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For technology companies

Equity is the headline. The 401(k) is the floor.

From seed stage to pre-IPO: a plan that opens in weeks, auto-enrolls a young workforce, handles Roth and after-tax properly, and doesn’t need an HR team to run.

Startups & scale-ups

Fast-moving companies, slow-moving benefits.

Engineers compare offers on equity and cash, then read the benefits page. A missing or bare-minimum 401(k) reads as a company that hasn’t grown up — and by Series B, candidates and investors both notice.

We stand plans up quickly: payroll-native integration, automatic enrollment for a young workforce, Roth and after-tax capability for people who max out early, and a fiduciary structure that keeps your four-person people team out of fund selection.

Seed & Series A Scale-ups & pre-IPO SaaS & fintech Agencies & dev shops Hardware & biotech
01 | What the plan has to do

Four things a tech company plan has to do.

Win the offer comparison

A funded match and immediate eligibility close the gap when you’re recruiting against companies with deeper cash.

Serve high earners properly

Roth deferrals, after-tax contributions, and in-plan conversion for engineers and executives who hit the limit in September.

Run without an HR team

Payroll-native integration, automatic enrollment, and one point of contact instead of a recordkeeper-TPA-broker triangle.

Keep founders off the hook

As 3(38) fiduciary we select and monitor the investments, so your CFO or head of people never has to.

02 | What's different here

What breaks in a fast-growing company’s plan.

Growth causes most of it. Each one is predictable, and each one is preventable.

Audit threshold

Crossing 100 eligible participants triggers an independent plan audit. Budget for it a year out, not in July.

Remote & multistate

Employees spread across states create auto-IRA mandates and payroll setups that must line up with the plan.

Contractor to W-2

Reclassifications and PEO exits change who was eligible, retroactively. The plan document has to keep up.

Vesting cliffs

A long vesting schedule creates forfeitures and resentment in a population that changes jobs every three years.

03 | Plan design

The levers we pull for tech companies.

Participation Auto-enroll with escalation

A young workforce joins by default and steps up annually — participation without running a campaign.

High earners After-tax & in-plan Roth

Engineers who max out early get a compliant route to substantially more tax-advantaged savings.

Speed Launch in three to four weeks

Payroll-native setup, prior-plan conversion where needed, and enrollment before the next hiring wave.

The move most miss

Designing for the headcount you’ll have, not the one you have.

A plan built for 30 people fails at 130: the audit threshold, the safe harbor election deadline, state mandate coverage, and the eligibility definition all bind at different sizes. We write the document so the plan absorbs a doubling in headcount without amendments, and we flag your audit year a year ahead so it lands as a budget line instead of a surprise.

04 | How it works

From first call to a plan that runs itself.

1
BenchmarkWe review your current plan, fees, and census — or start from scratch if there’s no plan yet.
2
DesignWe model the contribution, testing, and cost outcomes of each design option against your goals.
3
ImplementRecordkeeper setup, plan documents, and payroll integration handled end to end.
4
EducateOn-site and virtual sessions get your people enrolled and confident in the plan.
5
ReviewFees, investments, and testing reviewed every year and adjusted as you grow.
What you get

Onboarding that fits how you already work.

Enrollment inside your payroll flow, async education for distributed teams, and one-on-one sessions for the employees who want them.

See how we support participants
3-4wk Typical time from signed paperwork to the first payroll deferral.
3(38) Investment selection and monitoring sits with us.
Remote Multistate payroll and state mandate coverage handled.

Other industries we serve.

Stand up a plan before your next hiring wave.

Tell us your headcount, payroll provider, and timeline and we’ll come back with a design and a launch date.