Hissa - About the company
Hissa is a seed company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2019 by Satish Mugulavalli and Srinivas Katta. It operates as an End‑to‑end ESOP platform operating at the intersection of equity management technology, secondary‑market liquidity, and pre‑IPO investing. Hissa has raised $3.6M in funding from investors like Manipal Group, Rainmatter and Wmg Wealth, with a current valuation of ₹*****. The company has 75 active competitors, including 27 funded and 13 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Carta, Qapita and Slice.
Company Details
End‑to‑end ESOP platform operating at the intersection of equity management technology, secondary‑market liquidity, and pre‑IPO investing. It manages over 350 million employee stock options worth approximately $3.5 billion in equity grants across 100+ Indian startups and growth‑stage companies. It enables Indian companies to digitize and automate their ESOP programmes—covering plan and option‑pool creation, grant and vesting schedule management, exercise workflows, liquidity‑event coordination, employee self‑service portals, and compliance reporting. It is first dedicated ESOP secondary fund (with about $35 million in capital) that purchases employee shares through secondary transactions, providing pre‑IPO liquidity to startup employees in the form of real cash without waiting for an IPO or buyback. Market Access- Structured pre‑IPO deal access for investors looking for exposure to India’s high‑growth private‑market companies via employee‑equity transactions, combining technology‑driven transparency with a regulated, secondary‑market structure.
- Website
- hissa.com
- Email ID
- *****@hissa.com
- Registered Address
- #101, 1st Floor, Embassy Classic, #11 Vittal Mallya road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore, Bangalore North, Karnataka, India, 560001
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2019
Location
Bengaluru, India
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.6M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
₹***** as on Mar 19, 2025
Investors
Ranked
7th among 75 active competitors
Annual Revenue
0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2026
Employee Count
40 as on Sep 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Hissa
Hissa is associated with 5 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hissa Corporate Services Llp CIN: ACC-0900 , India, Active | Jul 19, 2023 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
Hissa Business Managers Llp CIN: ACB-7462 , India, Active | Jun 27, 2023 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
Rulezero Business Services Llp CIN: ACA-3465 , India, Active | Mar 23, 2023 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
Hissa Investment Managers Llp CIN: ACA-2987 , India, Active | Mar 20, 2023 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
RULEZERO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200KA2019PTC121278 , India, Active | Feb 11, 2019 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2026) | 25 (As on Apr 01, 2026) |
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Hissa's funding and investors
Hissa has raised a total funding of $3.6M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 04, 2021. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Feb 06, 2025 for ₹*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Hissa has 15 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hissa:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 06, 2025 | 6556683 | Seed | 4170665 | 4918873 | 8025481 | 1749638 |
Jan 10, 2024 | 4757245 | Seed | 2190638 | 3417789 | 7757463 | |
May 04, 2021 | 7178638 | Seed | 8608920 | 1128752 |
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Hissa's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Hissa are Satish Mugulavalli and Srinivas Katta.
Here are the details of Hissa's key team members:
- Satish Mugulavalli: Co-Founder of Hissa. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 2 email addresses and 1 phone number
- Srinivas Katta: Co-Founder of Hissa. Contact Info: 1 email address
Hissa's Board of Directors
Hissa's board has 4 active members. Srinivas Katta and Satish Mugulavalli are part of team and Kartik Ganapathy and Sunil Kumar Goyal are independent board members.Here is the list of Hissa's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 6y 10m | |
Team | - | Current | 6y 10m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 10m | |
lqibnvf | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 9m |
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Hissa's employee count trend
Hissa has 40 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Hissa's employee count trend over the years:
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Hissa's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Hissa include Carta, Qapita and Slice. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hissa, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Carta 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series G | Software-based equity management solutions | $1.16B | 85/100 | |
2nd | Provider of software for equity management and fund administration services | $65.5M | 66/100 | ||
3rd | AI-based cap table management platform | $32M | 62/100 | ||
4th |  EquityList 2020, Delhi (India), Seed | Full-stack equity management software | $2.2M | 60/100 | |
5th |  Vestd 2015, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Online platform providing equity management, share scheme, and investment solutions for companies, with a focus on scalability and ease of use | - | 59/100 | |
6th |  Globacap 2017, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Suite of IT solutions for capital markets | $51M | 58/100 | |
7th | End‑to‑end ESOP platform operating at the intersection of equity management technology, secondary‑market liquidity, and pre‑IPO investing | $3.6M | 57/100 | ||
8th | Ledgy 2017, Zurich (Switzerland), Series B | Equity management software for startups and businesses | $33.5M | 56/100 | |
9th | Pulley 2019, Mountain View (United States), Series B | Cap table management solutions for businesses | $50.1M | 56/100 | |
10th |  Global Shares 2005, Clonakilty (Ireland), Acquired | Equity software solutions for private and publicly traded companies | $42.4M | 56/100 |
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Hissa's Investments and acquisitions
Hissa has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Hissa
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News related to Hissa
Media has covered Hissa for 1 event in last 1 year.
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STAGE Completes INR 4.2 Cr Liquidity Event; 8 Early Employees Cash Out ESOPsThe Tribune•Dec 09, 2025•Hissa, STAGE
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Equity management platform Rulezero closes seed round at $2.5MYourStory•Sep 23, 2021•Hissa, Valiant Capital, YourNest, Blume Venture and 2 others
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RuleZero raises 10 cr in Seed round led by Zerodha’s Rainmatter CapitalRulezero•May 10, 2021•Hissa, Rainmatter, INDUSLAW, Reddy Futures and 1 other
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