Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
CardStar
CardStar looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
CardStar operates in Other Technology, based in BOSTON.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
CardStar has raised $1.7M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Pre-Seed (a round under $1.0M).
Largest single filing: $750K on 2010-08-10.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2011-08-31.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models CardStar at approximately $12M (range $184K–$135M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 0.81× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Technology companies in 2010–2012 (1131 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (81% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 9 months.
Last raise 14.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 2.7× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 38% of Other Technology peers (21292 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 26% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Teamwork Retail, LLC, Prototype Productions, Inc., Panelfly, Inc., Thinkful, Inc., 422 Group LLC.
Peoplefiled
6 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.