Companies · Telecommunications

8X8 Inc /De/

CAMPBELL · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on 8X8 Inc /De/ — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$152.5M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
4.0×
Latest step-up
Top 6%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jan 18 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

8X8 Inc /De/ has raised $152M over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the telecom sector profile.

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

Dormant
  • Last raise 4.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Telecommunications

8X8 Inc /De/ is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from CAMPBELL. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 95% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2022-01-18
First sale
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries B · 2011-09-15 Raised $31M (real) Modeled valuation $589M (est)$31M$589MSeries B2011Series D+ · 2022-01-18 Raised $122M (real) Modeled valuation $1.8B (est)$122M$1.8BSeries D+2022+$122MCumulative $152M

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
Series B$30.6M · 2011
Series D+$121.9M · 2022no Series C on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.8B
Base estimate est.
$669.9M
Conservative case
$3.4B
Upside case
$1.0B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $589.0M · 2011-09-152011Series D+ · modeled $1.8B · 2022-01-182022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
83%
Survival probability
66% low · 91% high
1.20×/yr
Annual markup
1.34×/yr upside case
4.5 yr
Elapsed time used
4.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
124 mo
Avg between rounds
$14.7M/yr
Capital velocity
14.8 yr
On record since
2011
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 39× above median
This company$152.5M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$121.9M
Sector median$135.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 65× above median
This company$1.8B
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 95% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 95% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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.

Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
High Band Holdings, LLCSeries D+$309.3M$4.6B1.42×
8X8 Inc /De/ this companySeries D+$152.5M$1.8B0.58×
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.
Series B$30.6M2011-09-15$170.0M$589.0M85%
Series D+$121.9M2022-01-18$1.0B$1.8B90%
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. Series B$30.6M2011-09-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 71 investors on this round.
  2. Series D+$121.9M2022-01-18
    • Raised again after 124 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Revenue band moved $25M–$100M → $100M+.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
Intelligence
2032 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~124mo cadence
$365.6M
Modeled next size est.range $237.7M$585.0M
4.0×
Last step-up
$14.7M/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
Bryan Martin2 other2022-01
Dan Weirich1 other2011-09
Bryan R Martin2011-09
Christopher L McNiffe2011-09
David Sipes2022-01
Debbie Jo Severin2011-09
Dejan Deklich2022-01
Donn L Wilson2011-09
Guy L Hecker, Jr.2011-09
Kim L Niederman2011-09
Matthew Zinn2022-01
Ramprakash L Narayanaswamy2011-09
Samuel Wilson2022-01
Registry & provenance

8X8 Inc /De/ 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
1023731
SEC CIK
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Dialpad, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries D+$135.9M$2.6Bsame sector · same stage
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

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8os Inc.Other TechnologySeed$14.7M80%
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Frequently asked
How much funding has 8X8 Inc /De/ raised?
8X8 Inc /De/ has raised approximately $152.5M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is 8X8 Inc /De/'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for 8X8 Inc /De/ is approximately $1.8B (modeled range $669.9M–$3.4B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is 8X8 Inc /De/ at?
8X8 Inc /De/'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jan 18.
What does 8X8 Inc /De/ do and where is it based?
8X8 Inc /De/ operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in CAMPBELL.
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