Equidam vs Manual Valuation: A Comparison of Startup Valuation Approaches
Valuing a startup remains one of the most challenging aspects of entrepreneurship and investment,…
Equidam vs Kaaria: Choosing the Best Startup Valuation Platform
Valuing a startup is a complex endeavor, blending quantitative financial projections with…
Choosing the Right Tool: What to Expect from a Top-Tier Startup Valuation Platform
Valuing an early-stage startup is notoriously difficult. With uncertain cash flows and significant…
AI Valuation Explained: Surge AI vs Scale AI
The artificial intelligence sector is currently defined by dizzying valuations and capital raises…
How Valuation Drives Innovation, and Better Investments
Venture capital is supposed to finance the improbable; spotting the outliers amongst a field of…
Why Startup Valuations Change Around the World
Early-stage founders often treat “country” as a paperwork detail: pick your HQ and you’re done. In…
Equidam Launches MCP Server: Professional Startup Valuation Now Available to Any AI System
Enabling AI assistants to access enterprise-grade startup valuation tools through the Model Context…
How a Startup Valuation Can Boost Your Fundraising Success
Raising venture capital is notoriously difficult, especially for early-stage startups. Even in boom…
The Logic of the VC Method for Startup Valuation
Venture capital investing is fundamentally a high-risk, high-reward game where most investments…
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%…
Practical Valaution Frameworks for Emerging Managers
Launching a venture capital fund involves navigating complex legal documents, chief among them the…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P6.1
On July 30th, 2025, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated valuation…
Pre-Seed Startup Funding Probability: What Are Your Real Chances of Getting Funded?
Out of 100 companies that applied to angel groups in 2024, only 2 reached an investor's portfolio.…
Average and maximum valuations for Scorecard and Checklist
You can refer to the table below to see the average valuation for the Scorecard Method and maximum…
EBITDA Multiples by Industry in 2025
You can find in the table below the EBITDA multiples for the industries available on the Equidam…
Brand Value Within Startup Valuation: The Inseparable Asset
When Warby Parker launched in 2010, their website crashed just after their official launch, their…
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…
Dilution 101: Calculation And Examples
What is dilution? TLDR: Dilution is the reduction in the ownership percentage in a certain…
Startup Survival Rates: The Risk Factor in Valuation You Should Think More About
When Y Combinator's demo day showcases 250 promising startups to a room of eager investors, there's…
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…
Deep Tech Valuation: Using Technology Readiness Levels
Early-stage valuation has always been about capturing potential before it becomes obvious. For deep…
IPO Strategy: Pricing and Timing of VC-Backed IPOs
The recent IPO performances of companies like Chime and Circle have reignited conversations about…
Price vs Value (Part 2): The Financialisation of Startup Investing
Price vs Value (Part 1): The Momentum Trap in VC Venture capital has long been about finding and…
How to Benchmark Startup Revenue and EBITDA Projections
Financial projections form the backbone of startup valuation. While qualitative methods like our…
How to Get a BSPCE Valuation for Your Startup’s Employee Share Plan
BSPCE (Bons de Souscription de Parts de Créateur d’Entreprise) are a special type of employee stock…
Startup Valuation Explained: Pre-Money vs Post-Money
One of the most fundamental yet confusing aspects of startup fundraising is understanding the…
The Multiple Method: A New Tool for Investor Flexibility
We’re pleased to announce the addition of a new valuation method to the Equidam platform:…
How to Benchmark Your TAM and Build Investor Confidence in Your Market Size
The Role of TAM in Startup Fundraising For startups navigating a funding round, a well-defined and…
How to Value Real Estate Companies
Valuing real estate companies presents a unique set of challenges. Unlike…
How to Categorise a Startup (for Valuation)
Categorisation poses a significant challenge in startup valuation, with investors and founders…
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…
More Precise Startup Categorization [Platform Update]
We’re committed to continuously improving how our platform values startups, especially the…
Startup Valuation Tools: Bridge the Gap Between Founders and Investors
Raising capital is a pivotal milestone for early-stage startups. Yet, one of the most challenging…
How to Use Comparables Effectively in Startup Valuation
In the context of startup valuation, "comparables" (often shortened to "comps") refer to companies…
How to Value Pre-Revenue Startups
One of the murkiest topics within the venture capital and startup ecosystem is the valuation of…
9 Startup Valuation Methods: 5 to Use, 4 to Avoid
Startup valuation stands as a critical, yet often perplexing, hurdle for founders and investors…
Startup Valuation: The Ultimate Guide for Founders
For many early-stage founders, the topic of startup valuation can feel like navigating a dense fog.…
Startup Valuation: The Ultimate Guide
