PrivateTechShares

Overview

PrivateTechShares is an education-and-tools resource for holders of private-company equity — founders, employees with vested ESOP options, leavers and early angels. It pairs free, no-signup calculators with sourced country tax guides and paid PDF/Excel/Word toolkits built for running a small secondary sale in the US or Europe.

Core Tools and Workflow

• Equity estimator prices a stake off the last-round share price, then discounts for common vs. preferred stock and liquidity stage to return a range rather than a single figure.
• Exercise calculator outputs strike cost, paper gain and a rough country tax note; a US variant layers in AMT and ordinary-income treatment.
• Can-I-sell check screens holdings, vesting status, right of first refusal and board approval across four questions.
• Country playbooks cover Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland, alongside US ISO/NSO and QSBS material.

Pricing and Scope

Free tools and the Equity Starter Kit require no account or email. The US and Europe toolkits are each $39/€39, a combined bundle is €59, and a personalised Equity Position Report runs $129, or $249 with human review. The platform states plainly that it is not a broker: it does not hold shares, introduce buyers or take a cut of transactions, positioning itself as preparation support that feeds into a lawyer, notary or tax adviser.