Equity checker
Enter what the letter says. Grantwise fills the rest — dilution, liquidation preference, exercise cost, AMT, and tax — across four exit outcomes from acqui-hire to great IPO.
Educational estimate only. Grantwise is not tax, legal, investment, or compensation advice.
Best case
$5.8M
Solid exit
$255.1K
AMT exposure
$10.5K
Offer model
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Grantwise Score
strong
This offer has a healthy balance of upside and risk.
Confidence
Core ownership, strike, dilution, preference, tax, and exercise inputs are present.
Salary context missing
Cash tradeoff unknown
Preference risk contained
Dilution looks manageable
Meaningful upside
Some downside value
Visible assumptions
Common downside
$11,375
Estimated net after exercise cost and tax
At this acqui-hire outcome, your 0.300% diluted stake nets $11,375 after tax and exercise cost, or $1 per option.
The company sells mostly for the team. Your grant may have value, but preference stacks and low proceeds can make the net outcome modest.
Solid exit
$255,125
Estimated net after exercise cost and tax
At this acquisition outcome, your 0.300% diluted stake nets $255,125 after tax and exercise cost, or $26 per option.
A meaningful sale creates room for common shareholders, but dilution, strike cost, and tax still remove a large part of the headline value.
Good public outcome
$1,551,875
Estimated net after exercise cost and tax
At this modest ipo outcome, your 0.300% diluted stake nets $1,551,875 after tax and exercise cost, or $155 per option.
A strong but not legendary IPO can turn options into material wealth if your ownership survives dilution and the strike price is low enough.
Best case
$5,841,875
Estimated net after exercise cost and tax
At this great ipo outcome, your 0.300% diluted stake nets $5,841,875 after tax and exercise cost, or $584 per option.
This is the optimistic path where the company compounds into a major public business. Treat it as upside, not the expected case.
These are illustrative estimates only. Real outcomes depend on cap table terms, dilution, preference structure, taxes, and factors not modeled here. Not financial, tax, legal, or investment advice.
One question
Outcome chart
Equity waterfall
How exit value turns into estimated employee net value after preference, exercise cost, and taxes.
Sensitivity analysis
The modeled net value changes substantially across exit scenarios.
If the company exits below investor expectations, common shares may receive much less than the IPO case suggests.
Cumulative dilution is modeled at 25.0%, reducing your ownership before exit.
More financing can grow the company while still reducing your slice of it.
In smaller exits, preferred shareholders may absorb proceeds before common shareholders receive value.
A company can be acquired and still leave employee common shares with little value.
The effective tax assumption is 35%, which directly reduces taxable gain.
Questions
These documents help verify the core assumptions behind the offer.
Equity should be evaluated together with salary, not in isolation.
Negotiation prompts
Investor preferences can reduce common shareholder proceeds in smaller exits.
Ask for the total liquidation preference outstanding and whether any preferences are participating.
Future add-on
V1 keeps the model focused on one grant. The interface is ready for a side-by-side comparison flow when the second-offer model is added.
Keep a summary
Four scenarios
No single fantasy number.
Dilution included
Your percentage rarely stays fixed.
Tax-aware
Simple rates, user override.
No account
Calculate without handing over data.
Report contents
The printable report includes your inputs, dilution assumption, selected tax rate, scenario table, and a clear disclaimer. It is meant for discussion, not as advice.