Stakeshare is the SaaS platform that enables smart companies to reward and recognize talent instantly, cost-effectively, and without complications or bureaucracy.

Stakeshare was created to address a growing need in the corporate world: the demand for effective, flexible, and inclusive tools to value human capital. Today, the options available to team leaders to reward their collaborators are few and often inadequate. On the one hand, stock options or equity, while valuable, take a long time to materialize, are complex to implement, and rarely accessible to those closest to the operational outcome. On the other hand, welfare plans, though useful, apply indiscriminately to all employees, excluding external collaborators and freelancers, and fail to reward specific achievements or extraordinary performances.

1. Solution

Our platform offers a completely new approach: a virtual token assigned the moment an exceptional result is achieved. This badge not only transparently and irrefutably certifies the talent's contribution but also carries real value. Thanks to blockchain technology, professionals’ accomplishments become tangible recognitions, building a personal portfolio based on what they have concretely achieved—overcoming the limitations of traditional resumes, which are often just lists of companies where they worked.

Additionally, these tokens can be tied to access to unique and memorable benefits, monetary or otherwise, that further strengthen the bond between the company and the collaborator. Think, for instance, of experiences like a dinner with the CEO or an exclusive tour of the company’s headquarters, which generate value for the talent at minimal cost to the organization.

2. Objectives

Stakeshare aims to address the challenges of a flexible job market by offering an alternative and complementary tool to monetary bonuses, traditional welfare, and stock options. The platform introduces a scalable incentive system based on stakeshare tokens, which combine blockchain’s security and transparency with the flexibility of a customizable rewards system.

Furthermore, we plan to launch a dedicated marketplace for the exchange and monetization of tokens.

In a second phase, our model will expand through the development of a benefits marketplace. This space will allow professionals to trade and unlock the value of the benefits they receive, creating a closed ecosystem that not only visualizes the network of connections between companies and talents but also amplifies and uniquely structures it.

3. Target Market

Our target audience includes:

• Professionals looking to build a verifiable portfolio of their skills and achievements.
• Startups, accelerators, and agencies that can use tokens to reward team and advisor contributions without complex corporate adjustments.
• Medium and large companies seeking agile and innovative ways to motivate knowledge-worker employees and improve manager leadership.

The global freelance market has grown significantly in recent years. This trend is mirrored in Europe, where the number of freelancers has increased by 45% since 2000, signaling a strong shift towards flexible and independent work models. In Italy, self-employment continues to gain ground, with many SMEs and companies adopting this approach for the flexibility it offers.

At the same time, the startup and NewCo market is rapidly expanding. These companies, often in growth phases, resort to offering stock options as compensation for a lack of liquidity. However, using equity proves to be complex and limiting, driving many startups to seek more flexible solutions to incentivize collaborators and employees.

Stakeshare meets these needs with an alternative model. Established organizations are also struggling with talent retention challenges. According to recent data, approximately 70% of SMEs have already collaborated with freelancers at least once, with many continuing to seek new ways to retain and incentivize top talent by improving their manager leadership.