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Equity Management • ESOP

Build and manage your ESOP on Clara

Create our ESOP and option grant agreements and use our DocuSign integration to collect signatures. Enjoy automatic cap table updates when you manage your ESOP on Clara.
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Granting and managing options is a breeze with Clara.

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ESOP in minutes 

Complete the process digitally in a few clicks, including Board approvals.

Automated vesting schedules 

Every time you issue a grant, the vesting schedule will automatically appear on your cap table with all the math done for you.
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Built-in  exercise notices

You’ll be reminded of upcoming vesting dates and Clara will pre-populate exercise notices – ready to be signed by your team members.
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Easy onboarding

Make ESOP allocation a seamless part of your onboarding process. Generate grants for new team members in a few clicks with everything signed through the platform.

You can’t beat Clara’s ESOP functionality!

You can’t beat Clara’s ESOP functionality. It allows us to grant options to our team in a few clicks while automatically updating our cap table. Truly next level.

– Michael Hunter, Co-Founder and CEO at Holo
Trusted by leading companies, investors and lawyers around the world

An introduction to ESOPs

Clara’s ESOP documents comprise of an option plan, board resolution approving the plan, grant agreements and an FAQ document.

Option plans & grant agreements

The plan sets aside a pool of share options that you can allocate to employees, directors, advisors and consultants. Once your plan is in place, you can issue grant agreements to allocate options from your plan’s pool to team members.  

Attract, incentivize & retain

An ESOP allows you to attract talent, incentivize your team to contribute to your company’s success and retain them through time-based vesting. An ESOP can also be used for consultants and advisors, not just employees.  

Attract and retain talent with Clara’s ESOP management tools

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How to put in place your ESOP

Login

Login into your account (or sign-up, if you don’t have one).

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Generate your option plan

Click the blue (+) button, choose the relevant jurisdiction from the dropdown and select Share Incentive Plan or Equity Incentive Plan for Delaware.

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Complete the form

Complete each field in the form and select your various options, including the pool of shares you want to set aside for your ESOP.

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Adopt the option incentive plan 

Once you generate the plan, you can save it in draft, edit it and when final, send it for signature through our built-in DocuSign integration. It will be signed by way of a board resolution adopting the plan (the actual plan itself is not signed). Clara will take care of all that for you.

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Repeat for grant agreements 

Now that your plan is in place and ESOP pool set aside, you can start issuing options to team members. Just go back to the Generate Documents tab, select Grant Agreement, complete the form and sign it when you’re ready.

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Arrange for exercise notices 

Clara will automatically remind you when an upcoming vesting date is near and pre-populate an exercise notice ready for your team member to sign and send back to you, right on the platform.

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Resources & Insights

Stories, updates and resources

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Clara
Nov 24, 2022

SAFEs explained | The founders’ quick guide

A SAFE (which stands for Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is the most popular type of convertible for early-stage startups. It was originally created by Y Combinator in 2013.

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Clara
Aug 17, 2022

New feature | Introducing Cayman exempted companies on Clara!

Setting up a company in the Cayman Islands is quick, cost-effective, attractive to foreign investors and easy for founders to maintain. Creating an offshore company for your startup might seem daunting if you don’t know where to start, which is where Clara comes in.

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May 2, 2023

Clara partners with Mintz

We are committed to partnering with leading companies that move our startup customers forward, so they can move the world forward. We are thrilled to work with the Mintz team to support our growing roster of U.S.-based customers.

Binance uses Clara to incorporate and manage ADGM entities. The team at Clara are extremely efficient and go the extra mile to ensure we always have a smooth experience and meet our deadlines. Top-notch service!

Vishal Sacheendran
Head of Strategy and Operations, Binance

Starting a company is hard enough, but managing legal processes shouldn’t be. With Clara’s dedicated accelerator onboarding solution, companies can get the support and infrastructure they need to efficiently and professionally complete their legal due diligence and finalize an investment.

Amal Dokhan
General Partner MENA, 500 Global

Clara is a one-stop shop for everything equity related. All our data is safe and securely stored and accurately recorded. And our investors love having direct access. It has saved us countless hours and kept our cap table mistake free.

Jessica Anuna
CEO & Founder, Klasha

We spend a lot of time educating founders on basic legal concepts: what they need to do for us to invest in them. Clara automates these functions. As Clara’s first institutional investor, we knew intuitively from inception, this company will be a game changer.

Vijay Tirathrai
Managing Director, Techstars

Founders often struggle with managing their legal function due to lack of expertise and resources. And we’ve seen poor legal structures create hurdles to our investing in otherwise healthy startups. Investors like ourselves love that Clara gives founders the tools they need to establish, grow and scale their startups from day one on a best-practice basis.

Shane Shin
Founding Partner, Shorooq

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