Valentin Haarscher

Co-founder & CEO @EasopHQ

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

Sign up here if you're struggling with your international equity: https://t.co/flL6Vne1Ph

[Easop @EasopHQ]

We're extremely happy to announce that @EasopHQ raised a $2.5m seed funding round, led by @PartechPartners & @Boldstartvc .

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

@anything LFG

[Anything @anything]

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• Full-stack control: Max can test backend hooks, branch database states, and debug issues, because Anything owns the full infrastructure.

• Max can load up your app in its own browser and click on all buttons like a human tester to find all edge case bugs, then trace the bug across the stack - could be a frontend, backend, or a database issue (only we can do this, read #1) and autonomously fix it with 97% accuracy.

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[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

Proud to launch Remote Equity just 6 months after Easop joined the Remote family! 🌍

Now all Remote customers can access a fully integrated equity management experience—just 1 click away. 💻💡

Huge shoutout to the team that made it happen. You rock! 👏

[Remote @remote]

💥 Big news, everyone! 💥
Managing global equity has always been tough, time-consuming, and costly... until now! 😮💸

✨ We’re beyond excited to introduce: Remote Equity! ✨

Imagine granting equity to your direct & EoR employees and contractors in over 75 countries—effortlessly! 💫

With Remote Equity, welcome simple, compliant, and transparent equity management.

Ready to see how it works? Click the link and learn more! 🎯👇
https://t.co/Pu3GiDHjty

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

I have a feature request!

@SlackHQ , I want to set up notifications preferences at workspace level ; we have many shared channels with customers I have to update preferences one by one.

Will you close the feedback loop with me?

@CycleProduct might be the easiest way to do it

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Most of the time your equity position is pretty vague, isn't it? 🧐

But what if there was a way to get that info in a snap? 🫰

There is! It’s the Easop Equity Insights tool (and it’s totally free 💸).

Understand how your equity is distributed fast 🏃‍♂️:

https://t.co/BtTPJvsW5I

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Spain is one of those go to countries everyone has to visit at least once.

That’s why we’re dedicating this week’s country snapshot to Spain!

So if you want a fast overview for how taxes and equity work together, click the link below 👇

https://t.co/dXyXaaCtHE

[Easop @EasopHQ]

International equity compensation is a heavy topic, but what's the MOST annoying thing? 🧐

[Easop @EasopHQ]

🧐 Should you let your employees "early exercise" their stock options? Should you make them fully vest first? Should you know what any of this means?

No? Well we'll tell you all about it in this blog that breaks down what you need to know 👇

https://t.co/CnUBVaHU6P

[Easop @EasopHQ]

"The most important element in communicating equity packages, for me, is transparency." says Kyle Holm of @sequoiaTPI.

We couldn't agree more!

If you want to check out all the incredible insights from our webinar with Kyle, it's WELL worth your time. 👉 https://t.co/oMR0wZ3ey2

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

@EasopHQ @AtomicJarInc @Docker @ealeyner @bsideup Congrats @AtomicJarInc !

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

So cool to see @AtomicJarInc , one of our first customers being acquired by @Docker ! 🎯

International employees seeing their efforts pay off! 💰

Who said equity compensation was cherry on the cake? 🍒

Congrats Sergei Egorov, Eli Aleyner and the entire AtomicJar team 👏

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Huge congrats to @AtomicJarInc on being acquired by @Docker! So pleased to have helped you navigate international equity so your employees all over the world could share in this victory with you. 🙌

@ealeyner and @bsideup - Amazing job, you deserve it. 🎉

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Huge congrats to @AtomicJarInc on being acquired by @Docker! So pleased to have helped you navigate international equity so your employees all over the world could share in this victory with you. 🙌

@ealeyner and @bsideup - Amazing job, you deserve it. 🎉

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

We can’t expect our users to know by heart every requirement or advice from our global knowledge base...

So our app gives them, in context, all the information they need at the moment they need it the most 😍🧠

Curious about how we do that? 🤓

Read our latest blog post 👇

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Discover why our clients outsource their global equity compliance to Easop 💙

"Easop provides expert advice in a time & cost-efficient way, keeping us informed throughout the entire equity compensation lifecycle" the CEO of @mazedesignHQ said.

[Easop @EasopHQ]

New webinar on Nov 28th 👉 How to nail your equity compensation strategy 🎯

Our experts for this one are Kyle Holm (VP Compensation Advisory, @sequoiaTPI), @vhaarscher & Naël (Co-founders, @EasopHQ ) 🔥

Appropriate compensation is key for any company, so don't miss it!

