A job change, a reorg, or an unexpected offer can trigger a termination window sooner than expected. Suddenly, you have 90 days to decide whether to exercise your stock options and come up with the capital to do it.
In those moments, waiting can mean losing your hard-earned equity.
That’s what pushed us to build the Equitybee Venture Market Fund.
Historically, Equitybee helped employees fund their options through a marketplace, seeking to match each opportunity with individual investors.
It worked well, but when markets slowed, timelines stretched.
And for employees facing a short exercise window, “we’re still matching investors” isn’t good enough.
Your decision clock doesn’t pause just because the market does.
In 2025, we more than doubled the size of the Equitybee Venture Funds. The Equitybee Venture Funds are a dedicated pool of capital created to fund startup employees exercising their stock options. It allows Startup employees to receive funding in an expedited fashion as funds are ready to be deployed rather than waiting for individual investors to make an investment decision.
Today, Equitybee offers a multi-layer funding approach for startup employees:
Faster time to funding: By adding dedicated Fund capital, Equitybee no longer waits for investor matching to begin funding. Time to funding is now 66% faster* than before, and in some cases, funding happens within days.
Wider company coverage: Today, Equitybee accepts funding applications for employees from 4,000+ eligible companies*, offering access well beyond the narrow, constantly changing lists many funding solutions operate with.
Exercising stock options often comes down to timing.
As private markets evolve, we believe speed and access matter more than ever. Knowing what options you have, and whether funding will be available when you need it, can make the difference between holding onto your equity or walking away from it.
That’s what Options to Ownership is here for, to help you stay informed, prepared, and in control of your decisions.
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*66% faster funding, measured as the change in median time from application submission to funding since the dedicated Funds launch (Nov 2023).
*Equity value unlocked represents the total funding amount delivered to employees to cover stock option exercise costs, plus the aggregate gross value of shares realized at the time of liquidity events.