Get a realistic valuation of your business and the tools to monitor it yourself
Curious about your company's valuation for an acquisition or capital round? Get insight based on multiple methods that suit your situation.
What does a valuation mean?
A valuation ensures that you can add an amount to the value of your company. There are various valuation methods to achieve a good valuation:
- Historical valuation methods
- Net book value
- Cost-to-duplicate method
- Multiple method
- Future valuation methods
- Discounted Cash Flow Method (DCF)
- Venture Capitalist method
A combination of different methods based on financial analyses, market analyses, business assets and future prospects calculates the fair and realistic value of your company.
Why let your company's value be determined?
A valuation is necessary when you want to sell your company to another party, but also if you want to attract private investors via shares. A valuation can also help you decide whether it's worth selling or attracting investors.
If you don't know your company's valuation, it's also difficult to estimate what impact a capital increase could have on your shareholder structure.
Thanks to a good valuation, you are also in a firm position to negotiate and assess whether or not an investors' proposal is in line with the market and attractive enough.
How do we proceed?
When valuing, The Harbour's advisors will value your company based on various common valuation methods. In doing so, it is important to use the methods that suit your type of company. You're going to value a tech startup differently than an agricultural company. By focusing on valuation methods that are specifically suitable for your company, you get a good indication of what your company can be worth.
We then carry out market research to see how your company is valued compared to comparable companies and whether the valuation used is in line with the market.
In addition, we calculate what impact an investment has on your cap table and what potential return an investor can expect.
The final valuation for an investment is not necessarily the same as the valuation you calculated using the various methods. It also depends on your negotiation skills, the reason for the sales/capital round, and whether there are many alternatives on the market. To put it another way, your company is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Of course, the calculation helps you get the conversations started.
What do you get after the valuation?
You will receive a valuation report from The Harbour. This report describes a market-based valuation of your company using the most common valuation methods and provides an overview of comparable transactions and companies in your sector. You can use this document in conversations with investors.
In addition, you will receive a valuation template in Excel to calculate the value of your company yourself according to the most common principles and a cap table simulation to assess the impact of the valuation on your shareholder structure.
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