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ESO Fund

employeestockoptions.com Direct investor

ESO Fund provides liquidity to employees of venture-backed companies by funding the exercise of their stock options and covering associated taxes, in exchange for a share of potential upside. It has raised $300 million across four funds and transacted with over 1000 option holders.

ESO Fund is an investor headquartered in San Mateo, United States, founded in 2012. It invests directly in companies. $300 million under management and 1000 portfolio companies, as it reports.

“The Employee Stock Option Fund provides current and former employees of venture backed companies with the cash needed to exercise their options and cover associated taxes.”

— ESO Fund, own website
Layer
Direct investor
Type
Other
Stage
Unknown
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States
Founded
2012
Assets under management
$300 million
Portfolio
1000 companies

Team, as ESO Fund publishes it

  • Jimmy Lackie Co-founder
  • Stephen Roberts Co-founder
  • Scott Chou Co-founder
  • Tony Tsao Investment process lead
  • Ken Goldman Inside sales team manager
  • Paul Yacoubian Chief Financial Officer
  • Chris Lu Team member
  • Utkarsh Sharma Team member
  • Nairie Krikorian Relationship manager
  • Carol White Accounting
  • Connie Sprague Accounting
  • Andrew Moeckel Team member

Names and roles exactly as listed on employeestockoptions.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.

Where this comes from

Every fact above was read from a page ESO Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.

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Record 4648 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high

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