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College Guidance Network, Inc.

LEXINGTON · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on College Guidance Network, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.6M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.9×
Latest step-up
Top 47%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 26 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

College Guidance Network, Inc. looks under-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.27× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2022–2024 (1231 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
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 Other

College Guidance Network, Inc. is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from LEXINGTON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 54% 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.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
8
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2022-09-26
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2020-07-15 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $20M (est)$1.1M$20MSeed2020Pre-Seed · 2020-07-15 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $5.7M (est)$250K$5.7MPre-Seed2020Seed · 2021-06-16 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$1.2M$15MSeed2021Pre-Seed · 2021-06-16 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $6.1M (est)$400K$6.1MPre-Seed2021Seed · 2022-09-26 Raised $375K (real) Modeled valuation $3.0M (est)$375K$3.0MSeed2022+$250K+$1.2M+$400K+$375KCumulative $3.3M

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$1.1M · 2020
Bridge · Seed-stage$250K · 2020smaller follow-on
Seed extension$1.2M · 2021
Bridge · Seed-stage$400K · 2021smaller follow-on
Seed extension$375K · 2022

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.0M
Base estimate est.
$338K
Conservative case
$13.0M
Upside case
$1.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $20.1M · 2020-07-152020Pre-Seed · modeled $5.7M · 2020-07-15Seed · modeled $15.1M · 2021-06-16Pre-Seed · modeled $6.1M · 2021-06-16Seed · modeled $3.0M · 2022-09-262022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
3.8 yr
Elapsed time used
3.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
7 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.2M/yr
Capital velocity
6.0 yr
On record since
2020
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 1.3× above median
This company$2.6M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$375K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$3.0M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 54% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 17% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #1165 of 1,231.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Dropee Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $40.7M (est)NFH Northern Project Development, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $40.7M (est)FactorFund-Note-2022 LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $40.1M (est)Immersion Elements LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $40.0M (est)Possip, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.8M · modeled $39.7M (est)Porch Group, Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $38.8M (est)Rootwurks, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $38.7M (est)Cordelia Capital Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $38.4M (est)99 Counties, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $38.1M (est)2910 Richmond Hill 1 LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $37.5M (est)BH Polycor Holding Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $37.0M (est)FitJoy, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $36.9M (est)College Guidance Network, Inc. (this company) Raised $2.6M · modeled $3.0M (est)College Guidance Network, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Dropee Inc.Seed$3.9M$40.7M3.61×
NFH Northern Project Development, LLCSeed$4.0M$40.7M3.61×
FactorFund-Note-2022 LLCSeed$4.0M$40.1M3.56×
Immersion Elements LLCSeed$3.8M$40.0M3.55×
Possip, Inc.Seed$5.8M$39.7M3.52×
Porch Group, Inc.Seed$6.0M$38.8M3.45×
Rootwurks, Inc.Seed$3.9M$38.7M3.44×
Cordelia Capital Holdings Inc.Seed$3.9M$38.4M3.41×
99 Counties, Inc.Seed$3.7M$38.1M3.38×
2910 Richmond Hill 1 LLCSeed$3.8M$37.5M3.33×
BH Polycor Holding Inc.Seed$3.9M$37.0M3.28×
FitJoy, Inc.Seed$3.7M$36.9M3.28×
College Guidance Network, Inc. this companySeed$2.6M$3.0M0.27×
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$1.1M2020-07-15$5.5M$20.1M90%
Pre-Seed$250K2020-07-15$1.4M$5.7M90%
Seed$1.2M2021-06-16$5.8M$15.1M90%
Pre-Seed$400K2021-06-16$2.2M$6.1M90%
Seed$375K2022-09-26$1.9M$3.0M90%
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. Seed$1.1M2020-07-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$250K2020-07-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 4.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.2M2021-06-16
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$400K2021-06-16
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  5. Seed$375K2022-09-26
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 8 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~7mo cadence
$375K
Modeled next size est.range $375K$600K
0.9×
Last step-up
$1.2M/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
David A. Feinberg2022-09
Douglas A. Donahue2020-07
Jennifer Potter-Brotman2020-07
Jon Carson2020-07
Registry & provenance

College Guidance Network, 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
1817177
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has College Guidance Network, Inc. raised?
College Guidance Network, Inc. has raised approximately $2.6M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is College Guidance Network, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for College Guidance Network, Inc. is approximately $3.0M (modeled range $338K–$13.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is College Guidance Network, Inc. at?
College Guidance Network, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 26.
What does College Guidance Network, Inc. do and where is it based?
College Guidance Network, Inc. operates in the Other sector, based in LEXINGTON.
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