loom](https://loom.com/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 81 | [MarsX](https://www.marsx.dev/) | 10 years 82 | [Mashgin](http://mashgin.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/mashgin) 83 | [MagicBell](http://magicbell.com/) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/unamashana/status/1415567616199036929?s=21) | After 2 years of employment 84 | [Major League Hacking](https://mlh.io) | 5 Years 85 | [Meadow](https://getmeadow.com) | 10 years 86 | [Mercury](https://mercury.com) | 7 years 87 | [Mixpanel](https://mixpanel.com) | [5 years](https://blog.mixpanel.com/2017/03/14/employee-equity/) | After 2 years of employment 88 | [Mojo](https://www.mojo-app.com) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 89 | [Monzo](https://monzo.com) | 10 years | Exercise price of $0.01 90 | [Mux](https://www.mux.com) | 10 years | After 2.5 years of employment 91 | [Neighborly](https://neighborly.com/) | 10 years 92 | [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 93 | [Niantic](https://nianticlabs.com/) | 10 years 94 | [Notion](https://www.notion.com/) | 10 years 95 | [Ockam](https://www.ockam.io/) | [5 years](https://www.ockam.io/team) | After 2 years of employment 96 | [Omada Health](https://www.omadahealth.com/) | [5 years](https://boards.greenhouse.io/omadahealth/jobs/1501140) | After 3 years of employment 97 | [OneSignal](https://www.onesignal.com/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 98 | [Open Listings](https://www.openlistings.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/open-listings) 99 | [OpsLevel](https://www.opslevel.com/) | 10 years 100 | [Origin](https://www.useorigin.com/) | 5 years | After 2 years of employment 101 | [Otter](https://withotter.com/) | [7 years](https://withotter.com/careers) | After 2 years of employment 102 | [Outlier AI](https://outlier.ai/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 103 | [Outschool](https://outschool.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/outschool) 104 | [Oxide](https://oxide.computer/) | 7 years 105 | [Pachyderm](http://pachyderm.io/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/pachyderm) 106 | [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 107 | [Persista](http://persista.com) | 1 year 108 | [Pex](https://pex.com) | 10 years 109 | [PhotoRoom](https://www.photoroom.com) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 110 | [Pilot](https://www.pilot.com) | 10 years 111 | [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) | 10 years | Read about it in [the open source company handbook](https://posthog.com/handbook/people/share-options) 112 | [Postman](https://postman.com/) | 10 years 113 | [Postscript](https://postscript.io) | 8 years | After 2 years of employment 114 | [Prisma](https://prisma.io) | 10 years 115 | [Puppet](https://puppet.com) | 1 year | After 2 years of employment 116 | [Quora](https://quora.com) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/adamdangelo/status/623734971090518017) 117 | [Razorpay](https://razorpay.com/) | 7 years 118 | [ReadMe](http://readme.com/) | [10 years](https://readme.com/handbook) 119 | [Render](https://render.com) | 5 to 10 years | 5 years after 2 years of employment; 10 years after 4 years of employment 120 | [Replicate](https://replicate.com) | 10 years | 121 | [RevenueCat](https://revenuecat.com/) | 10 years 122 | [Revolut](https://revolut.com/) | 10 years 123 | [Rewatch](https://rewatch.com/) | 7 years 124 | [RunwayML](https://runwayml.com) | 3 years | After 3 years of employment 125 | [Saleswhale](https://www.saleswhale.com) | 10 years 126 | [Scale](https://www.scaleapi.com/) | 5 years | After 2 years of employment 127 | [Science Exchange](https://www.scienceexchange.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/science-exchange) 128 | [Scoop](https://www.takescoop.com/) | 3 years | After 3 years of employment 129 | [Seed](https://seed.co/) | [5 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/seed) 130 | [Secfi](https://www.secfi.com/) | 5 years 131 | [Showtime](https://showtime.xyz) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 132 | [SigOpt](https://sigopt.com/) | [7 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/sigopt) 133 | [Skyflow](https://www.skyflow.com/) | 10 years 134 | [Smallstep](https://smallstep.com) | 10 years 135 | [Snapdocs](https://www.snapdocs.