Access to Startups for Institutional Investors

The Equitybee reserve fund

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A startup investing platform component

Invest in the startups of your choice with ease

Equitybee gives you the opportunity to access high-growth startups at past valuations by funding employee stock options. In exchange for helping startup employees exercise their options, you’ll receive a share of the proceeds upon a successful liquidity event.

The Equitybee Reserve Fund (ERF) was created to unlock this unique access for investors with a large amount of capital to deploy. When you invest with the ERF, you set your investment parameters and we’ll invest in multiple offers on your behalf - with just a single investment.

Here’s how the ERF benefits you:

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Gain priority access to the top offers

Exclusive access to every single offer before being added to our platform

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Customize your investment parameters

Dynamic investment criteria can include VC funding, industry, company, and more

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Receive zero touch investment curation

Capital automatically deployed to offers fitting your investment criteria

Our investors accessed these companies before they went public

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Monday logo
Confluent logo
Trifacta logo
Coursera logo
Bentobox logo
Couchbase logo
Ironnet logo

Partial list; past performance is not indicative of future results.

Want to check out potential ERF outcomes compared to investing in a secondary?
Check out our comparison calculator here.

ERF vs. Secondary Market

Equitybee
  • Variable prepaid forward contract
  • Aligned interests between buyer, seller and Equitybee
  • Access to shares at discounted 409A valuations
  • No ROFR risk
Secondary
  • Equity ownership
  • Risk of illiquidity, exit is required to unlock investment return
  • No counterparty risk
  • Company specific risk
Sample Equitybee liquidity event example
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December 2020
Employee approached Equitybee
  • Needed $90K to exercise options (including tax)
  • Cost basis - $4.4672 per share
April 2021
Employee successfully exercised
  • $90K original investment amount
  • 1% annual interest
  • 25% share incentive
july 2022
Employee notified of tender offer
  • 100% share purchase at $30.4868
November 2022
Distribution results
  • $609K in gross proceeds
  • $366K for the employee
  • $235K for the investor
  • Representing multiple on investment capital of 2.51X
Post fee and pre-tax | Past performance is not indicative of future results | Equitybee offers private placements which are speculative, illiquid, contain substantial risk and may result in the complete loss of capital to the investor | All ROI calculations are before tax.
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