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$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data


Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze

Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? That’s eyebrow-raising because an operations/COO title could signal to your seed VCs a third co-founder without a well-defined role — there are not a lot of operations to run in a tiny company. Data from Carta covering over 8,000 initial grants shows how much the first five hires can expect, which tends to be vested over four years.

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