Companies · Manufacturing

Aktv8 Llc

BRIGHTON · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Aktv8 Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.9M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 53%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Mar 08 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Aktv8 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. Valuation uses the manufacturing sector profile.

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 0.20× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2019–2021 (134 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Aktv8 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
10.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $1.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 48% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 48% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 25% 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
Normal 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.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2016: $1.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.1M on 2016-02-16.
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 Manufacturing

Aktv8 Llc is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from BRIGHTON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 48% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
4
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2019-03-08
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2016-02-16 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$1.1M$13MSeed2016Seed · 2017-08-31 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $6.1M (est)$500K$6.1MSeed2017Seed · 2019-03-08 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $3.7M (est)$300K$3.7MSeed2019+$500K+$300KCumulative $1.9M

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
Seed$1.1M · 2016
Seed extension$500K · 2017
Seed extension$300K · 2019

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.7M
Base estimate est.
$275K
Conservative case
$28.9M
Upside case
$1.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $13.5M · 2016-02-162016Seed · modeled $6.1M · 2017-08-31Seed · modeled $3.7M · 2019-03-082019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$622K/yr
Capital velocity
10.4 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 0.9× of median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.7M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 48% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 25% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #121 of 134.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Go Africa LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Alpen High Performance Products, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Rhino Health Inc. · Seed Raised $7.0M · modeled $46.8M (est)DCG Lounger Growth, LLC · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $45.1M (est)Mile High Bioscience, LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $43.5M (est)Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.9M · modeled $42.9M (est)RADCO Ventures LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.9M (est)Pinewell RF LP · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.6M (est)Lianluo Smart Ltd · Seed Raised $8.1M · modeled $42.1M (est)Zinc-Polymer Investor Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $42.0M (est)Otto Aviation Group, LLC · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $39.5M (est)CyH.COM LLC · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $38.6M (est)Aktv8 Llc (this company) Raised $1.9M · modeled $3.7M (est)Aktv8 Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Go Africa LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.62×
Alpen High Performance Products, Inc.Seed$4.0M$49.1M2.62×
Rhino Health Inc.Seed$7.0M$46.8M2.50×
DCG Lounger Growth, LLCSeed$3.7M$45.1M2.41×
Mile High Bioscience, LLCSeed$3.5M$43.5M2.32×
Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc.Seed$4.9M$42.9M2.29×
RADCO Ventures LLCSeed$3.5M$42.9M2.29×
Pinewell RF LPSeed$3.5M$42.6M2.27×
Lianluo Smart LtdSeed$8.1M$42.1M2.24×
Zinc-Polymer Investor Holdings, LLCSeed$3.4M$42.0M2.24×
Otto Aviation Group, LLCSeed$3.9M$39.5M2.10×
CyH.COM LLCSeed$3.1M$38.6M2.06×
Aktv8 Llc this companySeed$1.9M$3.7M0.20×
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.
Seed$1.1M2016-02-16$5.5M$13.5M85%
Seed$500K2017-08-31$2.5M$6.1M90%
Seed$300K2019-03-08$1.5M$3.7M90%
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. Seed$1.1M2016-02-16
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$500K2017-08-31
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Seed$300K2019-03-08
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$300K
Modeled next size est.range $300K$480K
0.6×
Last step-up
$622K/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
Robert Holland3 other2019-03
GARY MEYERS1 other2016-02
David Bovenizer2016-02
John Sztykiel2016-02
Joshua Coombs2016-02
Patrick Laphen2016-02
Tom Zagotta2016-02
Registry & provenance

Aktv8 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
1667054
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Aktv8 Llc raised?
Aktv8 Llc has raised approximately $1.9M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Aktv8 Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Aktv8 Llc is approximately $3.7M (modeled range $275K–$28.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Aktv8 Llc at?
Aktv8 Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Mar 08.
What does Aktv8 Llc do and where is it based?
Aktv8 Llc operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in BRIGHTON.
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