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BetterSkills, Inc.

BOSTON · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on BetterSkills, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.9M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.9×
Latest step-up
Top 62%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Oct 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

BetterSkills, Inc. looks over-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 technology 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 2.81× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Technology companies in 2016–2018 (1237 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Technology

BetterSkills, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from BOSTON. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 39% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2017-10-05
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2016-08-26 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $42M (est)$1.0M$42MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2017-10-05 Raised $900K (real) Modeled valuation $38M (est)$900K$38MPre-Seed2017+$900KCumulative $1.9M

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$1.0M · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$900K · 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
$38.1M
Base estimate est.
$588K
Conservative case
$432.3M
Upside case
$5.0M
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 technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $42.4M · 2016-08-262016Pre-Seed · modeled $38.1M · 2017-10-052017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 54% high
1.72×/yr
Annual markup
2.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.7M/yr
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 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) 0.6× of median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.4× above median
This company$900K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.0× above median
This company$38.1M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 39% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 51% 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 #95 of 1,237.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)infaRed Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Discover World Ventures, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $42.4M (est)Demand Bridge, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Summit Resources, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Herb Scout, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $42.4M (est)Campustap Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Cloudamize, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)FanHero, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Geospiza, Inc.\CO · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)TopFan, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.8M · modeled $42.4M (est)Outside Financial, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Onclave Networks Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)BetterSkills, Inc. (this company) Raised $1.9M · modeled $38.1M (est)BetterSkills, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
infaRed Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Discover World Ventures, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.6M$42.4M3.12×
Demand Bridge, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Summit Resources, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Herb Scout, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.2M$42.4M3.12×
Campustap Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Cloudamize, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
FanHero, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Geospiza, Inc.\COPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
TopFan, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.8M$42.4M3.12×
Outside Financial, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
Onclave Networks IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.12×
BetterSkills, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$1.9M$38.1M2.81×
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$1.0M2016-08-26$5.6M$42.4M85%
Pre-Seed$900K2017-10-05$5.0M$38.1M90%
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. Pre-Seed$1.0M2016-08-26
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$900K2017-10-05
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$900K
Modeled next size est.range $900K$1.4M
0.9×
Last step-up
$1.7M/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
Tanya Bakalov1 other2016-08
Registry & provenance

BetterSkills, 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
1683409
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has BetterSkills, Inc. raised?
BetterSkills, Inc. has raised approximately $1.9M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is BetterSkills, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for BetterSkills, Inc. is approximately $38.1M (modeled range $588K–$432.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is BetterSkills, Inc. at?
BetterSkills, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Oct 05.
What does BetterSkills, Inc. do and where is it based?
BetterSkills, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in BOSTON.
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