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Compensation: What are the logistics of vesting agreement before anyone is an employee?
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Tom Williams, Clarity's top expert on all things startup answered:

1. There are probably implications to backdating that only a lawyer should address so I can only speak to your 2nd question. The purpose of a vesting agreement is to retain key talent and to prevent the cap table from being ruined in the event that someone with significant equity quits or is terminated so to answer your question, your unvested shares *should* be cancelled.

Depending on where you are located, I can recommend a great US startup lawyer (private message me), and you should really standardize these agreements.

It's standard for the vesting to be 4 years. You *might* be asked to reset your vesting in your seed raise, FYI.

I'm not a lawyer but am the Founder of a Venture backed company so happy to talk to you if I can be helpful.

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