Hissa is an end-to-end equity and ESOP management platform for companies, investors, and employees. It helps businesses manage the complete equity lifecycle, from ESOP planning, grants, and vesting to exercise and liquidity. The platform also provides an audit-ready cap table, equity compensation modelling, workflow management, and employee dashboards that show ownership and estimated value. Hissa Fund 1 further provides liquidity to employees and shareholders of growth-stage private companies.
Key Features
- End-to-End ESOP Administration: Manage option pools, grant pricing, trust details, pool transactions, and the complete grant lifecycle in one platform.
- Advanced Vesting Workflows: Handle vesting cliffs, triggers, pauses, accelerations, grant transfers, rehiring, and forfeitures.
- Equity Planning & Liquidity: Model compensation, manage allocation matrices, forecast option pools, extend exercise windows, and coordinate buybacks and cash-outs.
- Valuation & Regulatory Reporting: Support Black-Scholes calculations, SH-6, Section 10-C, and Ind AS 102 expense reporting.
- HRMS Integrations: Connect with HR management systems to simplify employee-data management and ESOP administration.
- Bulk Operations & Data Sync: Import records, process bulk updates, and synchronize employee data from external systems.
- Employee Tax Calculator: Help employees estimate taxes related to exercising their stock options.
- Employee Equity Dashboards: Give employees a clear view of their equity holdings and estimated value.
- Equity Liquidity Solutions: Provide liquidity opportunities for employees and shareholders through Hissa Fund 1.
Benefits
- Centralised ESOP Management: Reduce dependence on spreadsheets and manual coordination by managing equity operations in one place.
- Accurate Vesting Records: Maintain consistent grant and vesting records when employees leave, return, or experience grant changes.
- Better Equity Planning: Track pool utilisation, forecast future equity requirements, and understand potential dilution.
- Simplified Compliance & Audits: Speed up accounting, regulatory reporting, and audit preparation with organised equity records.
- Fewer Administrative Errors: Reduce repetitive data entry through bulk operations and automated employee-data updates.
- Dedicated Expert Support: Get guidance from a relationship manager with a legal background.
- Clearer Tax Planning: Help employees estimate potential taxes before exercising their stock options.
- Improved Employee Visibility: Make equity information easier to access and understand through dedicated dashboards.
- Access to Liquidity: Offer eligible employees and shareholders another way to access value tied up in private-company equity.