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/snapdocs) 136 | [Sourcegraph](https://about.sourcegraph.com/) | 10 years 137 | [Strava](https://www.strava.com/) | 5 years | After 2 years of employment 138 | [Streak](https://www.streak.com/) | 10 years 139 | [Supabase](https://www.supabase.com/) | 10 years 140 | [Swing Education](https://swingeducation.com) | 5 years 141 | [Taiki](https://taiki.ai) | 10 years 142 | [Teachers Pay Teachers](https://teacherspayteachers.com) | Practically forever | Makes taxes slightly more complicated, but we offer a tax prep reimbursement benefit 143 | [Temporal](https://temporal.io/) | 10 years 144 | [Tettra](http://tettra.co) | 5 years 145 | [Thread](https://www.thread.com/) | 10 years 146 | [Tines](https://tines.com/) | 5 years | After 2 years of employment 147 | [Toplyne](https://toplyne.io/) | 10 years 148 | [TransferWise](https://transferwise.com/) | 10 years 149 | [Treasury Prime](https://www.treasuryprime.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 150 | [Trim](http://www.asktrim.com/) | 7 years 151 | [Triplebyte](https://triplebyte.com) | [10 years ](https://data.triplebyte.com/extending-stock-option-exercise-window-guide-43821b47cbbd) 152 | [Unflow](https://unflow.com) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 153 | [Upstream](https://www.upstream.do) | 10 years 154 | [Vested](https://vested.co/) | 10 years | Immediately 155 | [Wave](http://www.wave.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/wave) 156 | [Wefunder](https://wefunder.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/wefunder) 157 | [WizeHire](https://wizehire.com/) | 10 years | After 2 years of employment 158 | [WorkOn](https://workon.co) | 10 years | 159 | [WorkOS](https://workos.com/) | 10 years | Immediately 160 | [Zefir](https://www.zefir.fr) | 10 years | Double Trigger 161 | [Zenysis](http://www.zenysis.com/) | [10 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/zenysis) 162 | 163 | ## Previously-extended windows 164 | There are some companies that *started out* with an extended exercise window, but reached some sort of endpoint (IPO, acquisition, etc) where an exercise window isn't relevant these days. It's still great to see these companies start from solid beginnings, though, so we'd still like to continue to acknowledge them here, especially since they likely have chosen other fair policies that still are important today. 165 | 166 | Name | Exercise Window | Additional details 167 | ---- | ---- | ---- 168 | [Affirm](https://www.affirm.com/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 169 | [Alien Labs](https://alien.ai) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/mirceap/status/704442936906412033) | After 2 years of employment 170 | [Amplitude](https://amplitude.com) | [10 years](https://amplitude.com/blog/2015/12/01/employee-equity-is-broken-heres-our-fix/) 171 | [Asana](https://asana.com) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/moskov/status/623281365983842304) 172 | [Clef](https://getclef.com) | [7 years](https://github.com/clef/handbook/blob/master/Hiring%20Documents/Guide%20to%20Your%20Equity.md#exercising-your-options) 173 | [Coinbase](https://coinbase.com) | [7 years](https://medium.com/@barmstrong/improving-equity-compensation-at-coinbase-8749979409c3#.3qzgb59ec) | After 2 years of employment 174 | [Cymmetria](https://www.cymmetria.com/) | [3 years](https://triplebyte.com/startup/cymmetria) 175 | [Instacart](https://www.instacart.com) | 7 years 176 | [Opendoor](https://www.opendoor.com/) | 3 years | After 3 years of employment 177 | [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com) | [7 years](https://medium.com/@michaeldeangelo/unlocking-the-golden-handcuffs-6ac855a371f9#.v2zmf6j32) | After 2 years of employment 178 | [Segment](https://segment.com) | [10 years](https://twitter.com/calvinfo/status/622550129518612481) 179 | [Supply](http://www.madebysupply.com/) | 10 years 180 | [Upstart](https://www.upstart.com/) | 10 years 181 | [Wasmer](https://wasmer.io/) | 7 years | After 2 years of employment 182 | 183 | ## VCs 184 | 185 | It's worth noting that Andreessen Horowitz [has come out in strong favor of the 90 day window](http://a16z.com/2016/06/23/options-timing/). If you feel strongly about extended exercise windows, it might be worth considering whether a16z portfolio companies are a good fit for you. 186 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------