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Black Lab Sports, LLC

BOULDER · Sports & Fitness · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Black Lab Sports, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$640K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 60%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 03 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Black Lab Sports, LLC 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.

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 2.06× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Sports & Fitness companies in 2016–2018 (23 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Black Lab Sports, 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
8.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $640K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 41% of Sports & Fitness peers
Capital scale is ahead of 41% of Sports & Fitness 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 2017: $640K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $640K on 2017-11-03.
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 Sports & Fitness

Black Lab Sports, LLC is one of 214 Sports & Fitness companies tracked from BOULDER. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 41% 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
1
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2017-11-03
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2017-11-03 Raised $640K (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$640K$15MPre-Seed2017

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$640K · 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
$14.8M
Base estimate est.
$427K
Conservative case
$167.7M
Upside case
$3.6M
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. 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.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/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
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.7 yr
On record since
2017
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 214 companies in Sports & Fitness. 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) 0.4× of median
This company$640K
Sector median$1.8M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.0× above median
This company$640K
Sector median$327K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.3× above median
This company$14.8M
Sector median$11.6M

Raised more than 41% 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 (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 #2 of 23.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0MCapital raised (log)Naked Sports Innovations, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $18.5M (est)Teton Sports & Spine Imaging, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $611K · modeled $14.1M (est)Fitness Holdco LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $598K · modeled $13.8M (est)Fantasy Sports Co · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $11.6M (est)Body Wellness Fitness & Management Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $11.6M (est)Proven Fitness Solutions, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $485K · modeled $11.2M (est)Milkshake Fitness, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $400K · modeled $9.2M (est)Sustainable Fitness Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $350K · modeled $8.1M (est)Edge Up Sports, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $350K · modeled $8.1M (est)Pelo Fitness Russian Hill, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $325K · modeled $7.5M (est)Fitness Cubed Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $865K · modeled $7.2M (est)Black Lab Sports, LLC (this company) Raised $640K · modeled $14.8M (est)Black Lab Sports, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Naked Sports Innovations, Inc.Pre-Seed$800K$18.5M2.58×
Black Lab Sports, LLC this companyPre-Seed$640K$14.8M2.06×
Teton Sports & Spine Imaging, LLCPre-Seed$611K$14.1M1.97×
Fitness Holdco LLCPre-Seed$598K$13.8M1.93×
Fantasy Sports CoPre-Seed$500K$11.6M1.61×
Body Wellness Fitness & Management Inc.Pre-Seed$500K$11.6M1.61×
Proven Fitness Solutions, LlcPre-Seed$485K$11.2M1.56×
Milkshake Fitness, LlcPre-Seed$400K$9.2M1.29×
Sustainable Fitness Inc.Pre-Seed$350K$8.1M1.13×
Edge Up Sports, LLCPre-Seed$350K$8.1M1.13×
Pelo Fitness Russian Hill, LlcPre-Seed$325K$7.5M1.05×
Fitness Cubed Inc.Pre-Seed$865K$7.2M1.00×
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$640K2017-11-03$3.6M$14.8M90%
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$640K2017-11-03
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $666K$1.6M
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.

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
Jean-Paul O'Brien3 other2017-11
Jennifer A. O'Brien2017-11
Registry & provenance

Black Lab Sports, 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
1722825
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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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.

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Fitness Holdco LLCSports & FitnessPre-Seed$598K$13.8Msame sector · same stage
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Semantically similar

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CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
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BF Labs LLCSoftware / TechSeries A$113.5M82%
Safer Sports Technologies, LLCSports & FitnessSeed$37.2M81%
ARB Labs Inc.Software / TechPre-Seed$7.5M81%
Blackbird Labs, Inc.Software / TechSeries A$138.2M81%
Gorilla Labs LLCSoftware / TechPre-Seed$1.4M81%
All Blue Labs, Inc.Software / TechSeries B$428.6M80%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Black Lab Sports, LLC raised?
Black Lab Sports, LLC has raised approximately $640K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Black Lab Sports, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Black Lab Sports, LLC is approximately $14.8M (modeled range $427K–$167.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Black Lab Sports, LLC at?
Black Lab Sports, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 03.
What does Black Lab Sports, LLC do and where is it based?
Black Lab Sports, LLC operates in the Sports & Fitness sector, based in BOULDER.
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