Startup Valuation Calculator
Estimate your startup’s value using the method that fits your stage. Enter the relevant business assumptions, compare methods, and get practical next steps.
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Revenue Multiple
Useful when revenue is a meaningful indicator of scale and market traction.
Formula: trailing 12-month revenue × multiple × (1 + adjustment). This is an estimate, not a market appraisal.
EBITDA Multiple
Most useful when the business has positive, reasonably stable operating earnings.
Formula: trailing EBITDA × multiple × (1 − discount). If EBITDA is zero or negative, this method is usually not meaningful.
Berkus Method
Assess how far the startup has reduced key early-stage risks.
Enter a defensible value for each factor; use 0 for a factor not yet demonstrated. The method adds the five values you assign.
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Estimate value from projected free cash flow, discounted for time and risk.
DCF is highly sensitive to forecasts, the discount rate, and terminal assumptions. Review more than one scenario before relying on the result.
Venture Capital (VC) Method
Work back from an expected exit value and investor return target.
Post-money estimate = projected exit value ÷ target return. Pre-money estimate = post-money estimate − investment.
Scorecard Method
Compare your startup with a local or sector-specific pre-money benchmark.
Use recent, relevant comparable companies for the benchmark. Scores are weighted: team 30%, market 25%, traction 20%, product 15%, and other factors 10%.
Pre-Money / Post-Money
Understand how a proposed investment changes company value and investor ownership.
Enter the investment and any one of: pre-money value, post-money value, or desired ownership. If you provide both values, they are checked for consistency.
First Chicago Method
Combine pessimistic, base, and optimistic outcomes using their probabilities.
Pessimistic scenario
Base scenario
Optimistic scenario
Scenario probabilities should total 100%.
The expected value is a probability-weighted estimate. Base probabilities on evidence and milestones, not on the desired valuation.