Optimize your employee stock option pool

An option pool can help startups allocate equity to new and future employees without diluting existing shareholders. Founders often struggle to size their pool correctly due to uncertain hiring plans.

Calculate the value of your option pool for future hires

Input your seed round details and anticipated hires into our free option pool calculator. This modeling tool is designed to help pre-seed and seed-stage founders:

• Evaluate an option pool against hiring plans.
• Compare their seed round with market standards.
• Estimate potential employee equity value at exit.
• Determine the right option pool size.
• Understand typical seed-stage option pools.

Make informed decisions on employee and advisor equity with Carta. Companies with up to 25 stakeholders and $1M raised can try Carta Launch for free.