Post-money valuation calculator
Post-money valuation is what the company is worth just after the investment: pre-money valuation plus the new money, in a simple priced round.
The formula
Post-money valuation = pre-money valuation + new investment
Worked example: £1,000,000
The example uses the guide's seed round, £200,000 for 20%, with a matching cap table, exit, fund and market.
- £800,000 + £200,000 = £1,000,000
Try it with your numbers
Work out your post-money valuation
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Post-money valuation for the example
Example£1,000,000
- £800,000 + £200,000 = £1,000,000
Formula: Pre-money valuation + new investment.
- Investor's share
- 20.0%
Everything your numbers show
For the example business: 27 of 27. Type your own figures to replace them. Select one for its page.
- Valuation£1,000,000post-money
- Pre-money valuation£800,000
- Post-money valuation£1,000,000
- Equity20.0%Equity sold
- Dilution70.0%kept by existing shareholders, down from 100.0%
- Option pool142,857new pool shares
- Fully diluted60.0%Fully diluted ownership
- SAFE89,286shares
- Loan note96,429shares
- Pro rata rights£200,000Pro rata amount
- Liquidation preference£1,000,000to the investor
- Vesting180,000after 18 months
- Cliff120,000at month 12
- SEIS£10,000SEIS relief
- EIS£6,000EIS relief
- VCT£4,000VCT relief
- TAM£240,000,000a year
- SAM£60,000,000a year
- SOM£3,000,000a year
- Down roundDown round
- Up roundDown round
- Flat roundDown round
- MOIC2.80x
- IRR22.9%a year
- TVPI1.50x
- DPI0.40x
- Dry powder£24,000,000
How to read your result
The investor's share is the investment divided by the post-money, and that sum decides how much of the company you sell.
Watch out for
Some SAFEs convert on a post-money basis, which can dilute founders more than they expect.
Last checked . Estimates only, not financial, tax or legal advice: check your accounts and documents, and take advice before you act. More terms in the startup glossary.