Founder Vesting
TopicHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Sep 2026
Founder vesting is a contractual arrangement in early-stage startups where founders earn full ownership of their initial equity incrementally over a specified period of time. This mechanism protects the company and its stakeholders by ensuring that co-founders remain committed to the business, typically utilizing a multi-year schedule with a one-year cliff.
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Companies can repurchase founders’ unvested shares when founders leave.
“If you were to leave the company before the shares are vested, the company has a right to repurchase the unvested portion of the shares.”
Open the episode · Becki DeGraw on founder vesting, advisor equity & the 4-term-sheet playListen at 2:18
Co-founder vesting can protect founders even without venture funding.
“even if it's just you and I and we're doing this venture and we, we're gonna, we're gonna backstop it. We're not, we're not gonna take that VC money because there's all the, the bells and whistles that go with it. There might be a reason I would argue to include vesting to protect amongst the founders themselves”
Open the episode · Becki DeGraw on founder vesting, advisor equity & the 4-term-sheet playListen at 3:36
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