Companies · Fintech

Benefactors

Rwanda · Africa · Fintech

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Benefactors — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$150K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 24 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Benefactors 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 fintech 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 0.60× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Fintech companies in 2016–2018 (8 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Where it sits in Fintech

Benefactors is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from Rwanda, Africa. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% 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.

Rwandan fintech startup Benefactors has taken on US$150,000 in pre-seed funding to help it scale its operations after reaching break-even point in June.

Rwandan fintech startup Benefactors has taken on US$150,000 in pre-seed funding to help it scale its operations after reaching break-even point in June.

fintech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

RW
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2018-09-24 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$150K$6.6MPre-Seed2018

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$150K · 2018

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.6M
Base estimate est.
$96K
Conservative case
$74.5M
Upside case
$833K
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 53% high
1.74×/yr
Annual markup
2.35×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
fintech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
7.8 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. 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) 0.0× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$4.3M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$550K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$6.6M
Sector median$45.1M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 70% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-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 #6 of 8.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Let's Talk Payments, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $42.7M (est)Best Credit Management, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $886K · modeled $38.8M (est)Outpost Trading Co · Pre-Seed Raised $365K · modeled $16.0M (est)17 Central Banker/Last Rendezvous, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $298K · modeled $13.1M (est)Wealth Factory Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $200K · modeled $8.8M (est)Fuqin Fintech Ltd · Pre-Seed Raised $106K · modeled $4.7M (est)Grape Payments Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $4.4M (est)Benefactors (this company) Raised $150K · modeled $6.6M (est)Benefactors
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Let's Talk Payments, LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$42.7M3.91×
Best Credit Management, Inc.Pre-Seed$886K$38.8M3.56×
Outpost Trading CoPre-Seed$365K$16.0M1.47×
17 Central Banker/Last Rendezvous, LlcPre-Seed$298K$13.1M1.20×
Wealth Factory IncPre-Seed$200K$8.8M0.80×
Benefactors this companyPre-Seed$150K$6.6M0.60×
Fuqin Fintech LtdPre-Seed$106K$4.7M0.43×
Grape Payments CorpPre-Seed$100K$4.4M0.40×
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$150K2018-09-24$833K$6.6M45%
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$150K2018-09-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$240K
Modeled next size est.range $156K$384K
Last step-up
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.

Registry & provenance

Benefactors 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
RW
Jurisdiction
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Wealthmeup Inc.FintechPre-Seed$135K$509Ksame sector · same stage
Wealth Factory IncFintechPre-Seed$200K$8.8Msame sector · same stage
Circuit Pay, Inc.FintechPre-Seed$200K$731Ksame sector · same stage
Flex FinanceFintechPre-Seed$200K$4.0Msame sector · same stage
ZeepayFintechPre-Seed$200K$8.8Msame sector · same stage
Gaingels Nova Credit LLCFintechPre-Seed$112K$362Ksame sector · same stage
Fuqin Fintech LtdFintechPre-Seed$106K$4.7Msame sector · same stage
Grape Payments CorpFintechPre-Seed$100K$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Benefactors raised?
Benefactors has raised approximately $150K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Benefactors's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Benefactors is approximately $6.6M (modeled range $96K–$74.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Benefactors at?
Benefactors's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 24.
What does Benefactors do and where is it based?
Benefactors operates in the Fintech sector, based in Rwanda, Africa. Rwandan fintech startup Benefactors has taken on US$150,000 in pre-seed funding to help it scale its operations after reaching break-even point in June.
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