A list of startups that have employee-friendly terms for exercising your options past the (current) norm of 90 days.
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| Name | Exercise Window | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| Affirm | 7 years | |
| Alien Labs | 10 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Alloy | 10 years | |
| Alto | 2 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Amplitude | 10 years | |
| Asana | 10 years | |
| Bonsai | 10 years | |
| Braid | 5 years | |
| Buffer | 10 years | |
| BuildZoom | 10 years | |
| Checkr | 10 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Cinder | 10 years | |
| Circle Medical | 5 years | |
| Clearbit | 10 years | |
| Clef | 7 years | |
| Clippings | 10 years | |
| CodeCombat | 10 years | |
| Coinbase | 7 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Cymmetria | 3 years | |
| Desmos | 7 years | |
| Eve | 7 years | |
| Expensify | 2 years | After 3 years of employment |
| Experiment | 7 years | |
| Flexport | 10 years | |
| Ginkgo Bioworks | 5 years | |
| GiveCampus | 10 years | |
| Glitch | 10 years | |
| GoCardless | 10 years | |
| Gusto | 10 years | After 3 years of employment |
| Heap | 10 years | |
| Her | 3 years | |
| Hykso | 3 years | |
| Instacart | 7 years | |
| Ironclad | 3 years | |
| Kayako | 10 years | |
| Kickback | 7 years | |
| Kickstarter | 10 years | |
| Ladder | 7 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Lattice | 3 years | |
| Lawn Love | 7 years | |
| Mashgin | 10 years | |
| Meadow | 10 years | |
| Mixpanel | 5 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Neighborly | 10 years | |
| Open Listings | 3 years | |
| Opendoor | 3 years | After 3 years of employment |
| Outschool | 10 years | |
| Pachyderm | 3 years | |
| Patreon | 7 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Persista | 1 year | |
| 7 years | After 2 years of employment | |
| Puppet | 1 year | After 2 years of employment |
| Quora | 10 years | |
| Razorpay | 7 years | |
| ReadMe.io | 7 years | |
| Scale | 5 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Science Exchange | 7 years | |
| Seed | 5 years | |
| Segment | 10 years | |
| SigOpt | 7 years | |
| Snapdocs | 10 years | |
| Strava | 5 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Streak | 10 years | |
| Supply | 10 years | |
| Swing Education | 5 years | |
| Teachers Pay Teachers | Practically forever | Makes taxes slightly more complicated, but we offer a tax prep reimbursement benefit |
| Tettra | 5 years | |
| Thread | 10 years | |
| Tilt | 10 years | After 2 years of employment |
| TransferWise | 10 years | |
| Trim | 7 years | |
| Triplebyte | 10 years | |
| TrueAccord | 7 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Upstart | 10 years | |
| Wasmer | 7 years | After 2 years of employment |
| Wave | 10 years | |
| Wefunder | 3 years | |
| Zenysis | 10 years |
It's worth noting that Andreessen Horowitz has come out in strong favor of the 90 day window. If you feel strongly about extended exercise windows, it might be worth considering whether a16z portfolio companies are a good fit for you.