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BLV Fund 1 LLC

MIDDLEBORO · Investment Vehicle · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on BLV Fund 1 LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.8M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 30%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jan 12 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

BLV Fund 1 LLC has raised $9.8M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

BLV Fund 1 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
2.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $25.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 71% of Investment Vehicle peers
Capital scale is ahead of 71% of Investment Vehicle peers; modeled value is above 69% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2023: $25.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $25.0M on 2023-11-15.
  • Filing rows sum to $36.7M, while canonical raised total is $9.8M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Investment Vehicle

BLV Fund 1 LLC is one of 1793 Investment Vehicle companies tracked from MIDDLEBORO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 71% 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(c)
Reg D exemption
13
Investors (latest)
2023
Year incorporated
2024-01-12
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries B · 2023-11-15 Raised $25M (real) Modeled valuation $181M (est)$25M$181MSeries B2023Series B · 2024-01-12 Raised $9.8M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$9.8M$68MSeries B2024Seed · 2024-01-12 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $9.3M (est)$1.9M$9.3MSeed2024+$9.8M+$1.9MCumulative $37M

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 B$25.0M · 2023
Series B extension$9.8M · 2024
Bridge · Series B-stage$1.9M · 2024smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$68.3M
Base estimate est.
$24.6M
Conservative case
$133.8M
Upside case
$54.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $180.7M · 2023-11-152023Series B · modeled $68.3M · 2024-01-12Seed · modeled $9.3M · 2024-01-122024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
68%
Survival probability
45% low · 83% high
1.28×/yr
Annual markup
1.55×/yr upside case
2.5 yr
Elapsed time used
2.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
1 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
2.6 yr
On record since
2023
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1793 companies in Investment Vehicle. 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) 3.0× above median
This company$9.8M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$20.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.7× above median
This company$68.3M
Sector median$25.2M

Raised more than 71% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% of peers (estimate).

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 B$25.0M2023-11-15$138.9M$180.7M90%
Series B$9.8M2024-01-12$54.6M$68.3M90%
Seed$1.9M2024-01-12$9.3M$9.3M90%
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 B$25.0M2023-11-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
  2. Series B$9.8M2024-01-12
    • Raised 2 mo later.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 65 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.9M2024-01-12
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2024 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~1mo cadence
$1.9M
Modeled next size est.range $1.9M$3.0M
0.2×
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
Kris Benson1 other2024-01
Boaz McMahon2023-11
Joseph Wechsler2023-11
Michael Bernhart2024-01
Paresh Mehta2024-01
Registry & provenance

BLV Fund 1 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
2001126
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has BLV Fund 1 LLC raised?
BLV Fund 1 LLC has raised approximately $9.8M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is BLV Fund 1 LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for BLV Fund 1 LLC is approximately $68.3M (modeled range $24.6M–$133.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is BLV Fund 1 LLC at?
BLV Fund 1 LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jan 12.
What does BLV Fund 1 LLC do and where is it based?
BLV Fund 1 LLC operates in the Investment Vehicle sector, based in MIDDLEBORO.
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