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Startups with Extended Exercise Windows

A list of startups that have employee-friendly terms for exercising your options past the (current) norm of 90 days.

For more information, read this post.

Companies

NameExercise WindowAdditional details
AcuityMD10 years
Ada5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Aerotime10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Alan7 years
Alloy10 years
Alto2 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
AngelList10 years
Atlan10 years(https://handbook.atlan.com/team-handbook/doing-the-best-for-yourself/compensation)
AtoB10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
BaseDash10 years
Begin2-5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment, with each year of employment adding another year to the window
BillionToOne10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Blissfully5 years
Bobsled10 years
Bonsai10 years
Braid5 years
Brex7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Buffer10 years
Buildkite15 years
BuildZoom10 years
Carmera10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Carta1 year for each year of vesting
Castle10 year
Chameleon7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Checkr10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Cinder10 years
Circle Medical5 years
Clearbit10 years
Clippings10 years
CodeCombat10 years
Codility10 years
CoinTracker10 years
Column Tax10 years
Cyscale Security3 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
DataCamp1 year for each year of vesting
Desmos7 years
Earthly10 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Eve7 years
Even5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Expensify2 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Experiment7 years
Felt10 years
Flexport10 years
Foxglove10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Freshpaint10 years
Ginkgo Bioworks5 years
GiveCampus10 years
Glitch10 years
GoCardless10 years
Gusto10 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Heap10 years
Her3 years
Hightouch10 years
Honeycomb1-7 years2 months per month of vesting after 1 year of employment
Hykso3 years
Infracost10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Intellimize2 years
Ironclad3 years
Kayako10 years
Kickback7 years
Kickstarter10 years
Kite10 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Ladder7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Lattice3 years
Lawn Love7 years
Lightstep1 year
Linear10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Lingokids7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Loom10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
MarsX10 years
Mashgin10 years
MagicBell10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Major League Hacking5 Years
Meadow10 years
Mercury7 years
Mixpanel5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Mojo10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Monzo10 yearsExercise price of $0.01
Mux10 yearsAfter 2.5 years of employment
Neighborly10 years
Netlify7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Niantic10 years
Notion10 years
Ockam5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Omada Health5 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
OneSignal10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Open Listings3 years
OpsLevel10 years
Origin5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Otter7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Outlier AI10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Outschool10 years
Oxide7 years
Pachyderm3 years
Patreon7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Persista1 year
Pex10 years
PhotoRoom10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Pilot10 years
PostHog10 yearsRead about it in the open source company handbook
Postman10 years
Postscript8 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Prisma10 years
Puppet1 yearAfter 2 years of employment
Quora10 years
Razorpay7 years
ReadMe10 years
Render5 to 10 years5 years after 2 years of employment; 10 years after 4 years of employment
Replicate10 years
RevenueCat10 years
Revolut10 years
Rewatch7 years
RunwayML3 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Saleswhale10 years
Scale5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Science Exchange7 years
Scoop3 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Seed5 years
Secfi5 years
Showtime10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
SigOpt7 years
Skyflow10 years
Smallstep10 years
Snapdocs10 years
Sourcegraph10 years
Strava5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Streak10 years
Supabase10 years
Swing Education5 years
Taiki10 years
Teachers Pay TeachersPractically foreverMakes taxes slightly more complicated, but we offer a tax prep reimbursement benefit
Temporal10 years
Tettra5 years
Thread10 years
Tines5 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Toplyne10 years
TransferWise10 years
Treasury Prime7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Trim7 years
Triplebyte10 years
Unflow10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Upstream10 years
Vested10 yearsImmediately
Wave10 years
Wefunder3 years
WizeHire10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
WorkOn10 years
WorkOS10 yearsImmediately
Zefir10 yearsDouble Trigger
Zenysis10 years

Previously-extended windows

There are some companies that started out with an extended exercise window, but reached some sort of endpoint (IPO, acquisition, etc) where an exercise window isn't relevant these days. It's still great to see these companies start from solid beginnings, though, so we'd still like to continue to acknowledge them here, especially since they likely have chosen other fair policies that still are important today.

NameExercise WindowAdditional details
Affirm7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Alien Labs10 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Amplitude10 years
Asana10 years
Clef7 years
Coinbase7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Cymmetria3 years
Instacart7 years
Opendoor3 yearsAfter 3 years of employment
Pinterest7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment
Segment10 years
Supply10 years
Upstart10 years
Wasmer7 yearsAfter 2 years of employment

VCs

It's worth noting that Andreessen Horowitz has come out in strong favor of the 90 day window. If you feel strongly about extended exercise windows, it might be worth considering whether a16z portfolio companies are a good fit for you.