How much equity should startup advisors get? 0.1-2% with up to 4-year vesting
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-22
dunkhippo33 explains how to price advisor equity: market terms resemble employee deals, with vesting up to 2-4 years and 0.1-2% depending on how essential the person is. Hands-on advisors acting like part-time employees deserve meaningfully more equity.
More from Venture
- Keepsweeper wins $10,000 as runner-up in RevenueCat's Shipaton game contest — LinusEkenstam · 2026-10-22
- AI x Bio's Wild 48 Hours: AI-Designed Phage in a Patient, OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio — AllThingsApx · 2026-10-22
- Context.dev raises $9M seed, launches Blue Pages index of 80M companies for agents — gaganghotra_ · 2026-10-22
- No SaaSpocalypse: VC funding up 40.3% QoQ even excluding OpenAI and xAI rounds — luisdans · 2026-10-22
- Basis Fellowship: $50,000 grants with no equity, no reporting, 10-min application — alexcovo_eth · 2026-10-22
- GPU startup Flappy Airplanes raises $1B Series A co-led by Index and Lux — vitaliychiley · 2026-10-22