StrikeRates
NerdWallet for pre-IPO stock option financing
What it does
Companies used to IPO in 4 years. Now it's 12+. If you hold pre-IPO stock options, you're navigating exercise windows, tax exposure, and financing decisions with no leverage and no transparency. StrikeRates is NerdWallet for stock option financing. Compare 21 providers on fees, structure, and terms. Read reviews from employees who've been through it. Model your exercise scenarios before you talk to anyone. Free. No paywalls. No affiliate deals. Just transparency.
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all alternatives →- IWI was laid off, so I built a NerdWallet for startup equity liquidityMar 2026 · strikerates.com · ▲9
I was a software engineer at a late stage startup and was caught in a layoff this January. When I looked into exercising my options or getting liquidity, I realized the secondary market is a total black box. Liquidity funds spend a fortune on Google Ads just to find people like us. Those high marketing costs eventually come out of our pockets in the form of higher fees and worse terms. I built StrikeRates to change that. The site is meant to be a central resource for anyone navigating this. I included a Liquidity 101 section that explains the different financial vehicles because that…
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