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Black Sand Technologies Inc

Austin · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Black Sand Technologies Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Aug 14 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Black Sand Technologies Inc 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 telecom 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 1.48× the median modeled value of Series A Telecommunications companies in 2007–2009 (19 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (148% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Telecommunications

Black Sand Technologies Inc is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from Austin. 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.

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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries A · 2009-08-14 Raised $10.0M (real) Modeled valuation $175M (est)$10.0M$175MSeries A2009

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
Series A$10.0M · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$175.3M
Base estimate est.
$13.2M
Conservative case
$953.1M
Upside case
$45.5M
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 scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
53%
Survival probability
29% low · 73% high
1.39×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 2.5× above median
This company$10.0M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.9× above median
This company$10.0M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 6.2× above median
This company$175.3M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 81% 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 #5 of 19.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Mino Wireless USA Inc · Series A Raised $18.5M · modeled $261.7M (est)Aequus Technologies Corp · Series A Raised $14.7M · modeled $258.1M (est)Sakhr Software Co · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $245.4M (est)Integra5 Communications, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.5M · modeled $210.3M (est)CalAmp Corp. · Series A Raised $15.4M · modeled $162.1M (est)Megapath Inc · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $144.5M (est)Gryphon Networks Corp · Series A Raised $7.0M · modeled $122.7M (est)Rf Arrays Inc · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $119.3M (est)Jingle Networks Inc · Series A Raised $6.8M · modeled $118.3M (est)Worldgate Communications Inc · Series A Raised $6.5M · modeled $114.8M (est)Club 78, Limited Partnership · Series A Raised $6.5M · modeled $114.2M (est)Black Sand Technologies Inc (this company) Raised $10.0M · modeled $175.3M (est)Black Sand Technologies Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mino Wireless USA IncSeries A$18.5M$261.7M2.21×
Aequus Technologies CorpSeries A$14.7M$258.1M2.18×
Sakhr Software CoSeries A$14.0M$245.4M2.07×
Integra5 Communications, Inc.Series A$13.5M$210.3M1.78×
Black Sand Technologies Inc this companySeries A$10.0M$175.3M1.48×
CalAmp Corp.Series A$15.4M$162.1M1.37×
Megapath IncSeries A$13.0M$144.5M1.22×
Gryphon Networks CorpSeries A$7.0M$122.7M1.04×
Rf Arrays IncSeries A$13.3M$119.3M1.01×
Jingle Networks IncSeries A$6.8M$118.3M1.00×
Worldgate Communications IncSeries A$6.5M$114.8M0.97×
Club 78, Limited PartnershipSeries A$6.5M$114.2M0.97×
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.
Series A$10.0M2009-08-14$45.5M$175.3M90%
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. Series A$10.0M2009-08-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$16.0M
Modeled next size est.range $10.4M$25.6M
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
Krishna Srinivasan17 other2009-08
Basil Horangic3 other2009-08
Kari-Pekka Wilska1 other2009-08
David Pietruszynski2009-08
James Nohrden2009-08
John Diehl2009-08
Susanne Paul2009-08
Registry & provenance

Black Sand Technologies 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
1405711
SEC CIK
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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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Frequently asked
How much funding has Black Sand Technologies Inc raised?
Black Sand Technologies Inc has raised approximately $10.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Black Sand Technologies Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Black Sand Technologies Inc is approximately $175.3M (modeled range $13.2M–$953.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Black Sand Technologies Inc at?
Black Sand Technologies Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Aug 14.
What does Black Sand Technologies Inc do and where is it based?
Black Sand Technologies Inc operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in Austin.
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