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We are Trailhead Works

Ownership tools for companies taking the uncommon route.

We help founders and teams make equity understandable, useful, and connected to the work people do every day.

Our mission

Make shared ownership clear enough to feel real.

We are a practical, optimistic group focused on one complicated promise: helping more people participate in the value they create.

Our team works across six countries with backgrounds in company law, payroll, product design, engineering, and founder operations. That mix helps us translate a dense subject into decisions people can actually make.

From a first grant to an international tender offer, Trailhead Works keeps the map legible.

How it started

Two operators, one cap table, and too many versions of the truth.

Marina and Joel met while helping a small hardware studio open offices on three continents. Every equity question required a new spreadsheet, a lawyer’s translation, and another week of uncertainty.

They built a shared model that linked ownership, agreements, and the milestones each person could understand.

Trailhead Works opened its first workspace in 2020 with nine early-stage teams.

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How it’s going

A distributed team helping ownership travel well.

Today we support companies from their first option plan through cross-border grants, liquidity events, and employee education.

We are comfortably remote, with small hubs in Melbourne, Lisbon, and Vancouver. Our customers span twenty-three countries and a wide range of company shapes.

The product now supports 1,680 active stakeholders across growing teams.

How we work

Four values we keep returning to

Thoughtful momentum

Move with purpose, keep the decision trail, and leave systems easier to understand.

Excellent experiences

Complexity is our material, never an excuse for making people feel lost.

Meaningful ownership

Share context generously so people can act with agency and confidence.

A sustainable pace

Build ambitious things in ways that leave room for health, family, and a full life.

The long trail

Healthy work is part of the product.

Ownership only matters when people have the time and clarity to use it well. That is why our culture is built around patient craft, sustainable pace, and a frank relationship with uncertainty.

We are a for-profit company, but growth is not our only measure. We look at whether customers can explain their plans, whether employees can make informed choices, and whether our own team can do meaningful work without sacrificing the rest of life.

Our policies—from flexible schedules to a twice-yearly trail week—are designed to keep those values practical.

The crew

People who make the path clearer

Operators, engineers, designers, lawyers, and customer advocates working across time zones.

Marina Lee — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Marina Lee

Co-founder & CEO

Joel Rivera — photo by Korede Adenola on Pexels

Joel Rivera

Co-founder & COO

Amina Okafor — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Amina Okafor

Engineering Lead

Hugo Blanc — photo by Ben Khatry on Pexels

Hugo Blanc

Legal Operations

Noor Tan — photo by Foto Sushi on Pexels

Noor Tan

Customer Success

Sofia Costa — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Sofia Costa

Product Manager

Dev Kumar — photo by Prince on Pexels

Dev Kumar

Platform Engineer

Elsa Nguyen — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Elsa Nguyen

People Operations

Owen Park — photo by Korede Adenola on Pexels

Owen Park

Growth Lead

Farah Aziz — photo by Foto Sushi on Pexels

Farah Aziz

Finance Lead

Rina Bose — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Rina Bose

Product Designer

Mateo Silva — photo by Ben Khatry on Pexels

Mateo Silva

Backend Engineer

Hana Cho — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Hana Cho

Customer Education

Idris Khan — photo by Prince on Pexels

Idris Khan

Partnerships

Yara Torres — photo by Foto Sushi on Pexels

Yara Torres

Legal Counsel

Luca Petrov — photo by Korede Adenola on Pexels

Luca Petrov

Data Engineer

Amara Njeri — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Amara Njeri

Support Lead

Tomás Mendes — photo by Ben Khatry on Pexels

Tomás Mendes

Mobile Engineer

Kira Chen — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Kira Chen

Brand Designer

Gabe Novak — photo by Prince on Pexels

Gabe Novak

Security Engineer

Priya Rao — photo by Foto Sushi on Pexels

Priya Rao

Product Counsel

Ben Eklund — photo by Korede Adenola on Pexels

Ben Eklund

Account Executive

Leila Vega — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Leila Vega

Implementation

Anton Reed — photo by Ben Khatry on Pexels

Anton Reed

Solutions Engineer

Jun Morgan — photo by Prince on Pexels

Jun Morgan

Customer Advocate

A steadier route to shared ownership

Trusted by teams who want equity to mean something.

Plan grants, explain choices, and keep every stakeholder on the same map.

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