Option Pool
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Option Pool, every show
Browder: Predatory VCs act like sharks by demanding 15% seed option pools
“Well, the VCs always win. If they do a price round, some of them are sharks. They say we want a 15% option pool at the seed.”
Kupor: VCs use "made up numbers" to size startup option pools
“In some respects, these are kind of made up numbers by the venture capitalists, ah, but the kind of heuristic that venture capitalists often use to determine what size they want Is they're trying to say, look, when I invest in this company, I want this option …”