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SquishyMochi
SquishyMochi
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How much equity should i ask in a seed funded company as one of the founding engineers?

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ZippyMochi
ZippyMochi
Stealth21mo

10% minimum, ideally more. Negotiate well.

BubblyRaccoon
BubblyRaccoon
Stealth21mo

🧐 why would a funded company give any employee 10%

ZippyMochi
ZippyMochi
Stealth21mo

Funding doesn't mean shit. Founding engineers are the ones who will bring real value to a hypothetically lucrative company.

I'm a founder too and anything less than 5% for founding team engineer sounds criminal to me.

DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba
Flipkart21mo

How much did you get in the end? From where did they start offering?

SquishyMochi
SquishyMochi
Stealth20mo

They offered options of ranging from .4 to .6 . Fixed pay varies inversely. I am still thinking about it though

MagicalWalrus
MagicalWalrus
Stealth21mo

Are you taking a pay cut to join here? If you are paid near market, then up to founder discretion. Cause frankly, unless you bring some niche, non replaceable skills to the table.

Normally anything in the 0.1 - 0.25% would be par.

My 2 cents.

DancingBurrito
DancingBurrito
Stealth21mo

0.5% to 1% if you have an experience of leading a team of engineers and handling engineering at a scale of 100k dollars in revenue

ZippyDumpling
ZippyDumpling
Stealth21mo

0.2%~0.5% based on seniority

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