ESOP SPV

ESOP Plan Designed With Special Purpose Vehicles

Set up your ESOP SPV with our expert consultants today

Aiming to improve your Employee Stock Option Program but worry about a complex captable? QAPITA’s new and improved product – ESOP SPV – sets up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) entity within your employee share plan. Speak to our advisory team to discover how issuing an ESOP SPV can compound future benefits for your business.

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The Problem

3 Key Misconceptions Founders have when Structuring an ESOP Plan

First-time creating and implementing an ESOP share plan? Some decision makers may not even be aware of the various options and methods available to them to execute and launch the most effective employee stock option plan structure.

Here are the most common misconceptions we find that decision-makers in Singapore have when it comes to structuring an effective ESOP plan:

Providing ownership to employees is a hassle

At first glance, founders may not know how to best navigate the process of providing ownership to employees.

This process often leaves the impression that multiple shareholder names will be present on the captable.

I am unaware of alternative methods to set up my ESOP

Founders are often unaware of alternative solutions and vehicles (e.g., trusts or SPVs) available for them to launch an optimized ESOP plan.

They are uninformed about the various methods to host and launch their ESOPs in the most streamlined manner.

Executing alternative methods requires extra workload

A common misconception is that there is administrative hassle and additional paperwork with setting up a vehicle.

Setting up an SPV doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, SPVs minimize administrative hassle, reduces friction when closing fundraising rounds, and presents a sense of operational maturity to investors and stakeholders

The Solution

Introducing Qapita ESOP 2.0 - SPV Launch

To provide an alternative structure for startups in Southeast Asia, Qapita has launched a brand new ESOP SPV product specially for Singapore-incorporated companies. Speak to our advisory team to discover how issuing an ESOP SPV from the very start can compound future benefits for your business.

Smooth and straightforward set-up

Qapita sets up your Special Purpose Vehicle entity within your ESOP plan, which simply groups up your shareholders and structures your employees’ shares for an investor-ready captable.

Concise and cost-effective

The most transparent pricing in the market. We take the time to understand your requirements, set you up with the right plan. No vague pricing during onboarding or surprises later. You see exactly what you pay in India, US, Singapore, anywhere. You want honesty in pricing? This is it.

Support every step of the way

Get full-spectrum, audit-ready valuations from in-house SEBI-Registered experts. From fair value of your latest ESOP grants to share-based payment expense accounting (Ind-AS 102), receive independent third-party reports that are regulator-ready for fundraising, buybacks, or listing.

How it works

Qapita ESOP SPV Key Features

An improved version of the traditional ESOP structure, the Employee SPV has a direct stake in the company, while the ESOP pool is distributed amongst the participants within the Employee SPV.

Structuring your ESOP under an SPV provides several meaningful advantages, particularly for early-stage and growth-stage companies managing equity and investor relations during due diligence and fundraising rounds:

Consolidated & Clean Captable From the Ground Up

Balance Clarity and Dilution with Tailored ESOP SPVs

A strong plan helps opitimise ESOP structures so that you can reward your employees without being exposed to unnecessary risks. Your employees can hold shares of the SPV but their individual names would not be present on the captable, resulting in neat captables that come in handy during fundraising.

Easily Replicate ESOP Trusts for Simplified Shareholder Governance

Support every step of the way, including SPV setup and paperwork

SPVs result in cleaner documentation and accurate data, making it easier to manage audits, board reviews, future fundraising rounds and potential liquidity events. This is a smarter alternative structure in comparison to Trusts, which incurs higher costs.

From Framework to Stakeholder Approval

Attract Top Talent with Understandable Equity

A well-designed ESOP compensation structure increases visibility on employee ownership amongst your workforce and stakeholders, all while consolidating shareholder names in a single SPV entity. This structure provides a right for employees to easily exercise their stock options, allowing them to become shareholders of the SPV.

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Benefits of setting up an ESOP SPV with Qapita

Maximize Future Tax Advantages in Singapore

Qapita sets up your ESOP SPV tailored to your company’s growth.

ESOP SPVs enable future tax savings, especially in Singapore. This is particularly meaningful in a scenario where shares are exercised by employees within the SPV.

Increase Ownership Visibility and Employee Retention

Your employees gain a tangible sense of ownership as they have clear visibility on themselves as investors of the firm.

This happens all while employees stay consolidated in a single SPV entity, without having dozens of their individual names listed as shareholders.

Make ESOP Plan Design Concise and Cost Effective

Setting up an SPV doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, SPVs minimize administrative hassle and showcases operational maturity, which helps to reduce friction in closing fundraising rounds.

