Growth shares – share schemes
Growth shares are a particularly good share incentive for non‑employees. In contrast to share options (EMI or unapproved), growth shares allow employees (and other recipients) to become shareholders immediately. This type of share can be incredibly flexible - it does not have to meet any statutory requirements or limits and ‘conditionality’ can be applied to protect the business.
Vestd has the most user-friendly platform and was built for UK businesses, by a team of genuine experts that helped us to get everything set up. What they don’t know about share schemes isn’t worth knowing.
Using our equity to boost business has been a revelation. We needed more customers but wanted to ensure they were right for us and that we could offer them loads of value. By inviting them to be shareholders we’ve created a real community of advocates.
Vestd was great. Loads easier and simpler than doing this the traditional way. Though almost all of the process could be completed online without any direct communication, the Vestd team were always available to answer specific questions at various stages.
The Vestd Team is incredibly helpful and responsive and there is always someone willing to assist - no matter what time of day!
This is the go-to online platform for Founders & CEOs who have zero time to learn and execute the intricacies of tax and equity distribution law.
Vestd has been a brilliant tool for us. We recently closed a $1.1m seed round, and knowing that all the information is stored and processed in one place has been a massive time-saver. The calculators are handy and the dashboard is well-designed. We will definitely be using Vestd to manage our EMI option scheme going forward too. Overall, I would 100% recommend it to other founders.
I’d looked at traditional routes of doing it but I really wanted somewhere I could keep track of all the share movements easily. On Vestd I can clearly see details of the share authorisations, shareholders and the actual shares that have been issued. It makes it so simple.
It was a combination of extremely knowledgeable support and really simple and intuitive technology. You’ve massively simplified the whole share scheme process for everyone involved.
With Vestd I can rest easy knowing all my records and resolutions are organised, secure and easy to view. Now I can concentrate on taking my business forward!
As a Founder, I wanted to reward my early stage team with shares, but with conditions attached. It’s been incredibly simple to use Vestd to build my team, and now that we have successfully completed our first major round of funding, we are looking for everyone to share in our success.
We needed a solution that had the right balance of speed, quality and affordability. Vestd excelled for us on all three. The level of service was far beyond what you’d expect from a software product.
The onboarding was really nice. UX flow is great, well thought out and intuitive. I’m not overstating it when I say it’s the best software service that we use.
The process of giving or receiving shares in a private limited company used to be extremely cumbersome, expensive and confusing!
Vestd have built a product around customer needs as their number one priority, leveraging technology. They have made something that is normally extremely complex and difficult to do, seamless and simple.
The ongoing management of EMI options is a real challenge. It’s great that Vestd have made it possible for the individual employees to be able to view what options they have been awarded via the portal anytime.
My experience with Vestd has been really fantastic. They have an amazing digital experience but have also added great "human" customer service to guide you through the process.
Vestd makes the world of options simple. It’s a one stop shop for anyone looking to bring other people into their project.
Vestd is a great platform for early stage startups to get started with equity incentivisation.
Vestd has done all the tedious groundwork to give a business everything it needs to distribute equity using a simple online platform.
It takes the headache and cost out of allocating equity stakes to anyone helping a company get going.
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There has been nothing at all I have disliked! Ifty and his team couldn't be more supportive and helpful.
I felt immediately reassured that the Vestd experts could help us restructure things in a fair and efficient way, with an eye on the future.
