CrossComp replaces part of your compensation package with a smaller, capped company obligation
Costs less than options · $0 into the award today · More than one path to get paid
Why CrossComp
Why companies offer CrossComp
Options give away ownership that becomes more valuable as the company succeeds. CrossComp replaces part of that equity with a smaller, capped obligation
The company funds nothing into the award upfront. It contributes only after qualifying success
Make stronger offers without more salary or more equity
Why people building startups want CrossComp
Employees keep meaningful company equity and add upside tied to a network of startups
Wins elsewhere in the network still create a path to payment
Cash is fixed · CrossComp can grow
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One company agreement · Start with one person · Add more as you grow
How it works
Start with your own package, an important hire, or someone you want to keep
Send your current package, option refresh, or proposed offer
We show what you gain, what the company saves, and how CrossComp fits
We prepare the company-ready case. The company makes the final decision
Send the compensation package you want to improve
See the company savings, added upside, and most the company can ever owe
The company reviews the numbers and terms, then decides
The underwriting
We model every case against the cash or options it replaces. The company sees what it saves after fees. The employee sees what CrossComp can pay and how it compares. Both see the maximum company cost before anyone signs.
Easy to explain · Clear to approveKnow the most the company can ever owe
Know how the employee earns the award and gets paid
CrossComp tracks the agreement from authorization through payment
The employee gets a clear summary. The company sees the maximum cost and how CrossComp works before it signs.
The employee receives a direct contractual right to formula-based cash payments from the Network Payor. The right vests over time, can pay zero, and requires no purchase or trading.
Options can cost a company a lot of ownership while giving an employee only one concentrated bet. CrossComp replaces a small slice with a smaller, capped obligation and ties the employee’s replacement upside to success across the network. The company keeps more of its home-run value. The employee gets a stronger, more reliable package.
No. Company options depend on one company. CrossComp connects the employee to a wider startup network, giving them more than one path to payment.
Yes. Success elsewhere in the network can still produce a payment. The award still has to vest and meet its written rules.
A defined, capped contribution obligation due only after qualifying company success. The company sees the formula and maximum before it signs.
It replaces a defined slice of additional cash or options. Employees keep their salary and meaningful company equity.
No. Employees contribute no money, open no investment account, and trade nothing.
No. A CrossComp award can pay zero. It is more reliable than single-company options because it has more than one path to payment. More reliable does not mean guaranteed.
The company chooses who participates. The Network Payor issues the agreement and provides the direct formula right. CrossComp underwrites, administers, and tracks it.
Yes. Bring us your current or proposed compensation. We benchmark it, build the CrossComp case, and prepare the company-ready package. The company must authorize participation.
Yes. CrossComp is accepting founding companies and compensation cases now. Each case requires company authorization and final documents.
Founding network
Start with your own package, an important hire, or someone you want to keep. See what the employee gains, what the company saves, and the most the company can ever owe.
