Companies · Media & Content

CinderWinter 2022Active

New York · NY, USA · Media & Content · founded 2022 · https://cinder.ai

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cinder — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Cinder: limited disclosed financing to assess.

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Where it sits in Media & Content

Cinder is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from New York, NY, USA, on record since 2022. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 22% 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.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Infrastructure to protect companies from AI abuse

From content moderation to AI safety, Cinder empowers businesses to orchestrate and automate digital safety at scale. Cinder was founded to help organizations foster safe online spaces for everyone. Our platform empowers companies from start-ups to enterprises with end-to-end capabilities to mitigate harm, investigate abuse, and produce trustworthy and reliable AI outcomes. Building your world-class company means keeping your users and community safe—Cinder unlocks faster growth by making safety easy. We work with customers in every industry from frontier AI labs to e-commerce and social media. We're hiring across a variety of teams and looking for candidates based in NYC or open to relocating to NYC, and able to work in-person.

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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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)
This company
Sector median$2.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 22% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% of peers (estimate).

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.

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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

Cinder is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Frequently asked
What does Cinder do and where is it based?
Cinder operates in the Media & Content sector, based in New York, NY, USA. Infrastructure to protect companies from AI abuse
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