Press & Media
Resources for journalists, analysts, and anyone writing about stock option financing and startup employee equity.
Company at a glance
What we do
Educational stock-option calculators and a structured way to submit a financing inquiry.
Market opportunity
Employees may need to fund an exercise price and tax exposure before private-company shares become liquid.
Differentiation
Calculation assumptions remain visible, and a financing inquiry is clearly separated from an approval or offer.
Key product
A free stock-option tax calculator plus an applicant and admin workflow for evaluating inquiries.
Key talking points
- •Exercise decisions can combine an upfront strike-price payment, tax exposure, an illiquid asset, and a contractual deadline.
- •Most employees face a double cost: the exercise price plus an immediate tax bill (AMT for ISOs, income tax for NSOs).
- •Financing availability and structure depend on company, grant, jurisdiction, underwriting, and definitive terms.
- •The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, signed July 2025) raised the SALT cap and changed AMT phaseout rules. The calculator has separate, versioned assumptions for the 2025 and 2026 tax years.
Media inquiries
Press contact
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