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10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc

LOUISVILLE · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$630K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 73%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Nov 02 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.63× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2010–2012 (1459 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was Undated with $424K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 28% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 28% of Other peers; modeled value is above 24% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Lower applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in Undated: $424K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $424K on .
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Other

10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from LOUISVILLE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 28% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · Raised $424K (real) Modeled valuation $707K (est)$424K$707KPre-SeedPre-Seed · 2011-11-02 Raised $206K (real) Modeled valuation $4.8M (est)$206K$4.8MPre-Seed2011+$206KCumulative $630K

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$424K
Pre-Seed extension$206K · 2011

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.8M
Base estimate est.
$137K
Conservative case
$53.9M
Upside case
$1.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $707K · Pre-Seed · modeled $4.8M · 2011-11-022011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
502 mo
Avg between rounds
$15K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$630K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$206K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$4.8M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 28% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 24% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1035 of 1,459.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Crown Rock Lenders, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Lucas Venture Group V, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Attitude Drinks Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $23.1M (est)Direct 2 Manufacturer, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Suter Joshua Scott · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Joy Of The Game, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Federated Sports & Gaming, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $23.1M (est)palm springs Autodrome Holdings · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Bread 'N Butter, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Uniteus Entertainment LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Bigger Picture Group LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)LocalShares, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc (this company) Raised $630K · modeled $4.8M (est)10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Crown Rock Lenders, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Lucas Venture Group V, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Attitude Drinks Inc.Pre-Seed$2.5M$23.1M3.07×
Direct 2 Manufacturer, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Suter Joshua ScottPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Joy Of The Game, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Federated Sports & Gaming, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.1M$23.1M3.07×
palm springs Autodrome HoldingsPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Bread 'N Butter, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Uniteus Entertainment LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Bigger Picture Group LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
LocalShares, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc this companyPre-Seed$630K$4.8M0.63×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$206K2011-11-02$1.1M$4.8M90%
Pre-Seed$424K$2.4M$707K90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$206K2011-11-02
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
2053 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~502mo cadence
$206K
Modeled next size est.range $206K$329K
0.5×
Last step-up
$15K/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
TERRENCE FINLEY245 other2011-11
LINDSEY HEUMANN188 other2011-11
Joshua Cooper20 other
Registry & provenance

10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1532884
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc raised?
10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc has raised approximately $630K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc is approximately $4.8M (modeled range $137K–$53.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc at?
10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Nov 02.
What does 10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc do and where is it based?
10 Footstepsinthesand/Haute Volta, Llc operates in the Other sector, based in LOUISVILLE.
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