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Cloud Strategies LLC

CEDAR KNOLLS · Business Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cloud Strategies LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.2M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 43%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 27 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cloud Strategies LLC looks under-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 business services sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.63× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Business Services companies in 2010–2012 (152 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Cloud Strategies 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
15.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $1.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 58% of Business Services peers
Capital scale is ahead of 58% of Business Services peers; modeled value is above 48% 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 2011: $1.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.0M on 2011-02-14.
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 Business Services

Cloud Strategies LLC is one of 2438 Business Services companies tracked from CEDAR KNOLLS. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 58% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2011-02-14 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $32M (est)$1.0M$32MPre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2012-04-27 Raised $225K (real) Modeled valuation $7.1M (est)$225K$7.1MPre-Seed2012+$225KCumulative $1.2M

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
Pre-Seed$1.0M · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$225K · 2012

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.1M
Base estimate est.
$153K
Conservative case
$80.6M
Upside case
$1.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the business services sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $31.6M · 2011-02-142011Pre-Seed · modeled $7.1M · 2012-04-272012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.63×/yr
Annual markup
2.21×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
business services
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.0M/yr
Capital velocity
15.4 yr
On record since
2011
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2438 companies in Business Services. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$1.5M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$225K
Sector median$322K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$7.1M
Sector median$15.1M

Raised more than 58% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 48% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #106 of 152.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Empathica Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $31.6M (est)BusyContractor.com, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $31.6M (est)Jinzanghuang Tibet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $31.6M (est)CLS Holdings Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $31.6M (est)Local Offer Network, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $31.6M (est)Green Bull Products Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $30.8M (est)Art Commission, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $30.3M (est)WMMA Distribution, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $30.1M (est)Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $914K · modeled $28.9M (est)Make It Happen Consulting Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $914K · modeled $28.9M (est)RevMD Partners, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $28.4M (est)Precision Discovery Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $28.4M (est)Cloud Strategies LLC (this company) Raised $1.2M · modeled $7.1M (est)Cloud Strategies LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Empathica IncPre-Seed$1.0M$31.6M2.78×
BusyContractor.com, IncPre-Seed$1.3M$31.6M2.78×
Jinzanghuang Tibet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$31.6M2.78×
CLS Holdings CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$31.6M2.78×
Local Offer Network, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$31.6M2.78×
Green Bull Products Inc.Pre-Seed$975K$30.8M2.71×
Art Commission, LlcPre-Seed$2.6M$30.3M2.66×
WMMA Distribution, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.1M$30.1M2.64×
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.Pre-Seed$914K$28.9M2.54×
Make It Happen Consulting LlcPre-Seed$914K$28.9M2.54×
RevMD Partners, LLCPre-Seed$900K$28.4M2.50×
Precision Discovery LlcPre-Seed$900K$28.4M2.50×
Cloud Strategies LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.2M$7.1M0.63×
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.
Pre-Seed$1.0M2011-02-14$5.6M$31.6M90%
Pre-Seed$225K2012-04-27$1.3M$7.1M90%
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. Pre-Seed$1.0M2011-02-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$225K2012-04-27
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$225K
Modeled next size est.range $225K$360K
0.2×
Last step-up
$1.0M/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
Richard Ferrari14 other2012-04
Dean Zarras2011-02
Guillermo Bautista2012-04
Michael Schubiger2011-02
Peter Wentworth2012-04
Peter Zarras2011-02
Registry & provenance

Cloud Strategies 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
1514101
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Cloud Strategies LLC raised?
Cloud Strategies LLC has raised approximately $1.2M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cloud Strategies LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cloud Strategies LLC is approximately $7.1M (modeled range $153K–$80.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cloud Strategies LLC at?
Cloud Strategies LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 27.
What does Cloud Strategies LLC do and where is it based?
Cloud Strategies LLC operates in the Business Services sector, based in CEDAR KNOLLS.
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