Analysis

May 1, 2024

‘The taste of stock options’: Why startups are letting their staffers sell their shares

As the IPO market in Europe slows down, employees look for other ways of exits 


Zosia Wanat

6 min read

This could be a typical startup flywheel story: Mikus Krams and Janis Vavere joined a promising Latvian startup Lokalise, a platform which helps companies translate and localise websites, apps and marketing materials, as early employees. After a couple of years, they sold their shares, and with the money started their own company: Trace.Space, a tool that manages requirements for complex engineering projects. 

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Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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