Plan your Matternet, Inc. NSO exercise
Calculator · free · no signup · pre-IPOMatternet, Inc. is pre-IPO. Plan your NSO exercise tax (federal, state, FICA) at any expected valuation.
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Seeded from secondary-market data, as of Sep 8, 2026
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No bargain element. Current price is at or below the strike — no tax owed at exercise. Wait for the stock to appreciate past the strike before exercising.
Estimates only. Excludes AMT (NSOs do not trigger AMT), state-AMT, multi-state moves, and disqualifying-disposition edge cases. Not financial advice.
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About Matternet, Inc.
Matternet, Inc. is a privately held Aerospace/Defense company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. S-1 filed Aug 3, 2026.
Last reported secondary-market price: $1 per share (as of 2026-09-08). Your own 409A may differ.
Equity grants at Matternet, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
Andreas Raptopoulos, Paola Santana, and Dimitar Pachov founded Matternet in 2011 after a Singularity University program at NASA Ames, aiming to fly medical supplies where roads are unreliable. The Mountain View, California company builds the M2, an autonomous drone carrying lab samples and pharmaceuticals between hospitals; users include UPS Flight Forward in the US and, in London, the NHS via partner Apian. In 2022 the M2 received the FAA's first type certificate for a drone delivery aircraft. In May 2026 Matternet raised $33 million and began trading publicly through a reverse merger with shell company Los Altos Ventures Corp.
Sources: sec.gov · businesswire.com · thedronegirl.com
Equity comp at Matternet, Inc.
- In May 2026, Matternet became a public company through a reverse merger (combining with an already-public shell company, Los Altos Ventures Corp, instead of running a traditional IPO). Each legacy Matternet share was exchanged for about 2.08 shares of the new public entity, and Matternet raised roughly $33 million in a private placement (new shares sold directly to investors) as part of the deal. On June 30, 2026, Matternet filed an S-1 registering the resale of up to 51,602,243 shares held by existing stockholders, alongside a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan and 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (675,000 shares reserved). Because the company went public via this route rather than a conventional IPO, equity holders should confirm current lock-up and resale-registration status directly with the company rather than assuming standard IPO liquidity timelines apply.
Sources: sec.gov · sec.gov · businesswire.com
Researched 2026-08-10.
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Matternet, Inc. NSO exercise creates ordinary income on the bargain element (federal, state, and FICA) at the price on the day you exercise. The calculator works at any valuation, so you can model your exercise cost at the current 409A FMV, an expected IPO price, or post-IPO scenarios.
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Matternet, Inc. equity questions
- How is a Matternet, Inc. NSO exercise taxed?
- Exercising a non-qualified stock option (NSO) creates ordinary income on the bargain element (the price on the day you exercise minus your strike), subject to federal income tax, state income tax, and FICA. The calculator above computes that tax for your Matternet, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
- Does Matternet, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Matternet, Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise.
- Are Matternet, Inc. shares eligible for QSBS?
- They might be. Qualified small business stock (QSBS) under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 can exclude federal tax on much of the gain when shares were acquired at original issuance from a C-corporation while its gross assets were under $50 million, and held at least five years. Whether your Matternet, Inc. shares qualify turns on when you acquired them and the company's asset size at that time.
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