Yes. Cake gives every employee access to a personal equity portal called My Cake. They can see their grant details, vesting schedule, and current equity position without calling HR or logging a support ticket. When a company milestone happens, employees can log in and see what their equity is worth right now.
Most employees receive their grant documents at onboarding and then have no clear way to check on their equity again. They have to ask HR, or find the original PDF, or try to work out the numbers themselves. Equity that employees cannot see or understand does not motivate anyone. It becomes a theoretical benefit that sits in a drawer.
My Cake gives every employee a real-time view of their equity position. They can see their grant details, how much has vested, what the vesting schedule looks like going forward, and what their equity could be worth at different exit scenarios. When a fundraise or milestone announcement happens, employees do not have to wait to be told what it means for them. They can log in and see it directly.
The practical effect is a different relationship between employees and their equity. When Tracksuit announced their Series B, employees could log into Cake and see what their equity was worth. Dave Christianson, Legal Counsel at Tracksuit, noted: "There was a lot of excitement." That is the difference between equity as a document and equity as something employees feel.
For founders, the employee portal reduces the administrative burden of equity questions. HR does not have to field "how much have I vested?" or "when does my cliff end?" — the answer is in My Cake. The portal does not replace equity conversations, but it removes the friction of basic information requests.
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