Now accepting early access applications

Runway is limited. Growth shouldn'tbe.

Pay operators, agencies, and specialists with equity and milestone-based deals. Keep your runway. Grow anyway.

JL
Jamie Liu
Founder, Syntra AI
Looking for: fractional CTO
20 hrs/week • 12 month engagement
Equity + Retainer
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Marcus Reid
Ex-Stripe • 12 yrs exp
Engineering Infrastructure SaaS
Deal closed!

$4,500/month retainer • 0.2% equity • 1-year vest

Operators from

Google Stripe Meta Airbnb Shopify Notion

Hiring is broken for early-stage startups

Senior operators cost $180K+. Agencies want $20K upfront. Legal help bills $400/hour. You need all of them. You can't afford any of them.

  • Everyone wants cash upfront Equity could work, but operators don't trust startups they don’t know
  • No infrastructure for flexible deals Every deal is custom, slow, and full of legal gaps
  • Misaligned incentives Tracking milestones and managing payouts can be a nightmare
The Capstacker way

Make equity and hybrid compensation actually work

Benchmarked terms. Automated contracts. Milestone tracking. Integrated payouts.

Extend runway by paying in part equity
Close deals in under 7 days
Shared source of truth for milestone work and payouts
Operators earn real upside
How it works

From listing to deal in days

A simple, transparent process designed for speed

1

Post your role

Need a Fractional Exec? Agency? Developer? Post the role, set your comp mix (cash, equity, milestones), define scope. 5 minutes.

2

Review operators

Experienced operators apply with their terms. Request NDAs for privacy. Review backgrounds, compare offers, pick finalists.

3

Sign and start

Negotiate in the dealroom. Standard contracts auto-generate. E-sign and they start next week.

1

Set up your profile

Your background, what roles you take, how you want to work (cash + equity mix, hours, duration).

2

Browse or get matched

See listings from vetted founders, or get matched based on your expertise. Request startup data for visibility.

3

Close more deals faster

Accept offers through the platform. Win deals that would've died without flexible terms. Build a portfolio of startup equity.

Success stories

Founders and operators love us

Join the community building the future together

"Found a fractional CFO in 8 days who's worth 10x what we're paying in equity. Our Series A deck has never looked better."
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Sarah Nakamura
Founder, Lumina Health
"I'm now advising 3 startups for equity. Better upside than my day job, and I'm working on problems I actually care about."
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David Rodriguez
Operator • Ex-Google PM
"The standard agreements saved us $8K in legal fees. Closed two deals in a single week with zero friction."
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Alex Kim
Founder, Stackwise

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Free to join • No payment until you close a deal