Employee Stock Option Fund – Startup Investor Profile

The ESO Fund provides funding for employees of venture-backed companies to absorb the financial risk of exercising stock options.

Location: San Mateo

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Investment Stages: late-stage, pre-seed, seed, series-a

Website: https://www.esofund.com/

AI Reasoning: I found press and blog posts on ESO Fund’s site showing public activity in 2025 (e.g., March 11, 2025 press item and Jan 15, 2025 VMblog article). Additionally, ESO Fund has media mentions and interviews in late 2024 and early 2025, but no specific public investment announcements in the last 3 months prior to the target date. The most recent identified investment-related public activity is March 11, 2025, which is between 6 and 3 months before the evaluation date, corresponding to the appropriate classification. The startup name mentioned in related ESO Fund material includes company examples in their portfolio (e.g., Notable startups in ESO Fund communications include Brex).

Not Active – No known investments in the last 12 months.

Low Activity – Only known investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Active – Known investments between the last 6 and 3 months.

Very Active – Known investments in the last 3 months.