StrikeRates
NerdWallet for pre-IPO stock option financing
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NerdWallet for pre-IPO stock option financing
8 followers
Companies used to IPO in 4 years. Now it's 12+. If you hold pre-IPO stock options, you're navigating exercise windows, tax exposure, and financing decisions with no leverage and no transparency. StrikeRates is NerdWallet for stock option financing. Compare 21 providers on fees, structure, and terms. Read reviews from employees who've been through it. Model your exercise scenarios before you talk to anyone. Free. No paywalls. No affiliate deals. Just transparency.
Hey Product Hunt,
I'm Rafael, the founder of StrikeRates. I built this because it almost happened to me.
A few months ago, I got laid off. I had 90 days to exercise my vested options, so I started researching liquidity providers. Then my company announced an administrative blackout that cut my window by more than a month. I had less than a week left before my options expired worthless. I scrambled, found a path, and got out in time. But I couldn't stop thinking about everyone who doesn't.
Carta put a number on it: $1.8B in fully vested options forfeited in 2022 by roughly 50,000 employees. Average loss: $47,000. Not because the equity was worthless. Because employees had no tools and no time.
So I built the tools I wished I had. All free:
Compare 21 liquidity providers on fees, structure, and terms
Read and leave reviews from employees who've used them (Glassdoor for equity financing)
Model every exercise scenario side by side before you talk to anyone
Plain-language guides on options, financing, and advanced structures
No paywalls. No affiliate deals. Revenue comes from the fund side, never the employee side.
Have you ever faced a 90-day exercise window? How did you handle it?