It is a cost-effective, concise, and investor-friendly structure to present your ESOPs.

Get started with Qapita today

Indian companies use different types of ESOPs depending on their stage - startups lean toward classic options, while listed firms mix in RSUs and SARs. Here's a breakdown of the main ESOP schemes in India that founders and HR teams actually deal with.

Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOP)

I have yet to set up and incorporate an entity in Singapore.
I want to explore a cost-effective and hassle-free solution for ESOP design from the start.
Speak with Qapita today to understand your launch plan scenarios.

Book a chat with our consultant

Restricted Stock Units (RSU)

My holding company that issues ESOPs is a Singaporean entity.
I want to explore ways to maximize future tax advantages in Singapore.
Speak with our advisory team today to prepare documentation for SPV setup.

Get expert advice on SPV setup

Testimonials

Words from our valued customers

Expert guidance and hands-on support made our transition seamless

I recently transitioned my company from Carta to Qapita, and the experience was outstanding. Qapita truly held my hand through every step. The team was highly responsive, proactive, and incredibly patient. They truly held my hand through the entire process (discovery, onboarding, data migration, validation, and go-live) making something that initially felt overwhelming, smooth and stress-free.

Amanda S

HR/Ops Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

Great onboarding experience overall.

We moved over from Carta, which was very over priced, and did not provide any kind of support. Qapita made the whole experience seamless and pain-free, and helped us to move everything over without any issues. What is also great, is that we get all this for a fraction of what we were paying Carta.

Colin M

HR/Ops Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

Easily manageable platform. amazing customer service

I love the amount of regular support that was provided to get us set up and at the price point. The structure of the contract did not feel like it was penalizing us for scaling.

Khurram Khalil J.

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

Employee Stock Option Plan Management via Qapita

Qapita’s customer support has been incredibly helpful, always responsive and solution-oriented, even during late hours. our customer success manager flags potential risks we should be aware of. The platform itself is intuitive and easy to navigate, with clear online instructions that make it easy to use even for first-time users.

Jinjin Z

Associate Manager, Performance and Rewards
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

“Qapita is one of the easiest equity management tools with one of the best support teams in the market. …Highly Recommended."

Aquibur Rahman

CEO and Co-founder, Mailmodo

Secure tool to share CapTable and Investment Documents

Secure tool to share CapTable and Investment Documents - Qapita creates my Captable from the underlying transactions making it easily auditable and due diligence ready. Further Qapita seamlessly links my transactions with all the relevant documentation making it easy for investors to access all the data they need. Qapita also has a secure data room to store my pitch decks and financial models.

Rajesh B

Sr. Program Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

ESOP management

The ESOP module has made our equity management much easier. It’s easy to grant options, set up vesting, and communicate clearly with employees. Features like the e valuation slider, Exercise forms and periodic reports are helpful. It is an easy and time saving mechanism for the ESOP grants/allotment.

Vagdevi D

Corporate Functions-Compliance Officer Enterprise(> 1000 emp)

Equity pay slips are fabulous!

We are particularly loving the equity pay slip feature! It is so nice to have something like pay slip for esops. This has helped us improve our transparency levels for employees-seems like they value their esops more now!

Prashant J.

Senior Director
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

Solid Foundations

Qapita has been helping Ather Energy with their ESOP, SARs management. It becomes all the more important as Ather Energy just got listed and hence Qapita would also be facilitating liquidity events for our current and ex team-members.

Mayank D.

Lead- Tech Transformation
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

We entrusted the team with our complete Plan administration. scheme is being handled by highly experienced people.

Mona Cherian

President and Group Head Human Resources,
Thomas Cook

The simple process and the functions are easy to work and use with.

We used to manage ESOPs manually — juggling spreadsheets, email trails, and legal documents. It was tedious and prone to errors. Qapita has centralized the entire process, making it faster, more accurate, and far easier to manage. Reporting is smoother, compliance is stress-free, and our employees now have a much clearer understanding of their equity — which has boosted engagement significantly.

Ritika K.

People and Culture Manager,
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp)

Qapita has helped us in drastically improving our employee engagement on our Employee equity front. Equity payslips and valuation slider are really useful.

Prashant Kumar

Co‑founder, Zingbus

ESOP Plan Designed With Special Purpose Vehicles

3 Key Misconceptions Founders have when Structuring an ESOP Plan

Providing ownership to employees is a hassle

I am unaware of alternative methods to set up my ESOP

Executing alternative methods requires extra workload