Company valuation
What is your company worth, and what moves the multiple
Two minutes on the eight drivers buyers price: niche, client portfolio, founder dependency, margins, financial transparency, delivery governance and the risks due diligence finds. See the range you are in today and the three drivers that move it most.
Self-check
Answer eight statements as they are today
Honest answers give a useful range. Every driver below is one we have raised in companies like yours before a sale.
What moves the multiple
Eight drivers, in the order buyers check them
- Niche and positioning: Expertise in a named niche is priced above capacity in any niche.
- Client concentration: One client above 40% of revenue, the threshold we use when we read a portfolio, is a discount however good the relationship.
- Contracts and retention: Multi-year contracts and tracked retention move money from deferred to paid at closing.
- Founder independence: Sales, key accounts and delivery that run without you are the system a buyer pays for.
- Financial transparency: Monthly management reporting and a two-quarter forecast shorten due diligence.
- Margins: Gross margin by project above the threshold we read a services P&L against, and a P&L that explains it.
- Delivery governance: A documented framework and visible project health, audited before the LOI.
- Due-diligence risks: Structure, IP and contracts that pass without a cleanup keep the price from being renegotiated.
How it works
From the self-check to the number buyers will use
- 1Self-check
Eight statements, two minutes. You see the range and the weakest drivers on the page; the breakdown comes by email.
- 2Valuation call
Our team walks through your answers, the numbers you share and the comparable deals we know, and gives you the range buyers would use today.
- 3Report or exit readiness
A valuation report with the drivers and the plan to raise the multiple, or straight into exit readiness when the range already suits you.
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Where to go next
Valuation report
Get the number buyers will use, and the plan to raise it.Fixed fee. Request a quote
Learn moreExit readiness
Remove the deal-breakers before due diligence starts and go to market from a position of strength.Fixed fee. Request a quote
Learn moreWorkshops
Put one capability buyers check in place in a single session: account management, pricing, delivery governance.From $1,500 per workshop
Learn more"In 6 months, we increased gross profit margin on 8 of our projects."
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Questions founders ask about valuation
It places the company in one of three ranges and names the drivers that discount it. The valuation call turns that into a number with your figures and the comparable deals we know.
Know the number before anyone else names it
A valuation call with our team: the range buyers would use today and the three drivers that move it.
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