Overview
PrivateTechShares is an information and tools resource for founders, employees and early angels holding equity in private companies. It pairs free valuation and exercise-cost calculators with sourced, plain-English country guides and paid preparation toolkits, the goal being to establish what private shares or vested options may realistically be worth before any liquidity event.
Key Features
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Free valuation and exercise calculators: an estimator that prices a stake from the last round's per-share figure, then adjusts for holding type (common shares, unexercised options or investor preferred) and stage-linked illiquidity discount, returning a range rather than a single number. A separate tool models the cost of exercising vested options alongside paper gain, with an AMT-aware US variant for ISO holders. No account is required.
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Jurisdiction-specific guides and company pages: tax, transfer and mechanics coverage for the US, Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland, plus per-company reference pages for more than 250 private businesses including OpenAI, SpaceX, Stripe, Revolut and Helsing. Figures are cited and dated so readers can verify current rules.
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Paid Equity Toolkits: a US edition at $39 and a Europe edition at €39 (combined bundle €59) structured as an eight-phase A–Z deal map with explicit stop points flagging where a lawyer, tax adviser or notary should take over. Each includes a net-proceeds calculator, a Deal Room tracking panel, editable documents and eleven ready-to-send message drafts.
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Equity Position Report: a personalised $129 PDF (or $249 with human review) that works through an individual grant to produce valuation scenarios, exercise cost, dilution impact, an exit waterfall after investor preferences, country tax treatment and a conversation pack, based on a published methodology.
Notably, the service does not broker shares or introduce buyers, and it consistently frames its output as educational preparation rather than investment, legal or tax advice.
