Companies · Media & Content

Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc.

BEVERLY HILLS · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$22.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.3×
Latest step-up
Top 10%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Sep 27 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.

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

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.35× the median modeled value of Series A Media & Content companies in 2022–2024 (58 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. 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
5.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2022 with $12.6M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 91% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 91% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 88% 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 2022: $12.6M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $12.6M on 2022-09-27.
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 Media & Content

Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from BEVERLY HILLS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 91% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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
16
Investors (latest)
2022-09-27
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries A · 2021-03-29 Raised $9.5M (real) Modeled valuation $103M (est)$9.5M$103MSeries A2021Series A · 2022-09-27 Raised $13M (real) Modeled valuation $87M (est)$13M$87MSeries A2022+$13MCumulative $22M

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 A$9.5M · 2021
Series A extension$12.6M · 2022

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — 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
$87.5M
Base estimate est.
$15.4M
Conservative case
$283.7M
Upside case
$57.2M
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 media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $103.1M · 2021-03-292021Series A · modeled $87.5M · 2022-09-272022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
3.8 yr
Elapsed time used
3.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$14.7M/yr
Capital velocity
5.3 yr
On record since
2021
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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) 10.0× above median
This company$22.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.2× above median
This company$12.6M
Sector median$5.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 5.2× above median
This company$87.5M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 91% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 88% 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 #1 of 58.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Healing Humanity Productions, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $84.6M (est)Midnight VSM Studio Inc. · Series A Raised $11.1M · modeled $74.8M (est)B&J Studios Inc. · Series A Raised $10.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)Strimmerz Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $9.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)NW Entertainment, LLC · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $70.8M (est)Bridge Entertainment Film Partners, Lp · Series A Raised $9.0M · modeled $69.0M (est)Lemonada Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.6M · modeled $68.6M (est)Taleverse Entertainment Studios, Inc. · Series A Raised $8.5M · modeled $67.6M (est)Niche Interactive Media Inc. · Series A Raised $24.1M · modeled $64.6M (est)IRL Studios Inc. · Series A Raised $8.1M · modeled $63.2M (est)Workweek Media Inc. · Series A Raised $18.1M · modeled $60.3M (est)Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. (this company) Raised $22.0M · modeled $87.5M (est)Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. this companySeries A$22.0M$87.5M2.35×
Healing Humanity Productions, Inc.Series A$15.0M$84.6M2.28×
Midnight VSM Studio Inc.Series A$11.1M$74.8M2.01×
B&J Studios Inc.Series A$10.2M$73.2M1.97×
Strimmerz Media, Inc.Series A$9.2M$73.2M1.97×
NW Entertainment, LLCSeries A$10.5M$70.8M1.90×
Bridge Entertainment Film Partners, LpSeries A$9.0M$69.0M1.86×
Lemonada Media, Inc.Series A$10.6M$68.6M1.85×
Taleverse Entertainment Studios, Inc.Series A$8.5M$67.6M1.82×
Niche Interactive Media Inc.Series A$24.1M$64.6M1.74×
IRL Studios Inc.Series A$8.1M$63.2M1.70×
Workweek Media Inc.Series A$18.1M$60.3M1.62×
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 A$9.5M2021-03-29$43.0M$103.1M90%
Series A$12.6M2022-09-27$57.2M$87.5M90%
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. Series A$9.5M2021-03-29
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 23 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$12.6M2022-09-27
    • Raised 18 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 16 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2024 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$16.7M
Modeled next size est.range $12.6M$26.8M
1.3×
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
Trevor Barran1 other2022-09
Andy Stack2021-03
Bernhard Mogk2022-09
Devin Horsman2021-03
Kamal Mistry2021-03
Registry & provenance

Arcturus Studios Holdings, 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
1856160
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. raised?
Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. has raised approximately $22.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. is approximately $87.5M (modeled range $15.4M–$283.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. at?
Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Sep 27.
What does Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. do and where is it based?
Arcturus Studios Holdings, Inc. operates in the Media & Content sector, based in BEVERLY HILLS.
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