The Rise of Female Entrepreneurs
In some regions - the US and developed Europe - female entrepreneurs have higher levels of…
Are Networks and Regulation Responsible for Slow European Startups?
This post originally appeared on my Medium feed here. A few weeks back I wrote “The European…
Alternative Finance in Europe
What hides behind the term alternative finance? Centre for Alternative Finance of Cambridge Judge…
Startup Valuation Methods
Early stage valuation is considered an art by many. However, as all arts, methods and best…
Understanding Investors’ Required Return
In the previous article we discussed Discounted Cash Flow valuation methods. These well-known…
Equity or debt? The Startup Case
Well, it’s time to get out of the office and find out someone willing to put some money in your…
Financial Projections: an Introduction to Financial Forecasting
This week our Valuation Academy will focus on a very specific topic: financial projections. In our…
Startup Valuation and Division of Equity between Entrepreneurs and Investors
Not the usual article! This article is not the usual article you can find in our blog. Instead…
What do We Mean by Risk
“Risks have to be compensated” “There is a difference between idiosyncratic and systematic risk”…
Valuation Principles: Liquidation, Time Value Of Money, Multiples
Can you actually put a price on something that changes as quickly as businesses? The answer……
Doing Business Financing the Right Way
Do you know anybody who has ever said: "No thanks, I don't need more money for my business"?…
DCF Valuation for Startups
We already talked about projections, cash flows and relevant topics surrounding startup financial…
The European Startup Scene is Still Broken
This post originally appeared on my Medium feed here. Europe is the motherland of some of largest…
Infographic: SaaS Companies Fundraising Uncovered
After illustrating the best places in the world to build up your tech startup, we decided to pay…
Startup Projections, How to Start
As founders and entrepreneurs, we are not only asked to run our team and our business at maximum…
The Biggest Fintech Hubs
Fintech is on the rise! As we have previously seen in other blog posts, Fintech startups are…
5 KPIs to Grow your Business
Business metrics are important measures of company processes, and unlike gut-feeling (which…
How Australia Simplified Valuation For ESOPs
In February, Business Insider published an article highlighting the new mindset of the Australian…
How to Spot an Investor: In the form of an Angel or your Mom
It's been some time since we've touched on the sources of startup financing - where it comes from…
When to Employ Employee Stock Plans
When should you make use of Employee Stock Option Plans? That is our topic of the day, stemming…
Employee Ownership- The Pros and Cons
Last week we talked about reorganizations- and how to get your team through a restructuring of your…
How to Help Your Team Through a Reorganization
A reorganization, an overhaul of a company's internal structure, is a major event in a company's…
5 Financing Mistakes to Avoid
Today, we will continue our journey called Financing. This really can be a considered an authentic…
A Look at Exit Strategies
It might be something you are not thinking about yet- a company exit. But there is a merely high…
Why we love the Lean Startup (and you should, too!)
As we’ve encountered ourselves, starting a business is hard. And fantastic. And time-consuming. And…
The Disruption of Consumer Finance and the Banking Sector
In case you missed it, we previously discussed New trends in enterprise software for 2015 and…
New trends in enterprise software for 2015 and beyond
Earlier, we shared our insights on Technologies that are empowering FinTech. Today we will talk…
EU Value Added Tax to Threaten Small Business
Non-EU small businesses with heavy investment in the digital realm are anxiously awaiting the…
3 Technologies That Are Empowering Fintech
A word from Equidam co-founder Daniel Faloppa Earlier, we talked about comparing burn rates and…
What makes the Silicon Valley the Silicon Valley: My 2-cents
A word from Equidam co-founder Gianluca Valentini I recently came back from a soft-landing program…
Comparing burn rates: Am I the only one spending this much?
A word from Equidam co-founder Daniel Faloppa While much has been said about startup and company…
Do you Know How Much your Business is Worth? Here’s Why you Should
There are many reasons why we do what we do here at Equidam, but one guiding belief stands above…
A guide to entrepreneurs: how to use your company valuation to negotiate with investors
As entrepreneurs, we don't usually confront ourselves with finance too much. At least, we are…
Bootstrapping vs Investments
As an entrepreneur struggling to find an answer to this question, you probably found plenty of…
With and without VCs, differences in valuation
I want to present my approach on how to deal with difficulty of contracting the value of the…
From Seed to IPO, the funding roadmap for startups
For startups, funding and capital raising are continuous processes. As the company grows, expansion…
The Startup Financing Cycle
This article is a sort of an introduction to the startup financing problem. It originated from a…