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Village Labs

Summer 2024Active

Helping America's businesses become employee owned

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Village Labs

Summer 2024Active

Helping America's businesses become employee owned

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At Village Labs, we help America's businesses become employee owned by helping them set up and manage an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

ESOPs are a federal retirement plan that enable businesses to give their employees a stake in the company in exchange for significant tax benefits.

With 2.9M Baby Boomer business owners set to retire in the coming years, there's a growing "Silver Tsunami" of businesses across the country in search of new ownership. For many of these owners, selling to their employees is a socially-minded yet financially pragmatic solution.

By selling ownership of their business to an ESOP, owners get a fair price, tax benefits, and the satisfaction of knowing their employees and legacy will be taken care of — things not guaranteed with traditional buyers like private equity. In turn, employees retain their jobs and get shares in the business that can help them create life changing wealth by the time they retire — imagine an office secretary retiring as a millionaire.

Thousands of businesses across America like Bob's Red Mill, Harpoon Brewery, and Recology already have an ESOP, benefiting over 14 million workers and creating 2.1 trillion in employee wealth. We're excited about the opportunity to massively grow these numbers by making it simple for every business to become employee owned.

Location
New York City, NY, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Fintech
YC Directory Pagevillagelabs.app
Founders
  • RC
    Roger Cawdette
    Co-Founder & CEO
    LinkedIn
  • TC
    Turja Chowdhury
    Co-Founder & CTO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn

At Village Labs, we help America's businesses become employee owned by helping them set up and manage an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

ESOPs are a federal retirement plan that enable businesses to give their employees a stake in the company in exchange for significant tax benefits.

With 2.9M Baby Boomer business owners set to retire in the coming years, there's a growing "Silver Tsunami" of businesses across the country in search of new ownership. For many of these owners, selling to their employees is a socially-minded yet financially pragmatic solution.

By selling ownership of their business to an ESOP, owners get a fair price, tax benefits, and the satisfaction of knowing their employees and legacy will be taken care of — things not guaranteed with traditional buyers like private equity. In turn, employees retain their jobs and get shares in the business that can help them create life changing wealth by the time they retire — imagine an office secretary retiring as a millionaire.

Thousands of businesses across America like Bob's Red Mill, Harpoon Brewery, and Recology already have an ESOP, benefiting over 14 million workers and creating 2.1 trillion in employee wealth. We're excited about the opportunity to massively grow these numbers by making it simple for every business to become employee owned.

Location
New York City, NY, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Fintech
YC Directory Pagevillagelabs.app
Founders
  • RC
    Roger Cawdette
    Co-Founder & CEO
    LinkedIn
  • TC
    Turja Chowdhury
    Co-Founder & CTO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
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