Retain your key employees without giving up equity.
Longpass is the retention platform for private companies. Reward the people who matter most with phantom units tied to company performance. No shares, no voting rights, no dilution.
LONGPASS · EMPLOYEE DASHBOARD
EN · ES12,400
units
7,820
63% vested
$18.42
per token
Jan 15
in 64 days
Token value over time
$18.42 Updated quarterly
Trusted by modern private companies
The problem
Key employees are hard to replace.
When a key employee leaves, the company loses more than a person. It loses knowledge, customer relationships, operational consistency, and trust inside the team.
Cost of losing a key employee
01 → 05Key employee leaves
TRIGGERKnowledge loss
02Training time
03Lost productivity
04Weaker team trust
IMPACTRetention calculator
See what turnover is costing you.
Adjust the inputs to estimate the annual cost of losing key employees. See what a structured retention program could save.
Estimated annual cost of turnover
$210,000
Based on ~1 key departures · $210,000 per replacement.
With Longpass
Save up to $126,000
Industry benchmarks show 50 to 70% lower voluntary turnover on key roles after introducing phantom-unit retention plans.
Get my full retention planWhat owners usually try
Most owners start with familiar tools.
These tools can help, but they often fall short when the goal is to retain a few high-impact employees without adding fixed cost, complexity, or ownership concerns.
Raise compensation
It can help in the short term, but it adds fixed cost and competitors can still outbid you.
Offer informal promises
It creates expectations, but often lacks structure, visibility, and consistency.
Consider equity or ESOPs
These can be powerful, but they're often expensive, legally complex, and difficult to implement for many private companies.
The gap is finding a retention approach that feels meaningful for employees, structured for the company, and practical to manage.
The solution
Ownership-like alignment, without real ownership.
Longpass helps private companies reward selected key employees through phantom units tied to company performance. It creates visible, structured alignment without giving up equity, control, or ownership rights.
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Select key employees
Focus the plan on the people who matter most to retention.
02
Performance-linked value
Employee value grows with company performance.
03
Quarterly visibility
Employees can clearly see how value updates over time.
04
Controlled liquidity
Companies decide when liquidity windows are available.
How it works
How Longpass works
A simple structure companies can configure around their own retention goals.
01
Step 1 / 4Set the plan
Choose eligible employees, vesting rules, performance metric, and liquidity windows.
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Step 2 / 4Grant phantom units
Selected employees receive phantom units that represent economic upside, not ownership.
03
Step 3 / 4Update value quarterly
Value updates on a set schedule based on the company's chosen performance formula.
04
Step 4 / 4Offer controlled liquidity
Employees may access liquidity during company-defined windows, subject to company rules.
The platform
A clear dashboard for both companies and employees.
- Manage participants
- Set liquidity windows
- Update performance metrics
- Track payout requests
- Export payroll reports
LONGPASS · EMPLOYEE DASHBOARD
EN · ES12,400
units
7,820
63% vested
$18.42
per token
Jan 15
in 64 days
Token value over time
$18.42 Updated quarterly
- See token balance
- Track vesting progress
- Understand quarterly updates
- Learn how the system works
- Request liquidity when available
Employee experience
Employees learn through a complete educational course.
Longpass includes a complete educational onboarding course that teaches employees how the system works, what they receive, and how value, vesting, and liquidity are connected.
LONGPASS · EMPLOYEE PORTAL
EN · ES
Longpass onboarding
Step 1 of 7 · Welcome
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Module 04 · current lesson
In progressUnderstanding Your Phantom Units
Learn how your units vest, how value updates work, and how company performance affects your plan.
What you'll cover
01
Guided onboarding
A complete step-by-step course that explains how the plan works.
02
Clear explanations
Content adapted to different roles and levels of familiarity.
03
Performance simulations
Employees can see how token value changes under different company outcomes.
04
Bilingual support
Built-in English and Spanish options for diverse teams.
Comparison
A flexible alternative to traditional retention tools.
Best fit for key employees
The LongPass Coin presale is on the horizon.
$LPC is the settlement layer for the Longpass network, the unit of account behind every phantom grant, liquidity window and cross-company pool. Final terms will be published ahead of launch.
- Audited smart contract · third-party reviewed · vesting on-chain
- Cliffed unlock with linear release post-launch
- Whitelist-only · KYC required · qualified buyers and partners
Presale price
TBA
Listing price
TBA
Launching
Q4 2026
From the blog
Playbooks for the modern people leader.
Retention math, HR stack teardowns and growth-without-dilution. The essays our customers forward to their boards.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know before talking to our team.
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