Eldison

What Eldison does

Eldison is a Prague-headquartered legal services and technology company founded in 2014 that serves startups and scale-ups through a dual offering: a SaaS ESOP management platform (Eldison Tech) and fixed-fee legal services (Eldison Legal). The company operates through separate legal entities in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and the United States (Eldison Legal LLP, San Francisco), enabling cross-border service delivery across Central Europe, Western Europe, and North America. Eldison's ESOP platform provides built-in legal documents, automated contract generation, digital signing, cap table management, employee dashboards, and HR system integrations, with jurisdiction-specific plan types covering Czech Qualified Stock Options, Phantom, STAK (Netherlands), EMI (UK), and US Stock Options (ISO/NSO/RSU).

The business model combines tiered SaaS subscriptions (Seed free, Startup €99–109/month, Growth €209–229/month, Custom) with usage-based add-ons (€2–3 per additional seat/month, €2 per additional document) for the platform, and fixed-fee legal packages segmented by company stage (Just getting started, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+) covering ESOP, funding, contracting, data protection, M&A, expansion, talent, corporate, and IP matters. Go-to-market is hybrid: product-led growth via self-serve signup at signup.eldison.com for the platform, paired with sales-assisted direct outreach and tailored packages for legal services. The firm holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications, maintains GDPR and CCPA compliance, and employs 19+ named attorneys organized into specialized teams (Funding/M&A, Contracting, Data Protection, Talent, Corporate). Eldison is privately held with no disclosed external funding rounds and is led by Founder & CEO Štefan Šurina and Managing Partner Miroslava Kuklincová.

Name

Eldison

Legal name

Eldison, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.

Website

https://eldison.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eldison is a Prague-based legal and technology company that combines a SaaS ESOP management platform with fixed-fee legal services for startups and scale-ups across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the US, and select Western European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ESOP Platform Subscriptions: SaaS subscription model with tiered pricing (Seed free, Startup €99-109/month, Growth €209-229/month, Custom quote). Revenue from seat-based pricing, document generation, and premium support features.
2. Legal Services: Fixed-fee legal packages tailored to company stage (Just getting started, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+). Services include ESOP, funding, contracting, data protection, M&A, expansion, talent, corporate, IP, and US matters.
3. Additional Seats and Documents: Additional seats at €2-3 per seat/month and additional documents at €2 per document for the ESOP platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Eldison provides fixed-fee legal services and a proprietary ESOP management platform to startups and scale-ups across the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, the United States, and other jurisdictions. The legal practice covers fundraising, ESOP design, B2B/B2C contracting, data protection/GDPR, M&A, market expansion, talent, corporate structuring, IP, and US-specific matters, packaged by company stage (Just getting started through Series B+). The Eldison ESOP Platform is a cloud-based SaaS that supports Phantom, Czech Qualified Stock Options, STAK, EMI, and US Stock Options plans with built-in legal documents, digital signing, cap table management, employee dashboards, and HR integrations.

Product overview

Eldison operates as a dual offering company combining legal services and a technology platform. The Eldison ESOP Platform is an end-to-end SaaS solution for managing employee stock ownership plans, integrated with the company's legal services. The platform supports multiple ESOP plan types (Phantom, Czech Qualified Stock Options, STAK, EMI, US Stock Options) with tiered pricing (Seed free, Startup €109/month, Growth €229/month, Custom quoted). Legal services complement the platform with fixed-fee packages for startups at different growth stages (Just getting started, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+), covering ESOP, funding, contracting, data protection, M&A, expansion, talent, corporate, and IP matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Eldison ESOP Platform: End-to-end ESOP platform for implementing and managing employee stock ownership plans
• Eldison Legal

Products and services

• Eldison ESOP Platform End-to-end ESOP management platform enabling companies to implement and manage employee stock ownership plans, with built-in legal documents, digital cap table management, automated contract generation, digital signing, employee dashboards, and HR systems integration. Targeted at startups and scale-ups across multiple jurisdictions.
• Eldison Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Decreased time to close customer contracts by 40%
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carta: US-headquartered global leader in cap table management, ESOP administration, and equity valuations. Directly competes on the platform side and is expanding into private-market financial services globally.
• Pulley: US-based cap table and equity management platform built for startups. Comparable in offering (cap table, scenario modeling, 409A) with growing international footprint that overlaps with Eldison's market.
• Ledgy: Berlin-based equity management and ESOP platform for European startups. Direct competitor to Eldison's ESOP platform with cap table, employee dashboards, and plan types, also targeting Central and Western European scale-ups.
• Capdesk: UK-based equity management platform offering cap table, ESOP, and shareholder tools for startups and scale-ups. Closely comparable product set and European startup target market, with growing CEE ambitions.

Emerging players

• Vestwell: US platform for equity compensation plan administration and recordkeeping. Adjacent on the ESOP administration layer and a potential competitor if it expands internationally.

Regional players

• Schoenherr: Austrian-headquartered law firm with deep CEE presence (including Prague and Bratislava). Competes on corporate, M&A, and financing work for startups and mid-market technology clients.
• Wolf Theiss: Leading Central European law firm with offices across CEE including Prague and Bratislava. Direct regional competitor for legal services to startups, scale-ups, and international investors.

Broad incumbents

• LegalZoom: Large US online legal services platform offering incorporation, contracts, and compliance tools. Broader and less specialized than Eldison but illustrates the legal-services-plus-tech category at scale.
• Taylor Wessing: International law firm with a strong tech and venture capital practice across Europe. Competes on legal services for startups (funding, ESOP, expansion) but lacks an integrated SaaS ESOP platform like Eldison's.
• Shareworks (Morgan Stanley at Work): Large incumbent equity plan administration platform under Morgan Stanley. Offers overlapping ESOP/cap table functionality as part of a broader workplace financial services suite, typically serving larger enterprises.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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