Startups & Scaleups
Digital tax advisoryfor Startups & Scaleups
From incorporation with a backstory through VSOPs to your next round: the topics other firms pass on are our daily business. Digital, fast, and with a team that knows the cap table, Series A and VC.
The right solutions for every company stage
Your partner for the typical topics of founding and growth
Equity programs, incorporation with a backstory, structures for growth and exit: topics many firms avoid. We don't.
Incorporation & contribution
Already up and running, but not incorporated yet? No problem.
The classic case: you've been working for six months, there are customers, expenses, maybe first revenue, and now you want to found the GmbH. Whatever already exists has to move into the company cleanly, in tax terms. We develop the structure that stays lean and still holds up.
- Contribute your existing business cleanly
- Pragmatic instead of overcomplicated
- Clear the pitfalls before incorporation
Growth, expansion & exit
We grow with you
The first holding above the operating GmbH, the US entity, the next funding round: growth means restructuring. We rebuild your structure while the business keeps running: conversions, share swaps, new entities abroad, investors on the cap table. And we factor in due diligence and exit from day one.
- Restructuring & holding: tax-neutral, without standstill
- Tax and financial structures that scale with you
- Funding rounds & exit: ready for any due diligence
Financing & equity
A cap table that also works with the tax office
We see it regularly: startups and scaleups juggle a mix of financing and equity instruments, each treated differently for tax, and many firms bail out at that complexity. That's exactly where we come in: we structure the full spectrum of investor, founder and employee participations on solid legal ground, from the setup through taxation to clean documentation.
- CLA, shares, debt, VSOP, ESOP & real shares under §19a
- Cleanly designed and documented in tax terms
- Legal implementation factored in through our partner law firm
Services at a glance
What we design for you
From the first share to the exit: the topics that land on the table in every growth phase, solved cleanly in tax and in law.
- Employee equity
- VSOP, ESOP and §19a: designed, taxed, documented
- Incorporation advice
- Legal form, cash formation or contribution: the right start
- Contribution & conversion
- Move your existing business into the new company cleanly, in tax terms
- Holding structures
- Set up with foresight, before a funding round or exit comes up
- International expansion
- US subsidiary and more, with double taxation treaties and partner firms on the ground
- Ongoing accounting & payroll
- Bookkeeping, payroll and year-end digital from one source, even with fast growth
… and the other typical topics that come up in founding and growth. Just ask us.
What our clients say
„With Vantoya, we've found a reliable partner who not only manages our accounting efficiently and digitally. What we particularly value is their proactive communication – they think along with us, respond quickly, and truly help us move forward.“
Niklas Janka, Founder
Ready for the right tax advisor by your side?
Tell us briefly where you stand. We'll show you what's possible in tax terms.
How we work digitally
From receipt to board reporting, one continuous process.
Data flows in automatically, gets processed with control, and comes back as clarity, without you chasing anyone on the phone.
More on digital tax advisoryLarge enough to deliver, small enough to care.
More than tax
Part of a network you can rely on
Topics like equity, funding rounds or expansion are never just about tax. Whatever legal work hangs off them, we can solve it from one source through a network of strong partners, instead of sending you elsewhere.
- We handle the tax structuring ourselves
- Corporate law through our partner law firm
- International work with partners on the ground
- Coordinated through Vantoya, one point of contact
„Vantoya delivers advice to the point: fast, precise, and thorough. We keep only what demonstrably works and rethink tax advisory on that basis. The result is a modern service with efficient solutions that give our clients more clarity, less effort, and measurable benefits.“
Board Member & Head of Tax, Vantoya
These companies trust us
Services
What we take off your plate
Financial accounting
Receipts flow to us through interfaces, even at high speed. Numbers that hold up in board meetings and due diligence.
Learn morePayroll accounting
Payroll for startups and scale-ups, even with fast-growing teams, VSOP and ESOP, with nothing left hanging.
Learn moreAnnual accounts & tax returns
Reviewed in a four-eyes process and filed on time, even with holding structures and international matters.
Learn moreTax advisory
Equity, funding rounds, restructuring and exit: shaped, not just administered.
Learn moreCommon questions about tax advisory for startups & scaleups
The points where things most often get stuck for startups and scaleups, answered clearly. If your topic isn't here, just drop us a line.
We specialise in exactly the topics many firms shy away from: equity programs, incorporation with a history, funding rounds and exit. As a tax advisor for startups and scaleups, we work digitally, fast and with a team that lives cap table, Series A and VC every day.
No, but it needs to be solved cleanly. If there were already customers, revenue or expenses before incorporation, the existing business has to be contributed into the company correctly, in tax terms. We keep it as lean as possible.
Yes, we have solid experience here. We design equity programs (VSOP, ESOP, real shares under §19a), clarify the taxation and document everything cleanly. We factor in the legal implementation directly through a partner law firm.
Yes. We know due diligence processes from both the buyer and the seller side and support you across the board. At the same time, in day-to-day advisory we keep auditability and the typical requirements of different financing instruments in view with you.
Yes. The German side, with the Foreign Tax Act and double taxation treaties, is our core. For the local side (e.g. a US subsidiary), we work with partner firms on the ground.
Yes, and we keep the effort low for you. We take over the communication with the previous firm, transfer your relevant tax data and ensure a clean handover with no gaps.
Contact
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Tell us briefly about your situation, and we'll get back to you with a first assessment and the next steps.