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Board Method, LLC

SANTA FE · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Board Method, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$125K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 97%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 05 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Board Method, LLC 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.

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 0.26× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1372 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports $0–$1M revenue while modeled below niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

Board Method, 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
4.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2021 with $125K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 4% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 4% of Other peers; modeled value is above 9% 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
Lower 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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2021: $125K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $125K on 2021-11-05.
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.
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

Board Method, LLC is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from SANTA FE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 4% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2021-11-05
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$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2021-11-05 Raised $125K (real) Modeled valuation $1.6M (est)$125K$1.6MPre-Seed2021

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$125K · 2021

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.6M
Base estimate est.
$83K
Conservative case
$12.1M
Upside case
$694K
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
4.7 yr
Elapsed time used
4.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
4.7 yr
On record since
2021
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 4% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 9% 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 #1319 of 1,372.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Valued, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)CiiTA, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Wnder, LTD · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Supernova Discotheque, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)TommyKnockers LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Irws Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Old Club · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Finalytix Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Varfaj Ventures LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Jones Beach Adventure Excursions LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Sun Beef, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Royalty Exchange Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Board Method, LLC (this company) Raised $125K · modeled $1.6M (est)Board Method, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Valued, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
CiiTA, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Wnder, LTDPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Supernova Discotheque, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
TommyKnockers LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Irws LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Old ClubPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Finalytix Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Varfaj Ventures LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Jones Beach Adventure Excursions LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Sun Beef, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Royalty Exchange Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Board Method, LLC this companyPre-Seed$125K$1.6M0.26×
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$125K2021-11-05$694K$1.6M90%
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$125K2021-11-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $130K$320K
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
Floery Mahoney2021-11
Registry & provenance

Board Method, 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
1895646
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Board Method, LLC raised?
Board Method, LLC has raised approximately $125K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Board Method, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Board Method, LLC is approximately $1.6M (modeled range $83K–$12.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Board Method, LLC at?
Board Method, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 05.
What does Board Method, LLC do and where is it based?
Board Method, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in SANTA FE.
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