Making Sweat Equity Liquid, 3 Exit Strategies That You Can’t Get With Paper Based Contract.

Kevin Monserrat
2 min readFeb 9, 2023

Sweat equity is a term used to describe the value that a founder, employee, and contractors bring to a company through their time, skills, and effort. It’s a common practice for venture studios, accelerators, and property developers to offer sweat equity as a form of compensation, but it can be a challenge to realize the value of this equity. That’s where FAST comes in.

FAST (Fungible Asset-backed Security Token) is a digital token that represents a share of ownership in a well-curated portfolio of companies. With traditional methods, you have to wait for an exit of one portfolio company to see a return on your investment. But with FAST, a token holder has three options to realize the value:

  1. Wait for an exit of one portfolio company
  2. Sell to an investor via the Consilience Platform
  3. Hire an expert to get work done

But the benefits of FAST don’t stop there. Here are some additional advantages that make the management of sweat equity much simpler:

  • Fairly Pricing Services: With FAST, you can agree on a price for services upfront, and only transfer tokens upon fulfillment of agreed deliverables. This eliminates the need for guesswork and negotiation when determining…

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Kevin Monserrat

Investor, Board Member, Liquid Venture Fund Builder at @consilience