Option Pool
Equity set aside for people you have not hired yet
Authorized but unissued shares reserved for future employee, advisor and contractor options, administered under a stock option plan. Investors commonly require the pool to be created or topped up before their money goes in, which means the dilution falls on the existing shareholders rather than on the incoming investor.
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