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Bantam Networks, LLC

NEW YORK · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Bantam Networks, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.1M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.7×
Latest step-up
Top 52%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Bantam Networks, LLC 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. Valuation uses the technology sector profile.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.95× the median modeled value of Seed Other Technology companies in 2007–2009 (266 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (95% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Bantam Networks, 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
17.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $1.9M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 49% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 49% of Other Technology peers; modeled value is above 62% 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 2009: $1.9M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.9M on 2009-10-30.
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 Other Technology

Bantam Networks, LLC is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 49% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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 · 2008-10-30 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $39M (est)$1.1M$39MSeed2008Seed · 2009-10-30 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $65M (est)$1.9M$65MSeed2009+$1.9MCumulative $3.1M

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 · 2008
Seed extension$1.9M · 2009

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
$64.7M
Base estimate est.
$1.7M
Conservative case
$507.9M
Upside case
$9.5M
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 technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $39.2M · 2008-10-302008Seed · modeled $64.7M · 2009-10-302009
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.61×/yr
Annual markup
2.11×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
12 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.1M/yr
Capital velocity
17.7 yr
On record since
2008
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21292 companies in Other Technology. 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) 1.0× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.7× above median
This company$64.7M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 49% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 62% 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 266.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Camero Inc · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)INTEMATIX Corp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Noteworthy Medical Systems Inc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Ethertronics Inc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Gear Six Inc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Likewise Software Inc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Ripple Networks Inc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Veriana Networks Inc · Seed Raised $10.0M · modeled $134.6M (est)Iqzone Inc · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $132.7M (est)EoPlex Technologies Inc · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $129.1M (est)Montavista Software Inc · Seed Raised $6.5M · modeled $128.3M (est)CloudTalk Inc. · Seed Raised $5.0M · modeled $128.2M (est)Bantam Networks, LLC (this company) Raised $3.1M · modeled $64.7M (est)Bantam Networks, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Camero IncSeed$6.0M$136.3M2.00×
INTEMATIX CorpSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Noteworthy Medical Systems IncSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Ethertronics IncSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Gear Six IncSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Likewise Software IncSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Ripple Networks IncSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.00×
Veriana Networks IncSeed$10.0M$134.6M1.98×
Iqzone IncSeed$3.9M$132.7M1.95×
EoPlex Technologies IncSeed$3.8M$129.1M1.89×
Montavista Software IncSeed$6.5M$128.3M1.88×
CloudTalk Inc.Seed$5.0M$128.2M1.88×
Bantam Networks, LLC this companySeed$3.1M$64.7M0.95×
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$1.1M2008-10-30$5.8M$39.2M90%
Seed$1.9M2009-10-30$9.5M$64.7M90%
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$1.1M2008-10-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.9M2009-10-30
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2010 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~12mo cadence
$3.1M
Modeled next size est.range $2.0M$5.0M
1.7×
Last step-up
$3.1M/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
William Kelley5 other2008-10
David Groom1 other2008-10
John Rourke1 other2008-10
Registry & provenance

Bantam Networks, 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
1479769
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Bantam Networks, LLC raised?
Bantam Networks, LLC has raised approximately $3.1M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Bantam Networks, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Bantam Networks, LLC is approximately $64.7M (modeled range $1.7M–$507.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Bantam Networks, LLC at?
Bantam Networks, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 30.
What does Bantam Networks, LLC do and where is it based?
Bantam Networks, LLC operates in the Other Technology sector, based in NEW YORK.
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