The Case for Solo Founders
A prevalent belief in the venture capital world is that the ideal startup is launched by a pair of…
Gaming Studio Valuation: The Complete Guide for 2025
How to properly value gaming companies in an industry where hits can generate 100x returns but 90%…
International Valuation Differences: Why Geography Still Matters in Global Startup Markets
When WeTransfer raised €25 million at a €100 million valuation in 2015, industry observers noted…
The AI Agent Valuation Challenge: Why 2025’s Digital Natives Need New Rules
When Phonic raised $4 million in April 2025 for its end-to-end speech-to-speech platform, it wasn't…
Marketplace Valuation: Beyond GMV to Real Value Creation
When DoorDash went public in December 2020, investors valued the company at $72 billion despite…
AI Startup Valuation: Why Revenue Multiples Don’t Work in 2025
The crude shortcuts that dominated the ZIRP era are finally colliding with economic reality When…
IPO Strategy: Pricing and Timing of VC-Backed IPOs
The recent IPO performances of companies like Chime and Circle have reignited conversations about…
Embracing Uncertainty in a Post-SaaS World [The Equidam Podcast – 16]
In this episode of the Equidom Podcast, Dan Gray and Daniel Faloppa discuss the evolving landscape…
Startup Valuation Trends: AI and Mega-Funds [The Equidam Podcast – 15]
In this conversation, Daniel Faloppa and Dan Gray discuss the current state of the fundraising…
Average Growth Rate For Startups in 2025
Most startups set revenue targets by gut feel—or simply copy the hockey-stick curves they see in…
The State of VC in Q1 2025 [The Equidam Podcast – 14]
In this episode, Dan Gray and Daniel Faloppa discuss the current state of the startup ecosystem,…
The State of European Tech, with Robin Wauters [The Equidam Podcast – 13]
In this conversation, Daniel Faloppa and Robin Wauters discuss the evolution of the European tech…
Investment in AI: Long-term defensibility and value creation [The Equidam Podcast – 12]
This conversation explores the rapid rise of AI investment, the differences between AI…
The State of Funding in Southern Europe: Insights from Rome Startup Week 2024
At this year's Rome Startup Week, a notable panel titled "The State of Funding in Southern Europe"…
Building venture success across Europe with Peach Zwyssig of Axelra [The Equidam Podcast – 9]
In this conversation, Peach Zwyssig, CEO of Accelra, discusses the intricacies of building tech…
The Hype Trap: Valuation for AI Startups
In a difficult environment for founders and investors, AI startups have been the obvious outlier…
The Challenge for Venture Studios
Venture Studios are an innovative approach to venture capital which aim to reduce investor risk by…
Artificial Intelligence and the Y Combinator premium [The Equidam Podcast – 7]
In this episode of the Equidam podcast, Dan Gray and Daniel Fuloppa discuss recent updates in…
The Founders’ Financial Crisis: Silicon Valley Bank [The Equidam Podcast – 5]
In this episode, the hosts discuss the recent crisis surrounding Silicon Valley Bank, exploring the…
The State of Startup Valuation – February 2023 [The Equidam Podcast – 4]
In this episode, Dan and Daniel discuss the recent parameters update for the Equidem platform,…
What connects interest rate rises to startup valuations
New day, new interest rate rise. A few serious faces from the Fed announce that they will do…
Welcome to the Equidam podcast! [The Equidam Podcast – 1]
In this episode of the Equidam podcast, Dan Gray and Daniel Faloppa delve into the intricacies of…
Did VCs overpay during the pandemic?
Being a VC is not easy. It's one of the few jobs with minimal feedback on your performance for up…
10 Newsletters to Keep Tabs on Startup Fundraising
On Sunday morning, there’s nothing better than a good coffee and your favourite newsletter.…
What connects the stock market contraction to startup valuations?
In an analysis of the market, Justin Kahl and David George of Andreessen Horowitz showcase data on…
Debunking the ‘Startup Bubble’ With Valuation Data
A startup is overvalued when its price is not rational. Through Equidam's data, we see that a…
2018: megarounds, crypto-sobering and more IPOs to come!
2018 has been an intense year in the startup funding world. While for early stage companies seed…
The Seed is Dead, Long Live the Seed
As Q4 2018 draws near, we receive more and more confirmations of what cannot be called a chance…
Lower Valuations Explained: Should Entrepreneurs Care?
“Morgan Stanley marked down it’s Flipkart participation[1]”, “Fidelity…
85% of Italian Startups Struggle to Break € 100,000 Annual Revenues
The number of Italian startups keeps on growing. According to the official register for innovative…
Crowdfunding Platforms Serve As Information Brokers
In the previous post, we explained how VC funds and crowdfunding platforms can partner up. In this…
Crowdfunding: Information Broker for Early-Stage Venture Capital Funds
In the previous post we analyzed the advantages that associations of Business Angels, namely…
Crowdfunding: Why Business Angel Networks are Inefficient
The Second Generation of Business Angel Networks (BANs) In the previous article I have…
Crowdfunding: Business Angels and the Lack of Suitable Investment Opportunities
Business Angels' Limited Exposure Business Angels (BAs) are the major providers of investment…
Crowdfunding: The Emergence of Online Investing
Online investing is a new trend in venture capital industry that has arisen in recent years. It…
Drivers in Investment-Based Online Crowdfunding
In one of our previous posts, I outlined both the theoretical potential of investment-based…
Investment-based Crowdfunding: Why People do NOT Invest Online
Lots of hyped articles about crowdfunding can be found online. Is everything they describe…
3 Competitive Advantages that set European Startups Apart
This article was originally posted on Medium here. European startups raised $6,9 Bln in the first…
The Rise of Female Entrepreneurs
In some regions - the US and developed Europe - female entrepreneurs have higher levels of…
Are Networks and Regulation Responsible for Slow European Startups?
This post originally appeared on my Medium feed here. A few weeks back I wrote “The European…
Alternative Finance in Europe
What hides behind the term alternative finance? Centre for Alternative Finance of Cambridge Judge…
Startup Valuation and Division of Equity between Entrepreneurs and Investors
Not the usual article! This article is not the usual article you can find in our blog. Instead…
The European Startup Scene is Still Broken
This post originally appeared on my Medium feed here. Europe is the motherland of some of largest…
The Disruption of Consumer Finance and the Banking Sector
In case you missed it, we previously discussed New trends in enterprise software for 2015 and…
New trends in enterprise software for 2015 and beyond
Earlier, we shared our insights on Technologies that are empowering FinTech. Today we will talk…
EU Value Added Tax to Threaten Small Business
Non-EU small businesses with heavy investment in the digital realm are anxiously awaiting the…
3 Technologies That Are Empowering Fintech
A word from Equidam co-founder Daniel Faloppa Earlier, we talked about comparing burn rates and…
What makes the Silicon Valley the Silicon Valley: My 2-cents
A word from Equidam co-founder Gianluca Valentini I recently came back from a soft-landing program…
