Employee equity plans for European startups
Build an employee equity plan based on your company, funding stage and hiring goals.
Question 1 of 9
What do you want equity to achieve?
Free. Takes about 3 minutes. No legal knowledge needed.
From question to employee equity plan
Tell us about your company
A few questions about your stage, team and goals.
See which equity structure fits
Understand the structure, pool size and vesting setup that fits your situation.
Put your equity plan into action
Create grants, invite employees and keep everything in one place.
What your equity plan covers
The interactive flow turns your answers into a concrete starting point you can discuss with your team and advisors.
Employee equity pool size
A recommended ownership percentage based on your stage, team size and hiring plans.
Option pool sizeEquity instrument
Options, shares or virtual shares, matched to your country and what you want to achieve.
Employee share optionsVesting schedule
A standard 4 year vesting with a 1 year cliff, or a custom timeline if it suits you better.
Vesting schedulesGrant framework
Guidelines for how much to give early hires, senior hires and advisors.
Dilution per roundEmployee equity built for European startups
Employee equity works differently across borders. We start with the markets founders ask about most.
Local equity instruments
We map the setup to what works in the Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Ireland. Start with equity in the Netherlands or equity in the UK.
Tax aware equity structure
The plan factors in local tax treatment so employees benefit, not just founders. In Germany the rules differ again, so check equity in Germany.
Founder friendly defaults
Keep voting control and stay agile as you grow. Where issuing shares is heavy, phantom shares are often the practical route.
Clear equity insights for employees
Founders choose the plan. Employees deserve to understand what they own without digging through spreadsheets.
Their grant at a glance
Total grant size, strike price and vesting timeline shown in plain language, not legalese.
Vesting progress
Employees see what has vested, what is next and when the next milestone arrives. The vesting calculator shows the same maths.
Document access
Offer letters, grant agreements and exercise windows stored in one place.
Scenario planning
A simple view of what a grant could be worth at different exit outcomes.