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Area 1 Security, Inc.

MENLO PARK · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Area 1 Security, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.5M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
3.2×
Latest step-up
Top 23%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Nov 25 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Area 1 Security, Inc. looks fair 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.37× the median modeled value of Series A Other companies in 2013–2015 (623 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (137% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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 Other

Area 1 Security, Inc. is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from MENLO PARK. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 78% 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
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$200MSeed · 2014-04-21 Raised $2.5M (real) Modeled valuation $46M (est)$2.5M$46MSeed2014Series A · 2014-11-25 Raised $8.0M (real) Modeled valuation $121M (est)$8.0M$121MSeries A2014+$8.0MCumulative $10M

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$2.5M · 2014
Series A$8.0M · 2014

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
$121.1M
Base estimate est.
$10.9M
Conservative case
$658.3M
Upside case
$36.4M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $46.5M · 2014-04-212014Series A · modeled $121.1M · 2014-11-252014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
7 mo
Avg between rounds
$17.6M/yr
Capital velocity
12.2 yr
On record since
2014
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 companies in Other. 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) 5.1× above median
This company$10.5M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$8.0M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 6.9× above median
This company$121.1M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 78% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 85% 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 #180 of 623.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)New Gold Recovery USA, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.8M · modeled $227.0M (est)ZAG America, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)County Waste of Virginia, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Sound Seal Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Marathon Patent Group, Inc. · Series A Raised $38.4M · modeled $227.0M (est)United Sample Inc · Series A Raised $31.2M · modeled $227.0M (est)Biloxi Baseball, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Content Partners Cyber Holdco, LP · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Nitro Software PTY LTD · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.8M · modeled $227.0M (est)Profile Products Institutional Co-Investor Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Area 1 Security, Inc. (this company) Raised $10.5M · modeled $121.1M (est)Area 1 Security, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd.Series A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
New Gold Recovery USA, Inc.Series A$17.8M$227.0M2.57×
ZAG America, LLCSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
County Waste of Virginia, LLCSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Sound Seal Holdings, Inc.Series A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Marathon Patent Group, Inc.Series A$38.4M$227.0M2.57×
United Sample IncSeries A$31.2M$227.0M2.57×
Biloxi Baseball, LLCSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Content Partners Cyber Holdco, LPSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Nitro Software PTY LTDSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc.Series A$18.8M$227.0M2.57×
Profile Products Institutional Co-Investor Holdings, LLCSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.57×
Area 1 Security, Inc. this companySeries A$10.5M$121.1M1.37×
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$2.5M2014-04-21$12.5M$46.5M90%
Series A$8.0M2014-11-25$36.4M$121.1M90%
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$2.5M2014-04-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Series A$8.0M2014-11-25
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~7mo cadence
$24.0M
Modeled next size est.range $15.6M$38.4M
3.2×
Last step-up
$17.6M/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
Derek W. Smith2 other2014-04
Ted W. Schlein2 other2014-11
Oren J. Falkowitz2014-04
Registry & provenance

Area 1 Security, 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
1606978
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Area 1 Security, Inc. raised?
Area 1 Security, Inc. has raised approximately $10.5M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Area 1 Security, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Area 1 Security, Inc. is approximately $121.1M (modeled range $10.9M–$658.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Area 1 Security, Inc. at?
Area 1 Security, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Nov 25.
What does Area 1 Security, Inc. do and where is it based?
Area 1 Security, Inc. operates in the Other sector, based in MENLO PARK.
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