Startup fundraising strategy - how much and when to raise

Fundraising Strategy: How Much and When to Raise

There’s no shortage of content covering startup fundraising advice, whether it’s solidifying your…


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…


GreenTec Capital Partners: Investing in SDG Impact Across Africa

Equidam partner GreenTec Capital Partners invests in African startups that target some of the most…


Venturerock: Reshaping Venture Capital To Boost the Odds

Equidam partner Venturerock is a digital venture capital platform and ecosystem of founders,…


Raise: Powering Startup Growth and Fundraising Across Africa

At Equidam, we work with partners around the world who share our ambition of enabling fairer deals…


Frank Appeldoorn Managing Partner at Arches Capital

VC Perspectives: The misconception about convertible loans

Convertible loans: a loan with interest (whether actually paid or accrued), in which the loan will…


Startup Valuation Quote

Why startup valuation matters more than any other KPI

"One of the things that I’ve been quite keen on internally and externally is that the valuation of…


Dilution 101: Calculation And Examples

What is dilution? TL;DR Dilution is the reduction in the ownership percentage in a certain…


Average Discount Rate For A Convertible Note

A few weeks ago, we built and released a convertible note calculator. It’s useful for making…


Business Angels or Venture Capital?

Angel investors are individual investors who provide capital to early stage startups in exchange…