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Why Startups Are Using Rolling Dividends to Retain Talent
In this episode of The Series A Show, Lucas and Luna dive into a growing trend among pre-revenue startups: issuing rolling dividends to retain key employees. With data from July 2026 showing the ARKK Innovation ETF down 2.4% over five days and high-growth stocks like Palantir and Airbnb under pressure, the hosts explore how companies are using fractional dividends to lock in talent without diluting equity. They discuss a real example from a late-stage deeptech startup called QuantumScape, which offers a 0.5% quarterly dividend on a notional equity grant, and examine the tax implications under…
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