Services
What We Offer
The Allanytics team consists of skilled valuation experts who have collectively completed over 10,000 valuations over the past two decades across various industries. Our clients rely on us for dependable business valuation services and guidance as they scale their businesses from seed to exit.
Fair value standards and applications can be complex, and our team has experience across a wide spectrum of accounting standards under U.S. GAAP and IFRS. We follow best practices by staying up to date on industry developments and guidance issued by institutions such as the AICPA and the Appraisal Foundation.
Our valuation professionals provide sophisticated, supportable, and audit-ready valuation services. With a large team of professionals—including qualified MBAs, CFAs, CVAs, and CPAs—we ensure an efficient valuation process that withstands audit and regulatory scrutiny.
409A Valuation Services
Allanytics offers audit-ready 409A valuation services for companies of every size, industry, and stage through a team of highly experienced valuation specialists. Our team provides high-quality, defensible valuation services to support your option grants within a Safe Harbor framework.
We utilize the most applicable and defensible methodologies for your 409A valuation regardless of business structure—including partnerships, LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations. Our team collaborates closely with you, your CFO, and your finance or accounting teams to ensure alignment with your financial strategies.
When You Need a 409A Valuation
- Issuing stock options or other equity awards for the first time.
- Closing a new equity funding round or experiencing a material financing event.
- Experiencing significant changes in revenue, profitability, or business outlook.
- Undergoing material changes in capital structure, strategy, or leadership.
- Preparing for an IPO, acquisition, or other exit event.
Our 409A Methodology
We apply income, market, and—where appropriate—asset-based approaches to estimate enterprise value, using inputs such as financial projections, comparable company data, recent transactions, and terms of your latest financing rounds.
We then allocate value across share classes using approaches such as:
- Option Pricing Method (OPM)
- Probability-Weighted Expected Return Method (PWERM)
- Current Value Method (CVM)
- Hybrid methods
The choice of method depends on company stage and capital structure.
409A Deliverables
- Comprehensive 409A valuation report (typically 30–50 pages).
- Fair market value conclusion for common stock (per share).
- Description of methodologies, assumptions, and key inputs.
- Cap table reconciliation and option pricing model outputs.
- Industry and economic overview to support market context.
- Post deliverable support for auditor, board, or tax advisor questions.
ASC 718 / IFRS 2 – Stock-Based Compensation Valuation
Equity compensation—such as stock options, RSUs, and performance-based awards—is a cornerstone of modern compensation strategies. For startups and global enterprises alike, equity incentives help attract top talent, align incentives, and drive long-term growth.
However, these benefits come with significant accounting complexity.
Two key standards govern the accounting of share-based payments:
- ASC 718 (U.S. GAAP)
- IFRS 2 (International Financial Reporting Standards)
Both frameworks require companies to:
- Fair Value Measurement – Awards must be valued at the grant date using accepted models for accurate expense recognition.
- Expense Recognition – Costs are amortized over the vesting period to alignwith employee service.
- Detailed Disclosures – Transparent reporting builds investor and auditor trust.
While the objectives are similar, ASC 718 and IFRS 2 differ in areas such as forfeiture treatment, tax accounting, and modification rules—making expertise essential for compliance, especially for cross-border operations.
When Do You Need This Reporting / When to Revisit Calculations?
- New equity grants
- Funding rounds impacting valuation assumptions
- Strategic partnerships or acquisitions that change enterprise value
- Plan modifications (repricing, accelerated vesting, etc.)
Our Approach
- Fair Value Modeling – Black-Scholes, binomial, and Monte Carlo simulations
- Expense Attribution – Straight-line or graded schedules
- Modification Accounting – Adjustments for repricing, acceleration, or plan changes
- Disclosure Preparation – Clear, audit-ready footnotes for ASC 718 and IFRS 2
Deliverables / What You Will Receive
- Comprehensive ASC 718 / IFRS 2 report
- Expense schedules and amortization tables
- Valuation models with assumptions documentation
- Audit-ready support
Portfolio Valuation – ASC 820 Fair Value Measurement
Allanytics stays at the forefront of evolving accounting and valuation guidance, including the AICPA’s guides for the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry and the Appraisal Foundation’s Draft Guide on Professional Interactions Unique to Fair Value for Financial Reporting. Our team continuously monitors regulatory developments to ensure our valuation methodologies remain current, defensible, and audit-ready.
We bring deep experience in providing portfolio valuations for investment funds ranging from $500 million to multi-billion dollars in AUM, covering portfolios with 30 to over 400 portfolio companies. Our clients span venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, institutional asset managers, insurance companies, banks, business development companies, and high-net-worth investors.
Our valuation practices are fully aligned with ASC 820, ensuring compliance with fair value measurement, hierarchy classification, and disclosure requirements. We also deliver independent, well-documented valuation opinions that meet financial reporting requirements under US GAAP and IFRS, supporting audit scrutiny and regulatory expectations.
We apply a robust framework tailored to the stage, structure, and risk profile of each investment: Income Approach – Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, commonly used for later-stage companies with measurable cash flows. Market Approach – Including Guideline Public Company (GPC), Guideline Transaction (GTM), and Backsolve or Post-Money Valuation methods, leveraging comparable company and transaction data. Asset Approach – Valuation based on net asset values, particularly relevant for asset-intensive businesses For Private Equity portfolios, we also support commonly used allocation methodologies such as the Waterfall or Current Value Method (CVM), Common Stock Equivalents (CSE), and Option Pricing Method (OPM), ensuring accurate allocation across capital structures.
Portfolio valuation is not a one-time exercise. Depending on fund requirements and reporting needs, valuations may be performed monthly, quarterly, annually, or on an as-needed basis. We utilize advanced databases, valuation models, and market data sources to deliver accurate valuations across both liquid and illiquid securities. By partnering with Allanytics, clients gain a trusted valuation advisor who helps navigate portfolio valuation complexities—enhancing transparency, consistency, and confidence in financial reporting while meeting the expectations of auditors, regulators, and investors.
Read MoreGift & Estate Valuation Services
Accurate and defensible valuations are essential when transferring wealth, planning estates, or gifting equity interests. At Allanytics, we provide independent, IRS-compliant Gift & Estate Valuations to support tax filings, succession planning, wealth transfer strategies, and charitable contributions. Our reports are built to withstand IRS examination and ensure peace of mind for families, advisors, and fiduciaries.
Common Gift & Estate Valuation Scenarios
- Lifetime gifts of minority or controlling interests in private companies, FLPs, or LLCs
- Estate tax filings requiring valuations of business interests, notes, or real-estate-holding entities
- Funding and valuation of GRATs, IDGTs, CRTs, and similar trusts
- Charitable donations of closely held equity requiring FMV supportable by documentation
Key Valuation Considerations
- Ownership level and control rights
- Transfer restrictions, governance terms, and distribution policies
- Liquidity and marketability (DLOC/DLOM development)
- Entity structure and tax profile
- Economic, industry, and company-specific risks
Gift & Estate Deliverables
- Comprehensive valuation report detailing methods, assumptions, and conclusions
- Empirical support for DLOC and DLOM estimates
- Review of governing agreements and legal documents
- Support during IRS examination or estate administration, if required