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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on 18-year-old — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→18-year-old has raised $435K over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
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18-year-old secures record $435k Dragons’ Den SA investment 0 By Tom Jackson on December 10, 2014 Southern Africa , Startups The first series of Dragons’ Den SA ended last night with 18-year-old entrepreneur Emile McLennan gaining ZAR5 million (US$435,000) in funding from Vinny Lingham for his eShip business. eShip connect shippers with local transporters, allowing a consignor to create a listing for what needs shipping before transporters place competing.
18-year-old secures record $435k Dragons’ Den SA investment 0 By Tom Jackson on December 10, 2014 Southern Africa , Startups The first series of Dragons’ Den SA ended last night with 18-year-old entrepreneur Emile McLennan gaining ZAR5 million (US$435,000) in funding from Vinny Lingham for his eShip business. eShip connect shippers with local transporters, allowing a consignor to create a listing for what needs shipping before transporters place competing.
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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.
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Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. 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.
Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $435K | 2014-12-10 | $2.4M | $10.1M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
18-year-old is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vinny Lingham | Pre-Seed | 55% |
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