A free public library of financial tools, calculators, and educational resources. Built by M&A practitioners. Available to everyone, permanently.
No paywalls. No sign-ups. No sales funnels. Just practical tools and plain-language resources that help people understand finance, valuation, and capital growth.
Who This Is For
Whether you are a student learning the basics, an educator building a curriculum, or a professional working through a real decision, these tools are designed to be immediately useful.
Practical tools that make abstract financial concepts tangible. Use them alongside textbooks, in assignments, or just to explore how money actually works.
Free to embed in course materials, link from syllabuses, or use in classroom demonstrations. All tools are citable and maintained by practitioners.
Tools built from real transaction experience. Use them to model decisions, stress-test assumptions, or quickly illustrate concepts to stakeholders.
Free Calculators & Tools
Five interactive tools available now. Each includes a calculator, educational context, and plain-language explanations of the underlying concepts.
Calculate how an initial investment grows over time with regular contributions and compounding. Visualise the difference compounding frequency makes to your final balance.
Open CalculatorSee the real purchasing power of your savings after inflation. Compare nominal and inflation-adjusted returns side by side.
Open CalculatorEstimate how many years until you reach financial independence based on your income, expenses, current assets, and expected investment returns.
Open CalculatorGet an indicative valuation range for a SaaS business based on ARR, growth rate, churn, and margin. Includes multiple methodology outputs.
Open CalculatorCompare all-cash, earnout, vendor finance, staged acquisition, and equity rollover structures side by side. Model buyer and seller outcomes across scenarios.
Open ToolPersonal Finance
Practical calculators for everyday financial decisions.
Monthly repayments, total interest paid, and full amortisation schedule. Compare extra repayment scenarios.
Open CalculatorSplit your income into needs, wants, and savings automatically. Visualise where your money goes.
Open CalculatorSet a savings target and calculate how long it will take to reach it with regular contributions.
Open CalculatorCompare the avalanche and snowball debt payoff methods. See total interest paid and time to debt-free.
Open CalculatorFind out exactly how much you need in your emergency fund and how long it will take to build it.
Open CalculatorCompare the total cost of renting vs buying over any period. Find the break-even point.
Open CalculatorCalculate your Australian take-home pay after income tax, Medicare levy, and super. 2025-26 rates.
Open CalculatorAssets minus liabilities with full category breakdown. Understand your complete financial position.
Open CalculatorCalculate compound annual growth rate, total return, and projected portfolio value. Compare scenarios.
Open CalculatorProject your super balance at retirement. Updated for 2025-26 super guarantee rate (11.5%).
Open CalculatorComing Soon
The following tools are being built and will be added throughout 2026.
Normalise seller discretionary earnings. Identify add-backs, one-offs, and owner-specific costs.
Coming 2026Model earnout payments across multiple performance scenarios. Expected vs worst-case payouts.
Coming 2026Sector-specific revenue and EBITDA multiples for SaaS, fintech, content, and gaming verticals.
Coming 2026Estimate capital gains tax on property and share sales. Australian and international scenarios.
Coming 2026Open Resource & Institutions
All Acquiry Knowledge tools are freely available for any educational, personal, or professional purpose. No licence required, no permission needed, no cost.
Add any tool URL to your LMS, syllabus, or reading list. All tools are stable, permanently hosted URLs.
All tools can be embedded via iframe in Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, or any web-based learning platform.
Full citation details are provided below. Tools are authored, dated, and maintained for academic referencing.
Tools are reviewed and updated regularly. The changelog below tracks all additions and modifications.
Boyton, J. (2026). Acquiry Knowledge Hub [Interactive financial tools]. Acquiry. https://www.acquiry.com/knowledge/ APA 7th Edition format. Replace tool name and URL for individual tools.
All Acquiry Knowledge tools are free to use, link, embed, and cite for educational, personal, and non-commercial purposes. Attribution to Acquiry is appreciated but not required. No permission needed.
Editorial Standards
Every tool in the Knowledge Hub is built to a consistent standard by practitioners who use these frameworks in live transactions.
Tools are designed by Acquiry's M&A team based on frameworks used in real transactions. Not by content writers or generalist developers.
All calculations are cross-checked against established financial models. Assumptions and limitations are documented on each tool page.
Every tool includes an explanation of the underlying concept, what the outputs mean, and how to interpret the results in practice.
Tools are reviewed regularly. When assumptions change or improvements are made, the changelog is updated and the tool is re-dated.
Changelog
A record of all tools added, updated, or planned. Updated each time the Knowledge Hub changes.
Browse by Topic
The Knowledge Hub is organised around six core areas. Each category will expand with new tools, guides, and resources throughout 2026.
Compound interest, savings growth, budgeting frameworks, and the fundamentals of building long-term wealth.
1 live · 4 comingReal returns, inflation adjustment, asset allocation, and the principles of long-term portfolio construction.
1 live · 2 comingRevenue multiples, EBITDA frameworks, SaaS-specific metrics, and what drives enterprise value in digital businesses.
1 live · 2 comingDeal structures, earnout mechanics, asset vs share sale, and practical frameworks for buying and selling businesses.
1 live · 2 comingFinancial independence, retirement modelling, savings targets, and building a framework for long-term financial clarity.
1 live · 3 comingCompounding mechanics, reinvestment strategies, and the mathematical foundations of long-term capital accumulation.
0 live · 2 comingWhy This Exists
Acquiry builds and maintains practical educational tools to make financial concepts easier to understand and apply. This resource hub is designed to be freely accessible and continuously expanded over time.
We work with founders, investors, and operators on complex transactions every day. The Knowledge Hub is our way of making the underlying frameworks and tools available to anyone who wants to use them.
Every tool is built to be genuinely useful. There are no paywalls, no required sign-ups, and no hidden sales funnels. If a tool exists here, it is because it solves a real problem.
Educational Guides
Practical guides covering core financial and M&A concepts. Written for founders, investors, operators, and financially curious readers.
A plain-language explanation of compounding mechanics, why time is the most important variable, and how to use it to your advantage.
Available via CalculatorWhy nominal returns are misleading, how to calculate real purchasing power, and what inflation means for long-term savings strategies.
Available via CalculatorThe key factors that determine why some businesses sell at 2x revenue and others at 12x. Covers growth, retention, margin, and market positioning.
Available via SaaS CalculatorA practical breakdown of the two most common deal structures, including tax treatment, liability transfer, and which structure suits which situation.
Available via Deal ToolHow deals are structured, why structure matters as much as price, and the five most common structures used in digital business transactions.
Available via Deal ToolWhere the 4% withdrawal rate comes from, what the research actually says, and how to apply it to your own financial independence planning.
Coming SoonResource Library
The Knowledge Hub is structured to expand across multiple resource types. New content is added continuously across all categories.
Interactive financial tools
Practical process guides
Downloadable frameworks
Plain-language guides
Side-by-side analysis
Acquiry advises on the acquisition and sale of digital businesses globally. If you are working through a real transaction, we can help.