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BCause LLC

VIRGINIA BEACH · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on BCause LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$7.6M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
2.0×
Latest step-up
Top 28%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 31 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

BCause 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.86× the median modeled value of Series A Other companies in 2016–2018 (707 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (86% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

BCause 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
11.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $5.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 73% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 73% of Other peers; modeled value is above 79% 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
Lower 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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2017: $5.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.0M on 2017-10-31.
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

BCause LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from VIRGINIA BEACH. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 73% 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
23
Investors (latest)
2013
Year incorporated
2017-10-31
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$100MPre-Seed · 2014-12-30 Raised $139K (real) Modeled valuation $3.2M (est)$139K$3.2MPre-Seed2014Seed · 2016-07-01 Raised $2.5M (real) Modeled valuation $46M (est)$2.5M$46MSeed2016Series A · 2017-10-31 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $76M (est)$5.0M$76MSeries A2017+$2.5M+$5.0MCumulative $7.6M

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
Pre-Seed$139K · 2014
Seed$2.5M · 2016
Series A$5.0M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$75.7M
Base estimate est.
$6.8M
Conservative case
$411.4M
Upside case
$22.7M
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.

Pre-Seed · modeled $3.2M · 2014-12-302014Seed · modeled $46.5M · 2016-07-01Series A · modeled $75.7M · 2017-10-312017
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
8.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
17 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.7M/yr
Capital velocity
11.5 yr
On record since
2014
First round
3
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) 3.7× above median
This company$7.6M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.3× above median
This company$75.7M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 73% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 79% 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 #460 of 707.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Cardinal Memorial Ultimate Holdings, Llc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)PASSADO Co Ltd · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Baba Joe Diamond Ventures Us Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Black Television News Channel, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)CannCare, Inc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Instapage, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Hogsalt Investors Llc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Mina Mar Corp · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)ACM Research, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Genie Enterprises, Ltd · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Qq Utah 3, Llc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Tatcha LLC · Series A Raised $21.3M · modeled $227.0M (est)BCause LLC (this company) Raised $7.6M · modeled $75.7M (est)BCause LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Cardinal Memorial Ultimate Holdings, LlcSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
PASSADO Co LtdSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Baba Joe Diamond Ventures Us Inc.Series A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Black Television News Channel, LLCSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
CannCare, IncSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Instapage, Inc.Series A$18.0M$227.0M2.59×
Hogsalt Investors LlcSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Mina Mar CorpSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
ACM Research, Inc.Series A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Genie Enterprises, LtdSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Qq Utah 3, LlcSeries A$15.0M$227.0M2.59×
Tatcha LLCSeries A$21.3M$227.0M2.59×
BCause LLC this companySeries A$7.6M$75.7M0.86×
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.
Pre-Seed$139K2014-12-30$771K$3.2M85%
Seed$2.5M2016-07-01$12.5M$46.5M90%
Series A$5.0M2017-10-31$22.7M$75.7M90%
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. Pre-Seed$139K2014-12-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$2.5M2016-07-01
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 18.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$5.0M2017-10-31
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 23 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~17mo cadence
$10.0M
Modeled next size est.range $6.5M$16.0M
2.0×
Last step-up
$2.7M/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
Karan T. Rai1 other2017-10
Ronald Filler1 other2017-10
Scott Early1 other2017-10
Thomas G. Flake1 other2014-12
Ann Christopher Cresce2017-10
Benjamim David Bleicken2014-12
Benjamin D Bleicken2016-07
Bruce Christopher Pollack2017-10
Frank T. Byrum2017-10
Frederick Christopher Grede2017-10
Hayami T. Shiraishi2017-10
Jerry Chan2017-10
John Ashby2017-10
John O. Ashby2014-12
Jonathan T. Tanemori2017-10
Joseph Christopher LaMontagne2017-10
Karan O Rai2016-07
Kevin T. Fallon2017-10
Michael Adolphi2017-10
Michael Frank Adophi2016-07
Michael O. Adolphi2014-12
Patrick T. Childress2017-10
Robert Christopher Fitzgerald2017-10
Robert E. Lindberg2014-12
Registry & provenance

BCause 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
1628647
SEC CIK
2013
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has BCause LLC raised?
BCause LLC has raised approximately $7.6M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is BCause LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for BCause LLC is approximately $75.7M (modeled range $6.8M–$411.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is BCause LLC at?
BCause LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 31.
What does BCause LLC do and where is it based?
BCause LLC operates in the Other sector, based in VIRGINIA BEACH.
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