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Founder tools
A pre-money valuation range for early-stage Central and Eastern European companies, built on Bill Payne’s Scorecard Method and a revenue-multiple cross-check — calibrated on regional benchmarks, not Silicon Valley comparables.
Included with the Founder plan · €7/month
What this is
A pre-seed round in Kyiv, Warsaw or Tallinn does not clear at Bay Area numbers, and a tool calibrated on US comparables will tell a CEE founder a figure no regional investor will meet. This one is anchored to Central and Eastern European median pre-money valuations, so the range it returns is one you can actually take into a conversation.
What it is calibrated on
Q1 2025 CEE benchmark data from Dealroom, Vestbee and Eleven Ventures, with regional median pre-money valuations from UVCA and Dealroom as the anchor. It is an informational estimate and not financial advice — what it gives you is a defensible starting range and the reasoning behind it, not a number to put in a term sheet unexamined.
What it covers
Both methods are standard and neither is a black box. The calculator shows its working — the score for each factor and how it moved the range — rather than returning a single figure with no derivation.
Pre-revenue
How it works
A founder account on Oniks Capital. The calculator is part of the Founder plan.
Stage, sector, team, funding raised and burn — and revenue, if you have it.
A pre-money range with the method named, plus the score for every factor that produced it.
The breakdown shows which factors lifted the number and which held it down, so you can defend it in a meeting.
Before you sign up
It is part of the Founder plan at €7/month, which also includes the Fundraise-Readiness Checklist, the full company profile, and posting updates. The methodology is described in full on this page at no cost.
Because regional pre-money valuations differ materially from US ones at the same stage, and a tool built on US comparables will hand a CEE founder a figure no local investor will meet. Anchoring to regional medians is the entire point of this one.
Pre-revenue companies are valued on the Payne Scorecard Method. Once there is revenue, a revenue multiple takes over, with the scorecard result kept as a floor so early revenue cannot price the company below its fundamentals.
No. It is an informational estimate for founders preparing to raise. It gives you a defensible starting range and shows how it was reached; it does not replace a valuation prepared for a transaction.
CEE Startup Valuation Calculator is part of the Founder plan, together with the full company profile, posted updates and the rest of the founder toolkit.
€7/month · cancel any time
Post-revenue
Stages and sectors
The benchmarks are Q1 2025 CEE market data from Dealroom, Vestbee and Eleven Ventures, with regional median pre-money valuations from UVCA and Dealroom.
Also on the Founder plan
The nine things European investors expect to see before they take a meeting.
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