Capital Stack Calculator
Get AI-powered recommendations for your optimal funding mix across all 12 capital layers, from R&D tax credits and grants to venture debt and equity. Minimize dilution with advanced scenario modeling.
The Grantverse Method
Traditional approach: Raise $5M all in equity → 30 to 40% dilution
Our 12-layer approach: Same $5M → Only 15 to 20% dilution
Result: You keep 25% MORE of your company!
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What is a capital stack?
Your capital stack is the full mix of funding you use to grow, ordered from least to most dilutive. Most founders reach for equity first and give up ownership they did not need to. Grantverse maps all 12 layers of capital so you can fund as much of your plan as possible before you ever price an equity round.
The 12 capital layers
The calculator models your optimal funding mix across every layer, sequenced to minimise dilution:
- R&D tax credits
- Grants
- Government loans
- Competitions and prizes
- Corporate credits
- Program-related investments
- Green financing
- Revenue-based financing
- Invoice financing
- Venture debt
- Government procurement
- Equity
How it works
Enter how much you want to raise and a few details about your stage and sector. The calculator recommends how much to target from each layer, models the dilution you avoid, and shows the order to pursue them in. Want it tailored to real, open programmes you qualify for? Get your free Funding Readiness Score and browse matched opportunities, or see how Grantverse works.