What is Startup Equity Estimator?
Stock Options Estimator helps startup employees, founders, and job seekers understand the potential value of their equity. Enter your grant details and see how dilution impacts your payout at different exit valuations—backed by real-world data.
Problem
Startup employees, founders, and job seekers struggle to understand the potential value of their equity and calculate how dilution impacts their payout due to manual calculations, lack of real-world data integration, and uncertainty about exit scenarios.
Solution
A web-based tool that lets users simulate equity value under different exit valuations and dilution scenarios by entering stock option grant details. Examples: modeling payouts at $10M vs. $100M exits, adjusting for funding rounds.
Customers
Startup employees, early-stage founders, and job seekers evaluating equity packages in tech startups, typically aged 25-45, with intermediate financial literacy.
Unique Features
Dilution-aware modeling using actual startup exit patterns and funding round data, with scenario comparison for multiple exit valuations in one view.
User Comments
Clarifies complex equity calculations, Identifies hidden dilution risks, Helps compare job offers, Provides realistic exit scenarios, Easy to use without finance background
Traction
Launched 2 months ago with 1,200+ users, featured on ProductHunt (Top 5 Product of the Day), founder has 2,300+ LinkedIn followers specializing in startup compensation.
Market Size
The global equity management software market is valued at $3.2 billion (Grand View Research 2023), with 70% of VC-backed startups using equity compensation tools.
