Hissa

The people behind Hissa

Hissa positions itself as "India's leading ESOP Company," stating it manages $3.5B in ESOP grants across 200+ companies including Upstox, CRED, BigBasket and Cult.fit. Its standout, first-party-confirmed feature is the "Hissa ESOP Liquidity Fund," a SEBI-registered Category-II Alternative Investment Fund with a $35M corpus that provides T+5 cash settlement to employees selling vested shares without requiring an IPO; a separate pre-IPO "Secondary Desk" is listed as "Coming Soon" (not yet live). States backing from investors including Blume Ventures, Rainmatter, YourNest, Treasury and Pratithi. Co-founded by Satish Mugulavalli and Srinivas Katta per hissa.com/about-us.