- 409a & Complex Securities Valuations
For the next generation of businesses.
Audit-ready 409a valuations from CFA- and CVA-credentialed analysts—for US companies and non-US companies with cross-border teams. Draft in 2 business days — not weeks.
Draft in 2 business days
CFA & CVA credentialed analysts
IRS audit-ready, every time
Transparent pricing from $899*
Get a real-time estimate of your pre-money valuation
Answer a few quick questions about your stage, funding, and industry. No account, no commitment — just a ballpark to get you started.
This is an instant estimate, not a final valuation. Your official 409A report is prepared and signed off by a credentialed analyst, using deal-specific diligence this quick screener can’t capture.
- Why val409a
Why growing companies choose us
Speed & simplicity
- Draft in 2 business days once documents and a mandatory management discussion are complete
- One streamlined document intake — no endless back-and-forth
- A single point of contact from kickoff to signed report
Expertise & compliance you can trust
- Every valuation built and reviewed by our own CFA- and CVA-credentialed team — never a software shortcut
- Audit-ready reports built to withstand IRS scrutiny
- Cross-border expertise built to support non-US companies with US-citizen team members
Value that respects your runway
- Transparent pricing, no hidden fees or surprise invoices
- One streamlined document intake — no endless back-and-forth
- Refresh support available* as your company evolves — no starting from scratch each time
- The basics
What is a 409a valuation, and why it matters
It sets the fair market value of your company’s common stock for tax purposes — the number that determines your employees’ option strike price and keeps your equity compensation IRS-compliant. Because 409a follows the tax status of the person receiving the equity rather than where your company is headquartered, it applies just as often to companies incorporated outside the US that employ US-citizen team members — anywhere in the world — as it does to companies based in the US. Cross-border compliance is one of the areas we focus on most.
- How we're different
A better way to get a 409a done
The old way
- Weeks of email back-and-forth before anything moves
- Generic templates, or a black-box software model no one can explain
- Unclear pricing, surprise invoices later
- Radio silence until the final report lands
- A static PDF, done once and forgotten
The val409a way
- One streamlined intake plus a mandatory management discussion — draft in 2 business days
- Every model built and reviewed by our own credentialed team — never generated by software
- Transparent, upfront pricing from day one
- Direct access to your analyst throughout
- Refresh as you grow — unlimited refreshes*
- What we offer
Valuation services built for how modern companies grow
- Most requested
409a Valuation
Fair market value of common stock for equity compensation & IRS compliance — our flagship service, built for how startups actually grant equity, wherever they’re incorporated.
- Founder stories
What founders are saying
“We’d just closed our seed round and needed a 409a fast to start granting options to our first hires. val409a had a draft back to us in two days — I wasn’t expecting that from a compliance report.”
Early-stage Saas Company
“I’ve dealt with valuation firms before where you send documents into a black hole. Here we actually had an analyst we could message directly, which made a stressful part of fundraising a lot less stressful.”
Early-stage consumer brand
“We’re incorporated in the UK, but half our engineering team holds US citizenship and works remotely from Europe. I assumed 409a wasn’t our problem – val409a explained exactly why it was, and got us compliant before it became an issue.”
UK-incorporated company, cross-border team
- Proof
See how we've helped companies like yours
Complex Securities
One streamlined intake plus a mandatory management discussion — draft in 2 business days.
409a Valuation
Every model built and reviewed by our own credentialed team — never generated by software
We’ve helped companies
One streamlined intake plus a mandatory management discussion — draft in 2 business days.
Every Model
Every model built and reviewed by our own credentialed team — never generated by software
- Global presence
Five offices, one global team
Five hubs across four continents support our engagements — including firsthand experience with cross-border 409a compliance.
Gurugram, India
Victoria, Australia
Dubai, UAE
Austin, US