Startup valuation underpins all startup fundraising activity, enabling novel propositions to be…
ESS Valuations Made Easy: How Australian Founders Can Streamline the Process
For Australian startups, the talent war is real. While established companies can offer hefty…
Why Fundraising and ESOP Valuations Are Different
When founders think about valuation, it’s often in the context of raising money — negotiating…
Equity Compensation for UK Startups: A Comprehensive Guide to EMI and Employee Share Options
Introduction: Why Founders Should Issue Equity to Employees Understanding the UK Regulatory…
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…
Europe’s ESOP Opportunity Starts in the Baltics
Europe is entering a new era of technological ambition. From initiatives like Project Europe and EU…
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 Growth Flywheel: Why Europe Needs to Fix Its Stock Option Problem
“There is a doom loop around Europe and we need to change that. The brain drain to the US is very…
The Best Startups Are Valued, Not Priced
In the world of startup fundraising, the terms “valuation” and “price” are…
Price vs Value (Part 1): The Momentum Trap in VC
“You can value an asset, based upon its fundamentals (cash flows, growth and risk) or price…
Why Negotiating Price With Investors is a Trap
When raising venture capital, founders often get fixated on price—the final figure on the term…
How to Exit for $1B and Walk Away With Nothing
In startup fundraising, success stories dominate headlines. We hear about multi-million-dollar…
ESOP Valuation: Common Mistakes and Best Practices
Table of Contents Introduction: Why ESOP Valuations Matter Understanding ESOPs and Their Role in…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P6.0
On January 29, 2025, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated valuation…
Making the Most of Investor Meetings
First Principles Fundraising #5 In our First Principles Fundraising series, we’ve already…
How to Run a Tight Fundraising Process
First Principles Fundraising #4 Over the course of this series, we’ve taken a first…
How To Choose the Right Investor
First Principles Fundraising #3 In our “First Principles Fundraising” series, we’ve…
Are You Investment Ready?
First Principles Fundraising #2 In Part 1 of our First Principles Fundraising series, we examined…
Is Fundraising the Right Move for Your Startup?
First Principles Fundraising #1 For many founders, venture capital (VC) is often perceived as the…
$5 Billion and 150,000 Companies Later, What We’ve Learned
Twelve years ago, we set out to change the way startup valuation was approached. Since 2013, the…
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"…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.9
On September 25, 2024, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated valuation…
How To Value a SaaS Startup
Every startup valuation presents a unique challenge. It’s not just about throwing numbers into a…
SAFE Caps & Discounts: Creating simpler and more transparent instruments [The Equidam Podcast – 10]
In this conversation, Daniel Faloppa and Dan discuss the evolution and complexities of SAFEs…
Revenue and EBITDA Multiples: The role of comparison in startup valuation
Multiples are the cornerstone for understanding the share pricing for companies of all sizes, from…
The $5B Club: Irrationality in Generative AI valuation
How do you value startups creating foundational LLMs, or related generative AI technologies? So far…
Equidam Startup Valuation – What’s in the report?
In this article, we’ll cover our video walkthrough of Equidam’s startup…
The Hype Trap: Valuation for AI Startups
In a difficult environment for founders and investors, AI startups have been the obvious outlier…
Case Study: Spiro Carbon – Democratizing Carbon Credits
Spiro Carbon enables robust sustainability monitoring across the agricultural supply chain, making…
Estimating AI Startup Market Size for Effective Fundraising in 2024
At the heart of every conversation between AI startup founders and potential investors, lies a…
Revenue Multiples by Industry in 2024
You can find in the table below a list of revenue multiples broken down into the same industry…
Beyond the Hype: Credible Valuation for AI Startups
Against the backdrop of a frosty market for startup fundraising, AI companies are raising large…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.8
On February 29th, 2024, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam, with updated…
How to Calculate Startup Valuation: Step by Step
Valuing a startup can feel like plotting a course in the dark, as you try to reconcile significant…
The Challenge for Venture Studios
Venture Studios are an innovative approach to venture capital which aim to reduce investor risk by…
A Manifesto for Effective Crowdfunding
Maximizing Value for Startups and Investors In recent years, crowdfunding has revolutionized the…
The Role of Intangible Assets in Startup Valuation
When analyzing the value of startups, the interplay of tangible and intangible assets becomes an…
Startup Valuation Methodology & Externalities [The Equidam Podcast – 8]
In this conversation, Dan and Daniel explore the origins and evolution of Equidam, a platform…
Understanding Startup Valuation: Intuitions from real estate
Similar to startups, valuing residential real estate presents a particular set of challenges: each…
What is a “good” valuation for your startup?
