Vestd

Vestd is a British equity management platform that brings share schemes, cap tables, fundraising and HMRC paperwork into a single system. It calls itself the UK's original equity software, and a team of equity specialists builds and supports the product.

What Vestd offers

• Share schemes — EMI, CSOP, Unapproved and Growth Shares, covering grants, vesting and exercise.
• Digital cap table — one reconciled ownership record that replaces scattered spreadsheets and stays accurate by share class.
• Fundraising and SEIS/EIS — data rooms, advance assurance, investment documents and valuation modelling, with shares issued straight onto the cap table.
• HMRC compliance — annual returns, valuations, notifications and correspondence handled within the platform.
• PISCES trading — Vestd is an FCA-approved PISCES venue, so private companies can let shareholders trade shares without a full exit.
• Company admin — updates and reporting in one place, with Companies House integration.

Who it works with

Vestd serves UK companies that give out equity, with separate views for founders, finance teams, people teams and investors. It points to recent changes in EMI rules as widening the number of UK firms that can use the scheme.

Key facts

• Based in: United Kingdom
• Regulation: Approved PISCES venue under the FCA
• Integration: Companies House