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# PrivateTechShares

> Independent education, tools and guides for people who hold private-company (startup) equity in the US and Europe — value your shares or options, understand exercise cost, dilution, tax and liquidation preferences, and learn how a private secondary sale actually works.

PrivateTechShares helps founders and employees understand and prepare their private-company equity. All content is educational and independent. It is **not a broker or marketplace**: it does not introduce buyers and sellers, hold funds, or execute or advise on transactions. Company names are used only to describe the market for their shares; PrivateTechShares is not affiliated with them. Content is general information, not financial, tax or legal advice.

## Free tools
- [Startup Equity Navigator](https://privatetechshares.com/equity-navigator.html): answer four questions to find the right guides and tools for your situation.
- [Employee Exit Waterfall calculator](https://privatetechshares.com/employee-exit-waterfall-calculator.html): what you would actually receive at different exit values, after investors' liquidation preferences.
- [Stock-option exercise & AMT calculator (US)](https://privatetechshares.com/us-stock-option-exercise-amt-calculator.html): the real cash and tax to exercise ISOs or NSOs.
- [Startup dilution calculator](https://privatetechshares.com/startup-dilution-calculator.html): how each funding round changes your ownership percentage.
- [QSBS tax-saving calculator (US)](https://privatetechshares.com/qsbs-calculator.html): federal tax you could exclude under Section 1202.

## Core guides
- [How much are my startup shares worth?](https://privatetechshares.com/how-much-are-my-startup-shares-worth.html): valuing private-company equity from your last round, share class and dilution.
- [Are my stock options actually worth anything?](https://privatetechshares.com/are-my-stock-options-worth-anything.html): the honest view and the things that quietly reduce the value.
- [What every founder & employee should know about equity](https://privatetechshares.com/what-every-founder-should-know-about-startup-equity.html): the plain-English field guide.
- [Where to find a buyer for your private shares](https://privatetechshares.com/how-to-find-a-buyer-for-private-company-shares.html): company buybacks, tender offers, secondary platforms and investor networks, with a neutral directory.
- [How employee tender offers work](https://privatetechshares.com/how-employee-tender-offers-work.html): selling shares back to the company.
- [What happens to my options if the company is acquired](https://privatetechshares.com/what-happens-to-options-when-startup-acquired.html): vested, unvested, escrow and earn-outs.
- [How startup equity vesting works](https://privatetechshares.com/how-startup-vesting-works.html): cliffs, schedules, and leaving the company.
- [What discount is fair when you sell?](https://privatetechshares.com/what-discount-is-fair-selling-startup-shares.html)

## Company & market lists
- [US pre-IPO companies](https://privatetechshares.com/us-unicorns.html): guides for holders of equity in the largest US private companies.
- [EU unicorns](https://privatetechshares.com/eu-unicorns.html): Europe's leading private companies, with sourced valuations.

## Country tax & rules guides
- [United Kingdom](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-uk.html)
- [Germany](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-germany.html)
- [France](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-france.html)
- [Spain](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-spain.html)
- [Italy](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-italy.html)
- [Netherlands](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-netherlands.html)
- [Poland](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-poland.html)
- [United States](https://privatetechshares.com/sell-startup-shares-usa.html)

## Contact
- Email: hello@privatetechshares.com