Valuation & Equity Compliance
Valuations you can defend, delivered fast.
Fairstrike Equity gives finance teams and their counsel audit-ready 409A valuations and a full suite of equity compliance reports — prepared by valuation experts with 20+ years of experience, grounded in IRS, AICPA, and USPAP standards.
Why Fairstrike
Built for every milestone
From your first option grant to an exit, your valuation needs to hold up. Here's how we make sure it does.
Fast turnaround
Draft 409A valuations in as few as 3–5 business days — not the two to three weeks legacy providers quote.
Expert-reviewed
Every report is prepared and reviewed by valuation experts with 20+ years of experience — never a black-box model alone.
Audit-ready
Methodology and workpapers documented to IRS, AICPA, and USPAP standards — with support if your auditor has questions.
Credentials
A fully credentialed, in-house team
No outsourcing, no contractors — every valuation is prepared and reviewed by our own team, credentialed across finance, valuation, and compliance.
Clients served
Trusted by teams like yours
A 409A built on experience, not shortcuts
| Fairstrike Equity | Typical low-cost valuation firms |
|---|---|
| 3–5 business day turnaround on your first draft | Often 2–4 weeks |
| Every report reviewed by a director | Often automated or template-driven |
| Valuation experts with 20+ years of experience | Often junior analysts |
| 100% in-house team, no outsourcing | Work is often outsourced |
A general comparison of typical market offerings. It is not a statement about any specific provider.
Documentation
One valuation, fully documented
Every 409A includes the fair market value per share, the methodology applied — market, income, or asset approach — and the discount for lack of marketability (DLOM), with a clear paper trail your auditors and investors can follow.
- Common stock FMV, backed by a full workpaper file
- OPM, PWERM, or hybrid allocation, matched to your cap table
- Lifetime audit review support at no extra cost
409A · Common Stock FMV
$0.42/share
Full coverage
More than just 409As
As your company grows, so does the range of valuations you need — a new financing, an acquisition, a gift of shares, or an annual impairment test. Fairstrike Equity covers the full lifecycle from one team.
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How it works
How a 409A comes together
Determine enterprise value
We select the market, income, or asset approach appropriate to your stage, industry, and available data.
Allocate to common stock
Using the option pricing model (OPM), a probability-weighted expected return method (PWERM), or a hybrid, we allocate enterprise value across your cap table's share classes.
Apply the marketability discount
A discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) adjusts for the illiquidity of private shares, arriving at the final fair market value.
Products
Four ways we support your cap table
409A Valuations
The valuation that sets your strike price — delivered in 3–5 business days and documented for IRS safe harbor.
Learn more →Managed Services
Let us run your equity compliance calendar — renewals, material-event monitoring, and audit-ready reporting.
Learn more →QSBS Attestation Letters
Independent attestation supporting your company's Qualified Small Business Stock status under IRC Section 1202.
Learn more →Other Valuation Reports
Business, gift & estate, portfolio, intangible asset, and more — the full range your company will ever need.
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