How soon is now, page-22

not really - usually, options will come as a bonus when participating in a capital raise. For example, the raise might attach 1 option for every 2 shares so you end up with a shares and an options. The money from a capital raise goes to the company in this instance. There are other ways that options get created but this is the most common way

once they are traded on the market, for example, if you buy DDDOA now, you are just buying them from someone else so no money goes to the company

if you convert, you pay the strike price to the company directly and they will take your options give you shares