Orchestra
Orchestra is a web-based equity-management platform for tracking company ownership and managing investor relations.
What Orchestra is
Orchestra is a web-based equity-management platform for tracking company ownership and managing investor relations. It maintains a share register and real-time cap table, records ownership changes, and generates reports on ownership, dilution, and transactions. Companies can track share classes, manage options, import cap tables, and model dilution and fundraising scenarios, with multiple export formats available. Employee share schemes and options can include vesting schedules, offer documents, and digital signing. Investors can use an app to view securities, share prices, estimated holding values, documents, and company communications; employees have a personalised app for equity value, vesting, and exercise information. The platform connects to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission and New Zealand Companies Office for registry updates. It automates dividend calculations, statements, and payment distribution in Australia and New Zealand only. DocuSign signing is available within the platform for up to five signatures. Multi-factor authentication is mandatory. Orchestra says customer data access is restricted to team members administering the service.
Good
- Maintains a real-time cap table and share register
- Models dilution and fundraising scenarios
- Provides employee and investor apps
- Connects with Australian and New Zealand registry bodies
- Multi-factor authentication is mandatory
Watch out
- Dividend distribution is limited to Australia and New Zealand
- Does not provide direct tax advice
Who it suits
Orchestra is presented for high-growth startups, dividend-paying companies, member-owned cooperatives, investors, employees, and HR, finance, and legal professionals. It may suit organizations managing share registers, employee equity, or investor communications.
Verdict
Orchestra combines cap table management, employee equity administration, and investor access. Companies should account for its regional dividend scope and the fact that it does not provide direct tax advice.
Plans and prices
From Orchestra's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Orchestra | Priced on request | Pricing is not listed; request a demo for a tailored recommendation |
The facts
Each one read from Orchestra's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Cap table and share register
- It maintains a share register and real-time cap table, tracks historical changes, and generates reports on ownership, dilution, and transactions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Data governance
- Orchestra says access to customer data is restricted to the direct team members administering the service and that Sharesies staff do not have access.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Dividend distribution
- Orchestra automates dividend calculations and shareholder statements, and its site limits dividend distribution availability to Australia and New Zealand.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Document storage
- The investor app stores company documents and communications in the cloud for stakeholder access.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Employee schemes
- Companies can create and issue employee share schemes or options with vesting schedules and digital offer signing.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Employee share schemes
- Companies can create and issue employee share schemes or options, set vesting schedules, and manage offer documents and signing.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Orchestra partnered with DocuSign so documents can be signed within the platform, with up to five signatures.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for high-growth startups, companies paying dividends, member-owned cooperatives, investors, employees, and HR, finance, and legal professionals.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Investor access
- Investors can use an app to view their securities, share price, estimated holding value, documents, and company communications.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Investor portal
- Investors can track securities, current share price and estimated holdings value over time through an investor app.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Orchestra is an equity management platform for tracking company ownership and streamlining investor relations.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Registry integrations
- The platform integrates with the New Zealand Companies Office and the Australian Securities & Investments Commission for share registry updates.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Regulatory integrations
- The platform integrates with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission and New Zealand Companies Office.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- Multi-factor authentication is mandatory for all Orchestra users, using an authenticator app or email.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security and data access
- Orchestra says industry standard controls and data governance policies restrict data access to the team members who administer a customer's services, and that wider Sharesies staff do not have access.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Share registry
- It provides a compliant share register and real-time cap table with ownership, historical changes and reporting.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Orchestra offers a guided demo and says its team can help transfer an existing share register into the platform.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Tax advice limitation
- Orchestra can model scenarios for employee holdings but says it does not provide direct tax advice.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Tax limitation
- Orchestra can model employee-holding scenarios but does not provide direct tax advice.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Employee app
- Employees can track equity value, vesting and exercise information through a personalised employee app.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2020checked 28 Sep 2026
- Ownership
- Orchestra's About page says it was acquired by Sharesies in April 2024.checked 2 Oct 2026
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