Guys, got initial offer from startup, series B, recent round was 60M. Total funding is 90M Location San Francisco Title - software engineer Base 140K Stock options 0.03% Bonus: none 401K: 4% match YOE - 2 Is that good ?
Base: 220K Equity: 0.28125% YoE: 10 Position: Lead Security Researcher Thoughts? What should I be looking for ? Would you accept ?
Sage advice from an old timer. Don’t take that startup offer at A and B round companies. You’re playing with your time on the rare odds of an exceptional payout. The net present value of cash trumps non liquid paper money that usually never shows up. The other day I had macha with a founder whose b...Read more
I'm expecting an offer from a startup that just closed series B funding. Current TC: $130K YOE: 15 New Title: Director Operations Series B funding: $100M Series B valuation: $350M What could I expect them to offer for salary vs what I could be reasonably asking for? What is the appropriate equit...Read more
Hi, I recently got an offer from a Series B startup. What do you think? I don't really know how to evaluate the equity component. Last round raised was $110M, last valuation was $370M. Base: $145K Bonus: $40K if I meet 100% of KPIs, up to 200% Stock options: 80K, 3 year vesting schedule. No info o...Read more
How much riskier is a series B startup? The series B company is giving roughly 2.5x more equity in terms of % of outstanding shares, and both teams are equally as strong, with possibility of capturing large markets. The series D has about 10x-15x more annual revenue but lower margins. #tech #start...Read more
Hello, I got an offer from a series B startup as base 170k, 10k sign on and 450k options (0.0045%). I have total experience of 10yrs in the software engineering and would be joining as a senior in the team. Please let me know if it is a good for a series b company. Thanks in advance.
I’m new to the world of ISOs and negotiating startup equity. I have an offer from a Series B startup that raised $40 million. Is this a good deal? Role: Staff Engineer YOE: 11 Base Salary: $200k (their min is $180k, and I asked for at least $200k early on) Options: 7,000 ISOs Strike Price: $2.75 Sh...Read more
Successfully got an offer from a series B startup in SF. I haven't received any detail yet. I'd like to be prepared to discuss the offer and I have absolutely no idea what are reasonable expectations regarding equity, sign-on bonus and annual bonus. Title: senior manager (business/finance) Company:...Read more
Given a series B startup valuation of 200 million in NYC, is this offer good? Base - 195k Equity - 0.055% YOE - 6 Current TC - 300k
Got L4 offer for Netflix with $360k TC and a startup offer as with 3 YOE. The startup is a series B firm, worth about $1.5B, and has a bunch of strong engineering talent. The startup would need to roughly 2.5x to match my Netflix TC. Here are my arguments for and against the startup: + More interes...Read more
I got an offer from a series B startup valued at ~300M and hoping to hear thoughts from Blind community about it. How much more can I negotiate given the details below? Current options value: 300K Projected value at IPO in 4 years (1B val) : 1.5M Company ownership: 0.18% Base: 200K Company is grow...Read more
Evaluating an offer from a Series B startup: Current TC @ L4 AWS SDE: ~200K/Yr over 4 years at current level, will likely go to L5 before the end of the year. Higher than normal L4 since it has bonuses from govt. work, downside is that it's hard to get away from ops work with a clearance. Area: Hig...Read more
Role: staff engineer, Base : 225k Yoe: 12 Stock options 15000 (0.05%) w/4 yr vesting and 1 yr cliff @ $2 strike Currently valued at $6 ($200M valuation) Does that sound reasonable or low ??
Help me evaluate this offer for Senior Director at a Series B. Strong leadership team with previous startup experience. Company is on track for $250M in revenue by 2026. Working on generative AI. $600k salary 300,000 options $1/strike $5/preferred $400M valuation 4 year vest If the company is succ...Read more
Base + bonus: 245k 40k options at strike price $2.75; fair market value $7.75; HR said that this is ~0.125% of company. Series-b valuation is 250M Is this a good offer? Startup is 5 yr old, but one of those that got benefitted due to pandemic. This is my first startup offer negotiation. What othe...Read more
Got an offer from a Series B company today. 20,000 options, 190K base, ISOs, strike price 0.76, valued today at 12.76, company valuation 2B, they expect to go public at 16B in ~5 years. 0.01% of total outstanding shares. Should I consider this? #startup #seriesb #offer Edit: 7 YOE Edit#2: I ended...Read more
Hey all, looking for advice on an initial offer from startup. They recently got $45M for their series B, total funding $55M. Title: Software Engineer Location: San Francisco, but I'd be fully remote Base: $150K (adjusted per cost of living where I live, ~30% lower than SF) Stock options: 0.04% Vest...Read more
Need help to decide between two offers. Benchling- Tc- 290 base 180. They just had series E. And series b startup 190 base 15k shares which is currently $60000. The series b startup is similar to scribd. I feel i will learn so much more at startup but i am also wondering about the risks and the fail...Read more