Unlocking Liquidity: How ESOP Financing Can Save High-Growth Private Companies Millions in Buybacks

Sheersh Jain
13 Apr, 2023

Attention All Startups!
Unlocking Savings with ESOP Financing
Did you know that you can save millions in ESOP buybacks by utilizing ESOP financing?
Startups face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their finances. One of these challenges is providing liquidity to employees who hold stock options through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Many startups are forced to do costly ESOP buybacks to provide liquidity to their employees, which can eat up a significant portion of their capital.
The ESOP Financing Solution
- Cost Efficiency: Instead of resorting to expensive ESOP buybacks, startups can leverage ESOP financing.
- Liquidity Without Buybacks: Employees can avail a loan from an ESOP financier, exercise their ESOPs, and pledge their shares (which become shares upon exercise) to the financier, who then provides the necessary liquidity.
- Mutual Benefits:
- Startups can redirect capital towards business growth.
- Employees can exercise ESOPs early and save on taxes.
Empowering Startups and Employees
Third-party ESOP financing empowers employees with the flexibility to manage their finances while enabling startups to focus on what really matters—growing the business.
We at ESOPPDHAN help employees of high-growth private companies unlock liquidity against their ESOPs. To know more about us, visit www.esoppdhan.com.