Companies · Telecommunications

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc.

FOOTHILL RANCH · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$6.6M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 40%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 16 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. 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 telecom 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 0.19× the median modeled value of Series A Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (60 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.5 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

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from FOOTHILL RANCH. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 61% 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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2009-06-04 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $32M (est)$1.5M$32MSeed2009Series A · 2010-10-04 Raised $4.1M (real) Modeled valuation $72M (est)$4.1M$72MSeries A2010Series A · 2011-12-16 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $18M (est)$1.0M$18MSeries A2011+$4.1M+$1.0MCumulative $6.6M

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 · 2009
Series A$4.1M · 2010
Series A extension$1.0M · 2011

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$17.5M
Base estimate est.
$1.3M
Conservative case
$95.3M
Upside case
$4.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $32.3M · 2009-06-042009Series A · modeled $71.8M · 2010-10-04Series A · modeled $17.5M · 2011-12-162011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
53%
Survival probability
29% low · 73% high
1.39×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.6M/yr
Capital velocity
17.1 yr
On record since
2009
First round
3
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) 1.7× above median
This company$6.6M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$17.5M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 61% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 37% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #57 of 60.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Destination Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.7M · modeled $233.1M (est)Tely Labs, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $227.9M (est)Mblast Inc · Series A Raised $25.8M · modeled $226.4M (est)Matrixx Software, Inc. · Series A Raised $24.1M · modeled $220.9M (est)Unitek Holdings Inc · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $219.1M (est)Borqs International Holding Corp · Series A Raised $36.1M · modeled $211.6M (est)Waxess Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.6M · modeled $210.3M (est)Kineto Wireless Inc · Series A Raised $44.8M · modeled $209.4M (est)Applied Optoelectronics Inc · Series A Raised $17.3M · modeled $192.7M (est)GENBAND II, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $189.1M (est)Telanetix,Inc · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $184.0M (est)Open Range Communications Inc · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $175.3M (est)Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (this company) Raised $6.6M · modeled $17.5M (est)Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Destination Media, Inc.Series A$17.7M$233.1M2.46×
Tely Labs, Inc.Series A$13.0M$227.9M2.41×
Mblast IncSeries A$25.8M$226.4M2.39×
Matrixx Software, Inc.Series A$24.1M$220.9M2.33×
Unitek Holdings IncSeries A$12.5M$219.1M2.31×
Borqs International Holding CorpSeries A$36.1M$211.6M2.24×
Waxess Holdings, Inc.Series A$20.6M$210.3M2.22×
Kineto Wireless IncSeries A$44.8M$209.4M2.21×
Applied Optoelectronics IncSeries A$17.3M$192.7M2.04×
GENBAND II, Inc.Series A$12.8M$189.1M2.00×
Telanetix,IncSeries A$12.0M$184.0M1.94×
Open Range Communications IncSeries A$10.0M$175.3M1.85×
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. this companySeries A$6.6M$17.5M0.19×
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$1.5M2009-06-04$7.5M$32.3M90%
Series A$4.1M2010-10-04$18.6M$71.8M90%
Series A$1.0M2011-12-16$4.5M$17.5M90%
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$1.5M2009-06-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Series A$4.1M2010-10-04
    • Raised again after 16 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$1.0M2011-12-16
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$1.6M
0.2×
Last step-up
$2.6M/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
Jonathan Roberts4 other2011-12
Charles Stevens2 other2009-06
Dennis O'Connell2 other2009-06
Steven Hooper2 other2009-06
William Myers2 other2011-12
Steven W. Hooper1 other2010-10
Ahmed Al-Malik2009-06
Dennis W. O'Connell2010-10
Jeff Dick2011-12
Mathias Peter2009-06
Pat Howard2009-06
Shawn Bohnert2011-12
Shawn W. Bohnert2010-10
Tom Minifie2011-12
William Hardy Myers2009-06
Registry & provenance

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, 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
1298799
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. raised?
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. has raised approximately $6.6M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. is approximately $17.5M (modeled range $1.3M–$95.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. at?
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 16.
What does Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. do and where is it based?
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in FOOTHILL RANCH.
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