Aption offers an AI‑driven equity‑pooling platform that aggregates concentrated private stock or option holdings into diversified, asset‑backed derivative pools. Members receive pro‑rata payouts from any successful exit, providing liquidity without altering cap tables, and fees are charged only when liquidity events occur.
Funding
$2.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Founders, early employees, and other private shareholders often hold highly concentrated equity positions in early‑stage companies, exposing them to significant risk and providing little liquidity because most venture‑backed startups never return money to equity holders.
Solution
Aption provides an equity‑pooling platform that aggregates individual private stock positions into diversified, asset‑backed derivatives. Using AI‑driven methodology, the system groups similarly promising companies into balanced pools and programmatically allocates new investments. Pool members receive pro‑rata payouts from any successful exit, allowing a single exit to generate cash for dozens of participants. The structure avoids cap‑table changes, board approvals, or shareholder votes, and Aption handles all legal and tax compliance across jurisdictions. Fees are charged only when liquidity events occur, aligning costs with realized returns.
Target Audience
Primary customers are founders, early‑stage employees, and executives who hold concentrated private stock or option positions and seek diversification and liquidity.
Features
- AI‑powered pool construction that matches individual holdings with similarly promising startups to create statistically balanced portfolios
- Derivative‑style, asset‑backed securities that provide liquidity without altering the underlying company’s cap table
- Pro‑rata distribution of exit proceeds to all pool members, enabling shared payouts from any successful exit
- No upfront fees; a management fee is applied only upon liquidity events
- Comprehensive legal and tax support from top advisors in each operating country, including Big‑4 accountants and leading law firms
- Web‑based dashboard for pool creation, allocation, and performance monitoring