Companies · Telecommunications

Bubble Motion Inc

Menlo Park · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Bubble Motion Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$15.6M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.6×
Latest step-up
Top 27%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Mar 21 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Bubble Motion 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 telecom 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 1.77× the median modeled value of Series A Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (60 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 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 Telecommunications

Bubble Motion Inc is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from Menlo Park. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 74% 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.

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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 · 2009-05-15 Raised $6.0M (real) Modeled valuation $105M (est)$6.0M$105MSeries A2009Series A · 2011-03-21 Raised $9.6M (real) Modeled valuation $168M (est)$9.6M$168MSeries A2011+$9.6MCumulative $16M

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$6.0M · 2009
Series A extension$9.6M · 2011

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
$167.9M
Base estimate est.
$12.7M
Conservative case
$913.0M
Upside case
$43.5M
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.

Series A · modeled $105.2M · 2009-05-152009Series A · modeled $167.9M · 2011-03-212011
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
15.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
22 mo
Avg between rounds
$8.4M/yr
Capital velocity
17.1 yr
On record since
2009
First round
2
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) 3.9× above median
This company$15.6M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.8× above median
This company$9.6M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 5.9× above median
This company$167.9M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 74% 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 #13 of 60.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Destination Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.7M · modeled $233.1M (est)Tely Labs, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $227.9M (est)Mblast Inc · Series A Raised $25.8M · modeled $226.4M (est)Matrixx Software, Inc. · Series A Raised $24.1M · modeled $220.9M (est)Unitek Holdings Inc · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $219.1M (est)Borqs International Holding Corp · Series A Raised $36.1M · modeled $211.6M (est)Waxess Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.6M · modeled $210.3M (est)Kineto Wireless Inc · Series A Raised $44.8M · modeled $209.4M (est)Applied Optoelectronics Inc · Series A Raised $17.3M · modeled $192.7M (est)GENBAND II, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $189.1M (est)Telanetix,Inc · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $184.0M (est)Open Range Communications Inc · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $175.3M (est)Bubble Motion Inc (this company) Raised $15.6M · modeled $167.9M (est)Bubble Motion Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Destination Media, Inc.Series A$17.7M$233.1M2.46×
Tely Labs, Inc.Series A$13.0M$227.9M2.41×
Mblast IncSeries A$25.8M$226.4M2.39×
Matrixx Software, Inc.Series A$24.1M$220.9M2.33×
Unitek Holdings IncSeries A$12.5M$219.1M2.31×
Borqs International Holding CorpSeries A$36.1M$211.6M2.24×
Waxess Holdings, Inc.Series A$20.6M$210.3M2.22×
Kineto Wireless IncSeries A$44.8M$209.4M2.21×
Applied Optoelectronics IncSeries A$17.3M$192.7M2.04×
GENBAND II, Inc.Series A$12.8M$189.1M2.00×
Telanetix,IncSeries A$12.0M$184.0M1.94×
Open Range Communications IncSeries A$10.0M$175.3M1.85×
Bubble Motion Inc this companySeries A$15.6M$167.9M1.77×
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$6.0M2009-05-15$27.3M$105.2M90%
Series A$9.6M2011-03-21$43.5M$167.9M90%
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$6.0M2009-05-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Series A$9.6M2011-03-21
    • Raised again after 22 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~22mo cadence
$15.3M
Modeled next size est.range $9.9M$24.5M
1.6×
Last step-up
$8.4M/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
Gaurav Garg11 other2009-05
David Zilberman7 other2009-05
Amanda Reed4 other2009-05
Allen Snyder1 other2011-03
Thomas Clayton1 other2009-05
Anthony Bates2009-05
Frank Laurencio2009-05
TS Ramkrishnan2009-05
Registry & provenance

Bubble Motion 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
1376253
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Bubble Motion Inc raised?
Bubble Motion Inc has raised approximately $15.6M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Bubble Motion Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Bubble Motion Inc is approximately $167.9M (modeled range $12.7M–$913.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Bubble Motion Inc at?
Bubble Motion Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Mar 21.
What does Bubble Motion Inc do and where is it based?
Bubble Motion Inc operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in Menlo Park.
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