Dilution: What It Is and How to Calculate It (4 Worked Examples)
Dilution is the fall in your ownership percentage when a company issues new shares. Your share…
Average Startup Valuation by Country (2026): Pre-Seed and Seed Data for 88 Countries and Territories
What angel, pre-seed and seed rounds were priced at in the US, the UK, Germany, India and 84 other…
Setting Up Your First ESOP with Quintus Willemse of Share Council [The Equidam Podcast – 19]
The Equidam Podcast, Episode 19. Quintus Willemse, founder of Share Council, on setting up a first…
The Risk Factor Summation Method: How It Works, With a 2026 Worked Example
Twelve risks, a five-point scale and a fixed dollar step. We score one US pre-seed company on every…
The Berkus Valuation Method: How It Works, With a 2026 Worked Example
Five elements, up to $500,000 each, added together. We explain where the method came from, what its…
The First Chicago Method: How It Works, With a Worked Startup Example
Three scenarios, three probabilities and one discount rate. We trace the method back to the bank…
Case Study: Open Startup – Investor-Ready Valuations for an African Accelerator Cohort
How an investment readiness program gave its founders a valuation they could defend.
Case Study: Escalatec and a Structured Approach to Early-Stage Valuation in Bolivia
How Bolivia's first venture capital investment company used Equidam to bring greater consistency…
Checklist Valuation Method: How It Works, With a Worked Example
The Checklist method values an early-stage startup by how much of a market-based maximum it has…
The Scorecard Valuation Method: How It Works, With a 2026 Worked Example
Six criteria, one market anchor and a single formula. We walk through a US pre-seed example to the…