Every calculator on the desk

1. Cost — what capital you need to reserve before you raise anything

Every going-public path burns cash before it returns a dollar of proceeds. An S-1 underwritten offering, a Reg A+ Tier 2 raise, and a reverse merger into an existing shell carry different cost structures — underwriting spread, legal, PCAOB audit, exchange or marketplace entry fees, and the smaller line items (transfer agent, EDGAR filing agent, D&O insurance) that founders consistently underbudget. The IPO Cost Calculator is the entry point: pick a target market and a listing path, and it returns a sourced range, not a single number, because the real answer depends on the underwriter and counsel you eventually engage.

2. Structure — what the raise does to the cap table you'll defend

A cost estimate only means something once you know what it buys in ownership terms. The Dilution Calculator, Pre-IPO Valuation Calculator, and Authorized vs. Outstanding Calculator answer that — how a new raise, a warrant package, or a convertible note reshapes who owns what, whether your valuation range holds up against comparable listing paths, and whether your charter has room to issue the shares the deal requires without a shareholder vote to raise authorized capital. If the raise involves a corporate action to fix the share price — most commonly a reverse split ahead of an uplisting — the Reverse Stock Split Calculator models the post-split count, price, and the effect on your round-lot holder base, which is a separate test from the bid-price test and gets missed more often than it should.

3. Eligibility — which venue will actually take the filing

Cost and structure are inputs to a binary question: does this company currently qualify for the market it's targeting? The Nasdaq Requirements Checker and OTCQB Requirements Checker run your bid price, stockholders' equity, holder count, and public float against the live eligibility tests for each venue, standard by standard, rather than a single blended threshold. The Public Float Calculator feeds both of those checkers — it separates affiliate-held shares from freely tradable float, which is the number every exchange and marketplace actually tests, not shares outstanding. If the plan is to move up a tier rather than list fresh, the Uplisting Checker scores readiness across the same tests a national exchange will run before it accepts the application.

4. Timeline — sequencing the critical path to first trade

The first three answers converge in the IPO Timeline Generator, which turns your listing path and any eligibility gaps into a month-by-month critical path — audit lookback, S-1 or offering statement drafting and review, market maker sponsorship and Form 211 clearance for reverse mergers, DTC eligibility, and the exchange application window itself.

None of the ten instruments require an account, and none of them send your inputs anywhere — every calculation runs in the browser against the sourced figures in this site's public data file, dated . Treat the outputs as a way to walk into the first call with a banker, auditor, or securities counsel already knowing your rough number, not as a substitute for their engagement letter.