EIPLearn about § 19a equity incentives

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and your team understands

The equity OS for European scale-ups. Cap table, plans and governance — one platform, integrated with your HR. Accurate from day one.

Series A
New transaction
CurrentAs of March 01, 2026 · 3 of 3
Fully diluted shares
48,200
  • Founders57.05%
  • Angels10.37%
  • Investors25.93%
  • EIP Pools3.73%
  • V/ESOP Pools2.90%
Valuation
€18,000,000
48,200 shares @ €373.44 per share
Seed 2023Bridge 2024Series A 2026
Shareholder
Shares
Shares %
Diluted
J
Johanna Weiss
Founder
14,000
31.11%
29.05%
K
Kian Rahimi
Founder
13,500
30.00%
28.01%
Nordlicht Capital GmbH
Investor
6,800
15.11%
14.11%
Brightwater Ventures GmbH
Investor
4,200
9.33%
8.71%
Showing 1–4 of 8 shareholders

Trusted by leading European scale-ups

Customers

Trusted by fast-growing companies

Finance, People, and Legal leaders at fast-growing companies, on what changed once equity ran on GAIA.

01 / 04TourlaneRead the story
“GAIA has become our go-to platform for employee contracts, capital structure management, and the full resolutions cycle — all with consistently responsive support. What I value most is that it's built by legal experts, not just software developers, which makes it rock solid from a compliance perspective.”
Franck PascaultCFO, Tourlane
02 / 04ParloaRead the story
“Our equity used to live in spreadsheets and scattered systems. With GAIA, it's one source of truth - getting the grant paperwork done takes about 80% less time, and we can track everything required to hire.”
Carolin GütschowHead of Legal, Parloa
03 / 04MakersiteRead the story
“With GAIA's intuitive interface and robust features, we overcame our challenges around transparency, compliance, and efficient administration, and cut the time spent on equity admin by about 40%.”
Michael Portelli MaddenHead of Operations, Makersite
04 / 04QuantuneRead the story
“I have one place where everything is synchronized, and I can trust the data that's in there.”
Louis VaillantFounder's Associate, Quantune

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The difference

Two ways to run equity.

Without GAIAWith GAIA

Without GAIA01Every grant takes hours to produce and a week to sign

With GAIAGrants issued in minutes and signed with a click

Without GAIA02Employees don't understand their equity

With GAIAEmployees see what their equity is worth, anytime

Without GAIA03No single view of what's vested and what's still outstanding

With GAIASee fully-diluted ownership, including incentives, ready for audits

Without GAIA04Adding headcount adds hours of admin

With GAIAScales cleanly from 10 to 10,000 people

Onboarding & support

Set up fast, with expert help at every step.

Connect your tools

Import from your ATS and HR - no manual re-entry.

We migrate your full history

Every past round, grant, and transaction, moved over and reconciled for you.

A legally trained team by your side

Real lawyers support you long after launch.

Product tour

One platform. Every obstacle removed.

  1. 01 · Incentive schemes

    Grants out in minutes, everything tracked

    Connect your HRIS or ATS - Personio, HiBob, Greenhouse, and hundreds more - and agreements are created on hire. We calculate vesting automatically and adjust it as people change hours or leave, so your data is always current.

    EIP (§ 19a)
  2. 02 · Employee portal

    Equity your team understands, and stays for

    A personal dashboard gives every participant their holdings, vesting schedule, documents, and a what-if calculator for their potential upside. Equity only retains people when they understand it.

    Employee portal
  3. 03 · Cap table

    Always investor and audit ready

    Every stakeholder and outstanding option in one accurate overview, with the full history behind each position. Export a clean report in one click, or model your next round or exit before anyone signs.

    Cap table
  4. 04 · Governance

    Governance, handled

    Shareholder and board resolutions go from template to signed in days, not weeks - fully integrated with your cap table and your defined majorities. Use our template or your own, track and remind voters with a click.

    Governance

EIP · § 19a EStG · For German companies

The only platform
with native EIP.

Germany's Equity Incentive Plan under § 19a EStG lets employees receive real equity with significant tax advantages. Employees get more value from every grant. Companies need less dilution to deliver it. Built in exclusive partnership with PXR, GAIA supports EIP natively, from structuring your plan to ongoing compliance. This isn't a bolt-on. It's built in.

§19A ESTG benefit: income tax up to date of grant, capital gains tax on value growth after

Who it's for

One platform,
multiple jobs,
working in sync.

01

Founders & CEOs

Win talent, stay investor-ready

02

CFOs & Finance

One source of truth, zero surprises

03

Legal & GC

Own the templates, set the guardrails

04

HR & Operations

Run day-to-day within the rules

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The single source of truth for equity.

Cap Tables, Incentive Schemes, and Governance.
Fully integrated in your workflows.