🧵 What is a ‘Syndicate’? A syndicate in venture capital is a group of investors who pool their resources to invest in a company together.

“It's important to learn that you can learn anything you want, and that you can get better quickly.” — Sam Altman

1/ We recently released ‘Document Center’ as a one-to-many form of communication between companies, their employees, and other stakeholders. Here’s what it offers👇

The necessary level of tenacity …

1/🧵Advisory shares are a form of equity compensation granted to individuals who provide strategic guidance, expertise, or access to valuable networks for a company.

ESOP liquidity is booming in the Indian startup ecosystem! 💰 🚀 Key takeaway from 2024 so far: Over 3,000 startup employees benefited from ESOP buybacks, creating wealth of ₹1,450 crore+ (~$170M). 🏆 Top publicly disclosed buybacks in 2024: Swiggy: $65M Urban Company: $24M

Blackbuck (BlackBuck) one of our earliest customers at EquityList, celebrated a milestone on Nov 22, 2024, with the successful launch of their IPO. 📈 🎉 From a Series D startup to now a publicly listed company, Blackbuck has been using EquityList to manage their ESOP pools

While we try to figure out how to make it easier for companies to go public in the US, the Indian stock market seems to have figured it out. In Q4 alone: 113 companies had an IPO in India. In the US? ~64 (after removing REITs and SPACs) It's very cool to see EquityList be

Our customers💜

1/ For dematerialisation, the MCA requires companies with a paid-up capital of ₹4 crore+ and an annual turnover of ₹40 crore+ to digitize their physical shares. However, this criteria alone does not exempt you from dematerialisation👇.

1/ Companies typically go through multiple rounds of financing, starting from Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, B, and beyond. EquityList’s cap table filtering feature allows you to quickly view ownership by date and round.

🚨Hiring alert! We are looking to hire for a bunch of exciting roles at EquityList . 👇 EquityList powers equity operations for 450+ customers globally! Founders and teams trust us to manage & administer cap tables, stock options, valuations, and related compliances. All

It has been over a year since Healthify started using EquityList, and the kind words from their team keep us motivated. Ayush Sinha, Vice President & Head of People, HealthifyMe, had this to say:

Nothing drains a high performer faster than realizing their reward for excellence is cleaning up someone else’s incompetence.

You can just fix things..

📢Dematerialisation update for Indian companies: MCA has issued a circular today, extending the deadline for dematerialisation for 'small companies' to 30th June 2025. Unfortunately, this extension most likely DOES NOT apply to you if you're venture-backed!👇

🚀 Issuing equity grants? Don't let blind spots create costly mistakes! At EquityList we shipped something better for our customers. No more chasing teams internally for cap table data or juggling between excel sheets to build countless pivot tables.

1/Pay exercise costs and perquisite taxes seamlessly via EquityList. Stock option exercises have long been a hassle—employees juggle platforms, and finance teams handle tax calculations, payment proofs, and reconciliation. What if it was all automated? With EquityList, it is.

🇦🇪 Still in Dubai and still talking equity. Dubai FinTech Summit may be over, but conversations around cap tables, equity awards, and cross-border structuring are just getting started. Kashish Sharma and @rishabhsingh are in town for a few more days—DM us to connect! 📬

1/We recently did a case study with Ankit Sen, Head of People & Culture, at Powerplay App. In her own words "When I joined Powerplay, I noticed that equity management was scattered—somewhere in emails, somewhere in spreadsheets, the situation was becoming untenable as we grew".