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C3, Llc

SAN MATEO · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on C3, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$111.9M
Total raised · real
7
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Dec 16 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

C3, Llc 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 technology 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 1.41× the median modeled value of Series B Other Technology companies in 2007–2009 (33 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (141% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

C3, 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
17.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $111.9M across 7 filings.
Market position
ahead of 97% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 97% of Other Technology peers; modeled value is above 96% 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 2009: $111.9M across 7 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $30.1M on 2009-12-16.
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 Other Technology

C3, Llc is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from SAN MATEO. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries A · 2009-01-20 Raised $7.0M (real) Modeled valuation $194M (est)Series A2009Seed · 2009-01-20 Raised $4.0M (real) Modeled valuation $136M (est)Seed2009Series A · 2009-01-27 Raised $12M (real) Modeled valuation $328M (est)Series A2009Series B · 2009-12-16 Raised $30M (real) Modeled valuation $918M (est)Series B2009Series B · 2009-12-16 Raised $23M (real) Modeled valuation $710M (est)Series B2009Series B · 2009-12-16 Raised $26M (real) Modeled valuation $782M (est)Series B2009Series A · 2009-12-16 Raised $10.0M (real) Modeled valuation $277M (est)Series A2009+$4.0M+$12M+$30M+$23M+$26M+$10.0MCumulative $112M

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$7.0M · 2009
Bridge · Series A-stage$4.0M · 2009smaller follow-on
Series A extension$11.8M · 2009
Series B$30.1M · 2009
Series B extension$23.3M · 2009
Series B extension$25.7M · 2009
Bridge · Series B-stage$10.0M · 2009smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 75%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$917.6M
Base estimate est.
$73.8M
Conservative case
$3.5B
Upside case
$167.4M
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 scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $194.2M · 2009-01-202009Seed · modeled $136.3M · 2009-01-20Series A · modeled $327.6M · 2009-01-27Series B · modeled $917.6M · 2009-12-16Series B · modeled $709.8M · 2009-12-16Series B · modeled $781.5M · 2009-12-16Series A · modeled $277.4M · 2009-12-162009
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
67%
Survival probability
44% low · 81% high
1.42×/yr
Annual markup
1.72×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
2 mo
Avg between rounds
$123.9M/yr
Capital velocity
17.4 yr
On record since
2009
First round
7
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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) 35× above median
This company$111.9M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$10.0M
Sector median$19.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 25× above median
This company$917.6M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #8 of 33.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Fugoo Corp · Series B Raised $40.0M · modeled $1.2B (est)Magnachip Semiconductor Llc · Series B Raised $39.5M · modeled $1.2B (est)Apani Networks · Series B Raised $35.0M · modeled $1.1B (est)Greenplum, Inc · Series B Raised $31.9M · modeled $971.5M (est)Cambridgesoft Corp · Series B Raised $31.3M · modeled $953.9M (est)Fleet Management Holding Corp · Series B Raised $31.2M · modeled $949.3M (est)Xata Corp /Mn/ · Series B Raised $33.2M · modeled $919.7M (est)Dominion Lasercom, Inc · Series B Raised $30.0M · modeled $913.7M (est)Zoosk, Inc · Series B Raised $36.0M · modeled $913.7M (est)Accellos Inc · Series B Raised $28.5M · modeled $868.0M (est)ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc. · Series B Raised $25.3M · modeled $771.3M (est)C3, Llc (this company) Raised $111.9M · modeled $917.6M (est)C3, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Fugoo CorpSeries B$40.0M$1.2B1.87×
Magnachip Semiconductor LlcSeries B$39.5M$1.2B1.85×
Apani NetworksSeries B$35.0M$1.1B1.64×
Greenplum, IncSeries B$31.9M$971.5M1.49×
Cambridgesoft CorpSeries B$31.3M$953.9M1.47×
Fleet Management Holding CorpSeries B$31.2M$949.3M1.46×
Xata Corp /Mn/Series B$33.2M$919.7M1.41×
C3, Llc this companySeries B$111.9M$917.6M1.41×
Dominion Lasercom, IncSeries B$30.0M$913.7M1.41×
Zoosk, IncSeries B$36.0M$913.7M1.41×
Accellos IncSeries B$28.5M$868.0M1.33×
ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc.Series B$25.3M$771.3M1.19×
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$7.0M2009-01-20$31.8M$194.2M90%
Seed$4.0M2009-01-20$20.0M$136.3M90%
Series A$11.8M2009-01-27$53.7M$327.6M90%
Series B$30.1M2009-12-16$167.4M$917.6M90%
Series B$23.3M2009-12-16$129.5M$709.8M90%
Series B$25.7M2009-12-16$142.6M$781.5M90%
Series A$10.0M2009-12-16$45.5M$277.4M90%
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$7.0M2009-01-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Seed$4.0M2009-01-20
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series A$11.8M2009-01-27
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  4. Series B$30.1M2009-12-16
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  5. Series B$23.3M2009-12-16
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  6. Series B$25.7M2009-12-16
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  7. Series A$10.0M2009-12-16
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2010 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~2mo cadence
$10.0M
Modeled next size est.range $10.0M$16.0M
0.4×
Last step-up
$123.9M/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
Stephen M. Ward, Jr.2 other2009-01
Edward Y. Abbo1 other2009-01
Michael G. McCaffery1 other2009-12
S. Shankar Sastry1 other2009-01
Thomas M. Siebel1 other2009-01
Dr. Condoleezza Spencer Rice2009-01
Dr. Richard C. Levin2009-12
E. Spencer Abraham2009-01
Jay S. Dweck2009-01
Jeffrey T. Amann2009-01
Mayo A. Shattuck2009-12
Michael M. McCaffery2009-01
Patricia A. House2009-01
Paul J. Gifford2009-12
Registry & provenance

C3, 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
1478044
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has C3, Llc raised?
C3, Llc has raised approximately $111.9M in disclosed capital across 7 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is C3, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for C3, Llc is approximately $917.6M (modeled range $73.8M–$3.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is C3, Llc at?
C3, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Dec 16.
What does C3, Llc do and where is it based?
C3, Llc operates in the Other Technology sector, based in SAN MATEO.
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