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Cloud9 Esports, Inc.

SANTA MONICA · Gaming · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cloud9 Esports, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$79.5M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Oct 31 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cloud9 Esports, Inc. has raised $80M over 5 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the gaming sector profile.

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

Dormant
  • Last raise 6.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Gaming

Cloud9 Esports, Inc. is one of 344 Gaming companies tracked from SANTA MONICA. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% 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.

gaming

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2019-10-31
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeed · 2016-11-10 Raised $2.9M (real) Modeled valuation $63M (est)$2.9M$63MSeed2016Series B · 2017-09-13 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $386M (est)$20M$386MSeries B2017Series C · 2018-09-28 Raised $54M (real) Modeled valuation $1.1B (est)$54M$1.1BSeries C2018Series C · 2019-09-12 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $41M (est)$2.0M$41MSeries C2019Series C · 2019-10-31 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $26M (est)$1.3M$26MSeries C2019+$20M+$54M+$2.0M+$1.3MCumulative $80M

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
Seed$2.9M · 2016
Series B$19.7M · 2017no Series A on file
Series C$53.6M · 2018
Series C extension$2.0M · 2019
Series C extension$1.3M · 2019

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 60%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$26.5M
Base estimate est.
$4.5M
Conservative case
$69.8M
Upside case
$8.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the gaming sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $62.6M · 2016-11-102016Series B · modeled $386.0M · 2017-09-13Series C · modeled $1.1B · 2018-09-28Series C · modeled $41.2M · 2019-09-12Series C · modeled $26.5M · 2019-10-312019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
69%
Survival probability
51% low · 79% high
1.28×/yr
Annual markup
1.47×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
gaming
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$26.8M/yr
Capital velocity
9.6 yr
On record since
2016
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 344 companies in Gaming. 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) 29× above median
This company$79.5M
Sector median$2.7M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$47.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.2× above median
This company$26.5M
Sector median$22.8M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 76% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Rushmore Gaming, LLC · Series C Raised $50.0M · modeled $804.2M (est)Game Taco, Inc. · Series C Raised $55.0M · modeled $733.1M (est)Cloud9 Esports, Inc. (this company) Raised $79.5M · modeled $26.5M (est)Cloud9 Esports, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Rushmore Gaming, LLCSeries C$50.0M$804.2M1.10×
Game Taco, Inc.Series C$55.0M$733.1M1.00×
Cloud9 Esports, Inc. this companySeries C$79.5M$26.5M0.04×
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.
Seed$2.9M2016-11-10$14.3M$62.6M90%
Series B$19.7M2017-09-13$109.5M$386.0M90%
Series C$53.6M2018-09-28$357.6M$1.1B90%
Series C$2.0M2019-09-12$13.6M$41.2M90%
Series C$1.3M2019-10-31$8.7M$26.5M90%
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. Seed$2.9M2016-11-10
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 21 investors on this round.
  2. Series B$19.7M2017-09-13
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 21 investors on this round.
  3. Series C$53.6M2018-09-28
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  4. Series C$2.0M2019-09-12
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 26.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  5. Series C$1.3M2019-10-31
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$1.3M
Modeled next size est.range $1.3M$2.1M
0.6×
Last step-up
$26.8M/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
Antonio Gracias14 other2018-09
Rick Thompson9 other2018-09
Brian Singerman8 other2017-09
Daniel Fiden2 other2019-09
Dan Fiden1 other2018-09
Daniel K. Fiden2016-11
Jacques Etienne2017-09
Jacques M. Etienne2016-11
Paullie Etienne2017-09
Paullie K. Etienne2016-11
Yingwu Zhong2017-09
Registry & provenance

Cloud9 Esports, Inc. 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
1690706
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
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Esports Exclusive, Inc.Business ServicesPre-Seed$5.2M81%
Dignitas eSports, LLCGamingSeed$65.8M80%
Cloud9 Technologies LLCSoftware / TechSeries B$501.8M79%
Velocity Esports, Inc.GamingPre-Seed$746K79%
Paidia Esports Inc.GamingPre-Seed$1.9M78%
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Cloud9 Esports, Inc. raised?
Cloud9 Esports, Inc. has raised approximately $79.5M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cloud9 Esports, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cloud9 Esports, Inc. is approximately $26.5M (modeled range $4.5M–$69.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cloud9 Esports, Inc. at?
Cloud9 Esports, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Oct 31.
What does Cloud9 Esports, Inc. do and where is it based?
Cloud9 Esports, Inc. operates in the Gaming sector, based in SANTA MONICA.
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