Agritech startup WayCool Foods and Products is looking to give out employee stock ownership plans (Esops) worth upto Rs 400 crore within the next two quarters, Chinna Pardhasaradhi, chief financial officer of WayCool told. The company recently said that it has given out Esops worth Rs 250 crore for all 1,500 employees on the back of strong growth.

"This is a scheme that we started with Rs 250 crore worth of equity in Esops already set aside for employees," Pardhasaradhi said. "But we do have some forward looking visibility as well. Within the next two quarters, we're going to have an increased pool of at least up to Rs 400 crore from where it is today."

He went on to add that the scheme is one that is inclusive and not restricted or limited to just the senior management but for employees across all the ranks and levels.

"So the basic context of this esop announcement is that we have been witnessing exponential growth in terms of revenues at WayCool and it is purely because of the efforts that were put in by our employees. So that's the reason we have launched this scheme, which we believe is one of the largest and most inclusive in this space. It is not restricted only to the senior management but all employees are eligible," Pardhasaradhi said.

"We've already started getting good value-added products through that path," Karthik Jayaraman, Managing Director, WayCool Foods told ET. "We've launched potato flakes as a product and the pilot response has been very good. SV Agri has product development as well as manufacturing line development capability for value added products based on potato, corn and chickpeas and other products. So we are executing exactly as per the plan, both in terms of inorganic as well as organic growth."