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Anchor Balloon, Inc.

PORTAGE · Biotechnology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Anchor Balloon, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 67%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Mar 22 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Anchor Balloon, Inc. looks under-valued against its niche peers and is quiet on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the biotech 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 0.61× the median modeled value of Seed Biotechnology companies in 2022–2024 (207 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 2.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector cadence.
Leadership

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

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Where it sits in Biotechnology

Anchor Balloon, Inc. is one of 4291 Biotechnology companies tracked from PORTAGE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 34% 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
36
Investors (latest)
2024-03-22
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2020-01-20 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $67M (est)$1.5M$67MSeed2020Seed · 2024-03-22 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $8.7M (est)$1.5M$8.7MSeed2024+$1.5MCumulative $3.0M

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$1.5M · 2020
Seed extension$1.5M · 2024

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
$8.7M
Base estimate est.
$1.1M
Conservative case
$25.0M
Upside case
$7.7M
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 biotech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $66.6M · 2020-01-202020Seed · modeled $8.7M · 2024-03-222024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
32%
Survival probability
14% low · 50% high
1.74×/yr
Annual markup
2.28×/yr upside case
2.3 yr
Elapsed time used
2.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
biotech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
50 mo
Avg between rounds
$730K/yr
Capital velocity
6.4 yr
On record since
2020
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4291 companies in Biotechnology. 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) 0.4× of median
This company$3.0M
Sector median$7.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$8.7M
Sector median$64.2M

Raised more than 34% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 17% 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 #141 of 207.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Mesentech Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $65.6M (est)Marlinspike Therapeutics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $64.3M (est)Microbial Machines, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $63.6M (est)Pearl Diagnostics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $62.8M (est)Crossfire Medical Inc · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $57.5M (est)Design Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $56.9M (est)Tekv Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $55.4M (est)Mi-Helper, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $50.9M (est)Thelium Therapeutics Inc. · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $50.7M (est)Turtle Health, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.7M · modeled $49.1M (est)Accufix Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.2M · modeled $46.7M (est)Kyttaro Ltd · Seed Raised $5.2M · modeled $45.5M (est)Anchor Balloon, Inc. (this company) Raised $3.0M · modeled $8.7M (est)Anchor Balloon, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mesentech Inc.Seed$3.9M$65.6M4.61×
Marlinspike Therapeutics, Inc.Seed$3.5M$64.3M4.52×
Microbial Machines, Inc.Seed$3.9M$63.6M4.47×
Pearl Diagnostics, Inc.Seed$3.5M$62.8M4.41×
Crossfire Medical IncSeed$3.0M$57.5M4.04×
Design Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Seed$3.0M$56.9M4.00×
Tekv Holdings LLCSeed$4.0M$55.4M3.89×
Mi-Helper, Inc.Seed$4.0M$50.9M3.58×
Thelium Therapeutics Inc.Seed$3.1M$50.7M3.56×
Turtle Health, Inc.Seed$2.7M$49.1M3.45×
Accufix Holdings, Inc.Seed$4.2M$46.7M3.28×
Kyttaro LtdSeed$5.2M$45.5M3.20×
Anchor Balloon, Inc. this companySeed$3.0M$8.7M0.61×
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$1.5M2020-01-20$7.5M$66.6M90%
Seed$1.5M2024-03-22$7.7M$8.7M90%
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$1.5M2020-01-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 20 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.5M2024-03-22
    • Raised again after 50 mo — slower than the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 36 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2028 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~50mo cadence
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.5M$2.5M
1.0×
Last step-up
$730K/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
Patrick Morand4 other2024-03
Vishal Gupta1 other2020-01
Herman Kado2024-03
Registry & provenance

Anchor Balloon, Inc. 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
1800912
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Anchor Balloon, Inc. raised?
Anchor Balloon, Inc. has raised approximately $3.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Anchor Balloon, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Anchor Balloon, Inc. is approximately $8.7M (modeled range $1.1M–$25.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Anchor Balloon, Inc. at?
Anchor Balloon, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Mar 22.
What does Anchor Balloon, Inc. do and where is it based?
Anchor Balloon, Inc. operates in the Biotechnology sector, based in PORTAGE.
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