[Ed Sim @edsim]

👇🏼 Consistent on rounds but let me reframe with some other thoughts:

What I'm seeing - everyone trying to go earlier and earlier and get pole position for future - it's super competitive out there at earliest stages

Looking at data, that used to be pre-seed but frankly Pitchbook says median age of co funded at pre-seed is now 1.2 years old - so really not the beginning. In addition, pre-seed just does not have right connotation for 3rd time founder who can and will raise much more.

What's needed is a new definition for what first is.

Let's call these "Inception Rounds".

Inception Investing means engaging with founders well before they incorporate, helping them battle test and iterate those ideas, helping them pre-sell some of the initial hires, and leading those rounds upon company formation so founders can run fast out of gates and not spend months trying to raise capital. It's been happening for quite some time and not constrained by any $ amount.

This is not incubating since not scalable unless that is all you do. This is pre-accelerator since, well, you have to be incorporated to join, and this is pre-pre-seed.

There are 3 kinds I regularly see:

Discovery Rds: <$2M
Classic Rds: $3-5M
Jumbo: >$6M

Discovery: usually first-time founders, exploring new sectors, like WASM, just need a bit to hire first few folks and iterate on a few ideas - graduates to a Classic or Jumbo. This is right sized for your "pre-seed" fund but seems like many pre-seed firms still want a product before funding - perhaps the byproduct of raising institutional capital?

Classic: First or second time founder, usually can raise more BUT understands necessity is the mother of invention, choose to be more constrained and leaner to move faster, sets lower bar for next round success. This is where most seed firms play but startups are 2.7 yrs median age upon raising a seed so far from Inception stage.

Jumbo: Almost always a seasoned repeat founder with a prior exit building the next company. Many times it can be iteration #2 or #3 of same idea, reinventing an existing market with huge TAM. When multi-stage firms meet founders and markets like this, they are ready to SUPERSIZE the Classic round. This is also known as the classic multi-stage, Billion DOLLAR Fund round.

Founders who are thinking about starting companies need one place to go to avoid all this confusion of going to a pre-seed fund, seed fund, multi-stage or whatever. They need someone who can iterate with them, give them the confidence to incorporate, and know when they become a legal entity they have the right amount of capital they need to succeed from the beginning.

They also will need a fund with right size who is big enough to lead any of these rounds but also small enough so they get 1:1 attention which means firms with concentrated portfolios.

I ❤️ founders who prefer capital constraints but sometimes you also must be able to do a few jumbos for those special founders.

This is the new race to be first - finding those special people and working with them well before incorporation and arming them with capital to run fast. This is happening across the board especially as many $1B plus funds are creating programs to help founders start but let's face it, while it's an amazing way for these firms to leverage brands built over decades, it's really just a programmatic way to put option checks into lots of companies and no great founder wants to be someone's option.

Here's timeline showing where Inception Rounds really happen in green and also median age of cos upon raising rounds

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

Save your spot for Remote Connect on Oct 19th 👇

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Are you ready to discover new strategies for scaling globally distributed teams? Early registration is now open for the #RemoteConnect 2023 virtual conference on October 19th hosted by @remote 🚀🌎

👉 Secure Your Early Access Now &gt;[https://t.co/NO7pFv5Uh8 ] 🎟️🔒

[Easop @EasopHQ]

Join us at @remote's Global Table in NYC on October 3rd 🗽🌍

Experts from @remote, @BCapitalGroup, @TwoSigmaVC, @generalcatalyst and @EasopHQ will discuss will discuss how to build a long-term remote strategy with your employee experience in mind 💼🌟

Registration link 👇

[Easop @EasopHQ]

🚀 Excited about our new article on Stock Options Repricing !

In the dynamic startup world, adaptability is key. Learn about stock options repricing's impact on valuations, motivation, &amp; legal aspects (thank you @Carta for the useful trends).

Read more in the comments. 👇⚓️

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

First we evaluated the pain &amp; need with multiple clients - managing everything manually with pdf generated, Notion pages shared, exchanging with clients on shared Slack channels or via back &amp; forth email. 🥵
Then we shipped a feature doing all of this automatically!

[Valentin Haarscher @vhaarscher]

At @EasopHQ we don't fake it until we make it... 🙅‍♂️

Instead we make it manual before we ship it! 🤖

This new feature is the perfect illustration of this concept 👇

[Easop @EasopHQ]

🚀 Exciting News! 🌍 Introducing Easop's International Exercise Handler for Global Equity Management 📊✨

🌐 Say goodbye to the complexities of taxation and reporting obligations with Easop's unique International Exercise Handler! 🌟

Check out our blog post in comment.