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Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

19 employees

The ESO Fund provides funding for employees of venture-backed companies to absorb the financial risk of exercising stock options.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software39
Enterprise Software28
SaaS24
Advertising13
E-Commerce12
Information Technology11
Mobile10
Analytics10
Marketplace8
Internet8
Artificial Intelligence7
Health Care7
Financial Services7
FinTech6
Cyber Security6
Security5
Big Data5
Mobile Apps5
Marketing5
Social Media5

Funding rounds participated in

$24M sweet spot round size

Most of their 125 investments are in rounds between $8M and $60M

Investor type

Secondary Purchaser

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Angel Investment
Financial Services
Secondary Market
Stock Option Loans
Venture Capital
Funding Platform

Date founded

2012

Investments made

B

Bloomfire raised undisclosed on August 16, 2021

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

H

HashiCorp raised undisclosed on March 1, 2021

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

B

Blend raised undisclosed on February 8, 2021

Investors: Raison Asset Management and Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

H

Hippo Insurance raised undisclosed on December 1, 2020

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

A

Auth0 raised undisclosed on December 1, 2020

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

D

DigitalOcean raised undisclosed on October 1, 2020

Investors: Da Vinci Capital, Raison Asset Management and Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

A

AppLovin raised undisclosed on August 5, 2020

Investors: Sadık Ventures, Elysium Venture Capital and Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

C

Coursera raised $14M on August 1, 2020

Investors: Veligera Capital LLC, Mindrock Capital, Raison Asset Management, Da Vinci Capital and Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

E

Embark Trucks raised undisclosed on August 1, 2020

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

B

Berkshire Grey raised undisclosed on July 1, 2020

Investors: Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)

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