A question that comes up fairly often in our workshops: “What is a good valuation for my……
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…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.7
On September 12, 2023, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated valuation…
Equity Incentives: Best Practices for Startup Founders
Guest post from an Equidam partner: Bianca Iulia Simion, Marketing Lead at SeedBlink As the world…
The role of AI in Startup Valuation
If you’ve been in the orbit of ‘tech’ at any point in the last six months, you’re likely to have…
Equidam releases Valuation Delta™: Global benchmarking tool for Startup Valuation
After a decade of helping founders, investors and advisors to close fairer fundraising deals,…
Valuation for growth startups and maturity stage companies
Use Equidam to calculate a fair valuation for your company at any stage of development, with the…
The ROI of Venture Dollars, with Will Bricker of Hustle Fund [The Equidam Podcast – 6]
In this conversation, Will Bricker, a venture capitalist at Hustle Fund, shares insights into…
Startup investors must consider fair value, or risk another crash
For over a decade Equidam has supported founders (and investors) with the challenge of setting a…
Advanced Multiples: The tools of valuation professionals at your fingertips
Nothing can be priced in a vacuum, and so there is always some comparative element to startup…
The role of qualitative methods in startup valuation
In a previous article, we looked at the role that financial projections (and the associated DCF…
The State of Startup Valuation – February 2023
Note: We update our startup valuation parameters on a regular basis, in order to stay current with…
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,…
The 10 Characteristics Of Startup Valuation
Startups are innovative, fast-paced, and highly dynamic entities that play a crucial role in…
The role of financial projections in startup valuation
The valuation of early stage companies is a one of the more complex and contentious topic in the…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.6
On February 23, 2023, you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated valuation…
The Drivers of Valuation in Venture Capital [The Equidam Podcast – 3]
In this episode of the Equidam podcast, Dan Gray and Daniel Faloppa delve into the complexities of…
The role of founder-led valuation in startup fundraising
For a long time, the standard has been for founders to let their lead investor worry about deal…
Calculate ROI for your Angel Portfolio – Spreadsheet Included
Angel investing is the practice of investing in startup companies, typically at the earliest…
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…
Startup Valuation – Everything We Know
In this post, we'll discuss everything that we have learned in the last 10 years performing startup…
Startup Valuation: navigating opportunity
“Every number in your valuation has to have a story that’s attached to it. And every story you tell…
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…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.5
On September 22nd, 2022 you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated…
How to value your startup for a friends & family round
When we raised our first round of capital for Equidam, about a decade ago, we didn't know much of…
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…
How to value your startup for crowdfunding?
In 2013 equity crowdfunding was making headlines as the new frontier for startup investment.…
7 Steps to Solidify Your Startup’s Financial Projections
For early stage startups, multi-year financial projections may feel too speculative to be a good…
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…
PARAMETERS UPDATE P5.4
On November 29th, 2021 you’ll be upgraded to the latest version of Equidam with updated…
Company Valuation In Decision-Making
It’s not uncommon for business owners to be aware of the valuation of their company. What is…
How To Value A Business
Valuation is too often where the conversation between investors and founders falls apart. With a…
How Do Investors Value A Startup?
Valuing companies is tricky. The methods used to value a company are dependent on the stage of…
The Discount Rate in Startup Valuation
If you approach a Venture Capitalist or a Business Angel, you will probably hear that “I need to…
Why isn’t asset based valuation for startups?
Many entrepreneurs have the misconception that the value of their businesses is the sum of their…
Can Uber’s Valuation Be Explained By Only Numbers?
Can you measure the value of a company relying entirely on financial tools and models? Should you…
How To Increase Valuation
Do you prefer to listen to podcasts? Listen to the audio here I have a patent and that is a reason…
DCF in Startup Valuation
Question: Why would you use financial methods for the valuation of a startup company? Answer:…
How to Negotiate with Investors: Pre-money Valuation
Attention from investors is the first thing. We discussed that in our previous post. If you have a…
Startup Valuation Methods
Early stage valuation is considered an art by many. However, as all arts, methods and best…
Understanding Investors’ Required Return
In the previous article we discussed Discounted Cash Flow valuation methods. These well-known…
Valuation Principles: Liquidation, Time Value Of Money, Multiples
Can you actually put a price on something that changes as quickly as businesses? The answer……
DCF Valuation for Startups
We already talked about projections, cash flows and relevant topics surrounding startup financial…
Do you Know How Much your Business is Worth? Here’s Why you Should
There are many reasons why we do what we do here at Equidam, but one guiding belief stands above…
With and without VCs, differences in valuation
I want to present my approach on how to deal with difficulty of contracting the value of the…
The Startup Financing Cycle
This article is a sort of an introduction to the startup financing problem. It originated from a…