Legal
Solid documentation
Generate plan documentation based on proven structures and keep everything organised in one place.
Everything you need for your VSOP
Design your plan, issue grants and keep everything up to date from one platform. Sharesquare brings together legal, financial and HR workflows so your plan evolves with your company.
WHY IT WORKS
Three success factors in one platform.
Legal, financial and HR decisions are closely connected. Sharesquare keeps them in sync, so every stakeholder works from the same information.
Financial
Reliable calculations
Model scenarios, calculate payouts and keep participants informed with accurate financial insights.
HR
Engaged participants
Give participants a transparent experience with personalised dashboards, clear communication and ongoing visibility.
Legal
Solid documentation
Generate plan documentation based on proven structures and keep everything organised in one place.
Financial
Reliable calculations
Model scenarios, calculate payouts and keep participants informed with accurate financial insights.
HR
Engaged participants
Give participants a transparent experience with personalised dashboards, clear communication and ongoing visibility.
GRANT CONFIGURATION
Build a plan that fits your company
Shape the reward and the conditions behind it in one place. Mix value components, then add the rules that govern vesting, hurdles and leaver scenarios.
Choose the value components...
Examples of virtual share incentives
- Share Appreciation Rights (SARs): Participants earn only the increase in company value from the moment of the grant. Pure upside, no baseline. Ideal when you want reward tied strictly to growth you create together.
- Full-value virtual shares: Participants track the full value of a real share, as if they held one. Bigger payout potential, closer to real ownership, without any changes to the cap table or notary work.
- Virtual dividend: Participants receive a cash share of annual profits when predefined conditions are met. Often replaces traditional profit-sharing schemes and rewards short-term results without touching valuation.
Choose the rule categories...
Typical rules for a virtual share grant
- Vesting, cliff, unvesting, acceleration, pause: Control when rights are earned, frozen, sped up or clawed back.
- Value hurdle, cap, adjustment: Set minimum thresholds, maximum ceilings and corrections for KPIs and corporate events.
- Leaver conditions: Define what happens to earned and unearned value when someone leaves.
ONGOING MANAGEMENT
Keep your plan up to date
A virtual share plan evolves with your company. Sharesquare helps you keep participants, grants, calculations and documentation up to date.
ParticipantsJoiners, leavers, promotions
GrantsNew grants, amendments, buybacks
The companyShare capital, valuation, funding
The planRules, documents, settings
PerformanceKPIs, vesting, appreciation
CommunicationParticipant dashboard, notifications
PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE
Keep your team engaged
You decide what each participant sees in their dashboard. Set the level of detail upfront, so participants stay informed without being overwhelmed.
- Personal dashboard with all grant metrics and progress
- Company-level metrics and personal calculators
- Associated documents and knowledge base
Keep your team engaged
You decide what each participant sees in their dashboard. Set the level of detail upfront, so participants stay informed without being overwhelmed.
- Personal dashboard with all grant metrics and progress
- Company-level metrics and personal calculators
- Associated documents and knowledge base
Support
And get expert guidance when you need it
Your subscription includes two expert sessions every year. Use them to design your plan, review changes or discuss new situations as your company evolves.
Need more support? Our consultants are available whenever required, and you're always free to involve your own legal, tax or financial advisors.
And get expert guidance when you need it
Your subscription includes two expert sessions every year. Use them to design your plan, review changes or discuss new situations as your company evolves.
Need more support? Our consultants are available whenever required, and you're always free to involve your own legal, tax or financial advisors.
Pricing
One subscription. Everything included.
Everything you need to create, manage and grow your virtual share plan. No setup fees, no hidden costs, no per-document charges.
Platform fee
Billed annually, excl. VAT
€2.900
Includes:
All features: documents, calculators, dashboards
2 expert sessions and a comprehensive guide book
10 users (admins or participants)
Additional users and extra support packages available
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Real experiences
What our customers say
"Sharesquare is an intuitive platform that makes it easy to design and visualise financial incentive plans. Its wide functionality, strong legal framework and supportive team allow us to maintain a flexible virtual equity scheme for our employees."
Wilco Wijnbergen
Co-founder & CTO, Infinit space
"Setting up and managing a virtual equity plan with Sharesquare is so easy! The platform also makes things clear and visible, so we know exactly what we are doing and can offer transparency to our employees."
Michael Fisher
Co-founder & CEO, Cooper Pet Care
"Sharesquare gave us a one-stop shop to set up our Virtual Equity Plan with the legal clarity we needed. The platform also gives participants an easy way to view their allocation and track company performance, reducing the manual work around documents and tracking tools."
Fawad Shah
COO, Alphacomm
FAQ
Good to know
Want to know more about the platform? Here are the questions teams ask most before getting started.
What happens if I stop using Sharesquare?+
Your data remains yours. You can export your information and documentation at any time. If you ever decide to leave, you'll be able to bring your data with you in compliance with EU laws.
Will Sharesquare help us get started?+
Yes. Every annual subscription includes two expert sessions that you can use throughout the year. Most customers use them to design their plan, prepare their first grants or discuss changes as their company evolves.
Can I work with my own legal or tax advisor?+
Absolutely. Sharesquare is designed to complement your existing advisors, not replace them. They can use the platform alongside your HR and finance teams, or you can choose to work with our trusted partner network.
Can I update my plan after it has been launched?+
Yes. Virtual share plans evolve over time. You can add participants, issue new grants, amend plan rules, update share capital, process leavers and reflect other company changes without starting from scratch.
Can I manage multiple plans?+
Yes. Whether you have different plans for different countries, business units or incentive types, Sharesquare helps you manage them from one central platform.
Will participants understand what they have?+
That's exactly what the participant dashboard is for. Participants can securely access their grants, vesting progress, appreciation and supporting documents whenever they need them.
Can I use Sharesquare internationally?+
Yes. Sharesquare supports companies operating across multiple countries. The platform is flexible enough to accommodate different plan structures while allowing you to work with local legal and tax advisors where required.
How is our data protected?+
All data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted within the EU, and protected through role-based access controls. Sharesquare is designed with GDPR compliance in mind, and we never share your data with third parties.