Why Two Valuers Can Value the Same Company Differently, And What That Actually Means
Why Two Valuers Can Value the Same Company Differently, And What That Actually Means A founder recently forwarded us two valuation reports for the same company, prepared just weeks apart, with figures that differed by nearly 30%. His question was direct: which one got it wrong? Neither did. That's often the least expected answer, but [...]
Q1 FY27 Earnings Season: What Your Quarterly Numbers Are (and Aren’t) Telling You About Company Value
Q1 FY27 Earnings Season: What Your Quarterly Numbers Are (and Aren't) Telling You About Company Value Q1 FY27 results are out, and every group chat with a finance person in it is buzzing about who beat estimates and who missed. Stock prices are jumping around, LinkedIn is full of hot takes, and somewhere in the [...]
Angel Tax Is Gone. So Why Do Startups Still Need a Valuation Report?
Angel Tax Is Gone. So Why Do Startups Still Need a Valuation Report? For years, the first question every founder asked their CA before closing an investment round was almost always the same: will this valuation trigger angel tax? Since the 2024 Budget did away with angel tax, a common assumption has taken hold across [...]
Intellectual Property Valuation: Finding the Hidden Value That Drives Global Expansion
Intellectual Property Valuation: Finding the Hidden Value That Drives Global Expansion Most companies know they have intellectual property. Patents, trademarks, software, proprietary processes, customer databases, brand names. But ask the average CFO what that IP is actually worth on paper and you'll usually get a shrug or a vague number pulled from thin air. That's [...]
From Pitch to Funding: Crafting Investor-Ready Valuations That Win
From Pitch to Funding: Crafting Investor-Ready Valuations That Win Every founder walks into an investor meeting with a number in their head. A valuation. Sometimes it's based on solid analysis. Sometimes it's a WhatsApp forward about what a similar startup raised at six months ago. And investors can tell the difference within minutes. Getting funded [...]