Use cases · For founders
Prove what your software is worth before you give away equity
When you raise, your codebase is usually the largest asset on the table, and the one nobody can value. Codeego turns it into a certified number you can defend, in less than 20 minutes.
- From £99Priced for founders
- < 20 minResults turnaround
- Third-partyCertified valuation
The problem
Pre-seed and seed founders walk into investor meetings with one core asset and no objective way to prove what it’s worth. Investors anchor on revenue you don’t have yet, or discount the founder’s own estimate by default. The result is structurally larger dilution than the company deserves.
Most founders accept this as the cost of raising. It isn’t.
How Codeego helps
What it produces
Codeego produces a certified, third-party valuation of your codebase, built from objective technical indicators and recognised market benchmarks. It quantifies what your team has actually built: development effort, architectural substance, IP defensibility, and replacement cost.
Where it lands
You put it in the data room alongside the financial model. Investors see a methodology-backed number from a trusted third party, not a founder estimate. The conversation moves from “we’ll have to take your word for it” to “let’s talk about valuation.”
A typical scenario
A two-founder fintech raising £1M on SeedLegals runs a Pro assessment for £199. The certified report values their codebase at £680K of replaceable IP. They use it to push their pre-money valuation from £3.5M to £4.2M, recovering roughly four percentage points of equity.
The report cost £199. The equity it protected was worth tens of thousands of pounds.
What you get
The certificate
A certified, independent valuation issued by a Trusted Third Party
The effort estimate
An estimate of the development effort embedded in your code
The number
A defensible number ready for the data room
IP custody
Pro: IP Custody and registration, with cryptographic timestamping
Recommended
Starter
One certified software valuation. Best for first conversations with investors.
Buy StarterPro
Adds IP Custody and registration. Best for live fundraises and formal data rooms.
Buy Pro