A Series A SaaS company defended its valuation through three rounds of investor diligence — without a single methodology challenge.
FULL REPORT IN 12 DAYS · ZERO METHODOLOGY OBJECTIONS
Independent Valuation Advisory · Pan-India
A valuation you can defend — in the boardroom, before the regulator, in court.
Fintellectual Valuation is a partner-led, pure-play valuation practice covering business, startup, IP, ESOP and FEMA valuation, purchase price allocation, fair value measurement and impairment testing.
Indicative range in 5–7 business days · Full report in 10–15 · Fixed fee
IBBI Registered Valuer — SFA
Member, ICAI
Sec. 247, Companies Act 2013
IVS & ICAI Valuation Standards
Fixed-fee engagements
§ 01 — Who We Help
Your situation, not our org chart.
Five kinds of clients drive nearly every valuation mandate. Start from who you are — we'll take it from there.
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Startups
Startups & Founders
"Your valuation should help you raise, not slow you down."
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Funds
Investors & Funds
"Valuations that survive your LPs' and auditors' hardest questions."
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Corporates
SMEs & Corporates
"Your auditor signs off the first time — not the third."
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Legal
Legal Firms
"Not just a number — a defensible argument."
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Partners
Tax Consultants & CAs
"Fast turnaround, clean reports — your client relationship stays yours."
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§ 02 — Services
Eight ways to answer one question: what is it worth?
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Business Valuation
A defensible opinion of what your business is worth — for transactions, planning or dispute.
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Startup Valuation
Fundraising and 409A-equivalent valuations delivered before the board deadline, not after it.
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IP Valuation
A credible number on brands, patents and technology — for licensing, transfer or litigation.
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ESOP Valuation
ESOP fair values that survive auditor and tax authority review the first time.
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FEMA Valuation
RBI- and FEMA-compliant valuations for cross-border share transfers and FDI filings.
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Purchase Price Allocation
Ind AS-compliant PPA that stands up to your auditor after the deal closes.
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Fair Value Measurement
Audit-ready fair value marks for portfolios, instruments and financial reporting.
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Impairment Testing
Impairment analyses your statutory auditor accepts — without a third iteration.
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§ 03 — Why Fintellectual
Why not a Big Four firm — or a random CA?
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◆ Senior continuity
The valuer who scopes your engagement is the same person who signs and defends it. No hand-off to a rotating junior team mid-way.
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◆ Decision speed
Indicative valuation range within 5–7 business days for standard mandates; full report within 10–15. Quantified, because your deadline is.
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◆ Methodology transparency
Built on IVS, ICAI valuation standards and IBBI norms, triangulated across approaches — standards named and auditable, not asserted.
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◆ Fixed-fee commercials
Scope-bound, fixed-fee engagements with no hourly surprises. You know the fee before the work starts.
We don't compete with the Big Four on size. We compete on the thing that actually wins valuation mandates at your scale — a senior expert who answers your calls and meets your deadline.See the full comparison →
§ 04 — How We Work
Rigor you can watch happen.
One framework, engineered to hold up across FEMA and RBI compliance, tax scrutiny, investor diligence and litigation.
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Scope
Purpose, standard of value, regulation in play, and deadline — agreed with a senior valuer before any fee is quoted.
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Analyse
Business economics, market evidence and comparable transactions — researched, not lifted from a template.
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Triangulate
Income, market and cost approaches reconciled into one concluded range, with every assumption documented.
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Deliver & Defend
A signed report plus a plain-English value narrative — and the valuer stays available to defend it under questioning.
§ 05 — Proof
Built for scrutiny. Tested by it.
Representative engagements, anonymised for confidentiality.
A mid-market manufacturer closed a cross-border share transfer with the valuation accepted by the AD bank and statutory auditor on first submission.
FIRST-PASS ACCEPTANCE · RBI/FEMA COMPLIANT
§ 06 — Insights
Thinking in public.
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ESOP · Compliance
3 mistakes that get ESOP valuations rejected by auditors
The recurring gaps that turn a routine sign-off into a three-round negotiation — and how to avoid each one.
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Methodology
DCF vs comparable company method: which does your valuation actually need?
When projections carry the argument, when the market does — and why credible reports usually triangulate both.
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Tax · Regulation
Section 56(2)(viib): when the tax officer questions your share premium
What the "angel tax" provision actually requires from a valuation report, and where templated reports fall down.
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§ 07 — Next Step
When the number matters, get one that holds.
Tell us the purpose and the deadline. A senior valuer — not a sales layer — will come back with a scope, a fixed fee and a committed timeline.