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California e-Sports, LLC

LOS ANGELES · Sports & Fitness · refined from filed group “Other”

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on California e-Sports, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$5.8M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 25%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 04 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

California e-Sports, 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.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.00× the median modeled value of Series A Sports & Fitness companies in 2016–2018 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 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

California e-Sports, 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
9.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $5.8M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 76% of Sports & Fitness peers
Capital scale is ahead of 76% of Sports & Fitness peers; modeled value is above 86% 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 2016: $5.8M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.8M on 2016-11-04.
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.
Where it sits in Sports & Fitness

California e-Sports, LLC is one of 214 Sports & Fitness companies tracked from LOS ANGELES. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 76% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
24
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2016-11-04
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2016-11-04 Raised $5.8M (real) Modeled valuation $87M (est)$5.8M$87MSeries A2016

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$5.8M · 2016

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
$87.0M
Base estimate est.
$7.8M
Conservative case
$473.2M
Upside case
$26.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series A — a $4.0M–$15M round). 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
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
—
Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 214 companies in Sports & Fitness. 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)▲ 3.3× above median
This company$5.8M
Sector median$1.8M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▼ 1.0× of median
This company$5.8M
Sector median$6.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 7.5× above median
This company$87.0M
Sector median$11.6M

Raised more than 76% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 86% 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 #4 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Flywheel Sports Parent Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $227.0M (est)Barstool Sports, Inc. · Series A Raised $23.3M · modeled $224.0M (est)FNTC Sports, Inc. · Series A Raised $6.6M · modeled $100.3M (est)Sports Challenge Network, Inc. · Series A Raised $5.2M · modeled $79.2M (est)Flexline Fitness, Inc. · Series A Raised $4.7M · modeled $70.8M (est)WOO Sports Inc. · Series A Raised $8.8M · modeled $24.8M (est)California e-Sports, LLC (this company) Raised $5.8M · modeled $87.0M (est)California e-Sports, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Flywheel Sports Parent Inc.Series A$15.0M$227.0M2.61×
Barstool Sports, Inc.Series A$23.3M$224.0M2.57×
FNTC Sports, Inc.Series A$6.6M$100.3M1.15×
California e-Sports, LLC this companySeries A$5.8M$87.0M1.00×
Sports Challenge Network, Inc.Series A$5.2M$79.2M0.91×
Flexline Fitness, Inc.Series A$4.7M$70.8M0.81×
WOO Sports Inc.Series A$8.8M$24.8M0.28×
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$5.8M2016-11-04$26.1M$87.0M90%
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$5.8M2016-11-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 24 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$9.2M
Modeled next size est.range $6.0M–$14.7M
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Last step-up
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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.

Registry & provenance

California e-Sports, 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
1708777
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Gemini Sports Analytics Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$5.7M$34.4Msame sector · same stage
Sports Virtual Training Systems Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$5.8M$69.1Msame sector · same stage
SimWin Sports IncSports & FitnessSeries A$6.2M$57.1Msame sector · same stage
Sports Challenge Network, Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$5.2M$79.2Msame sector · same stage
Athlete Connect Sports, Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$5.0M$21.1Msame sector · same stage
FNTC Sports, Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$6.6M$100.3Msame sector · same stage
Let's Play Sports, Inc./OKSports & FitnessSeries A$4.8M$41.0Msame sector · same stage
Transformation Fitness USA, Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$4.8M$72.0Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
E-Sports Ventures, Inc.Sports & FitnessPre-Seed$10.4M91%
EAMG Sports, LLCSports & FitnessSeed$11.0M83%
Sportiqe, LLCOtherPre-Seed$9.2M83%
Sports Acquisition, LLCSports & FitnessPre-Seed$7.1M82%
Pacific Sports Exchange Inc.Sports & FitnessPre-Seed$2.3M82%
Athlete Connect Sports, Inc.Sports & FitnessSeries A$21.1M81%
Sport Source IncSports & FitnessPre-Seed$6.2M81%
Innovative Sports LLCSports & FitnessSeed$18.9M81%
Frequently asked
How much funding has California e-Sports, LLC raised?
California e-Sports, LLC has raised approximately $5.8M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is California e-Sports, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for California e-Sports, LLC is approximately $87.0M (modeled range $7.8M–$473.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is California e-Sports, LLC at?
California e-Sports, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 04.
What does California e-Sports, LLC do and where is it based?
California e-Sports, LLC operates in the Sports & Fitness sector, based in LOS ANGELES.
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