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Ctb Group, Inc.

Alexandria · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ctb Group, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$262K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 92%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Aug 25 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ctb Group, Inc. looks fair 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 telecom sector profile.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.02× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Telecommunications companies in 2007–2009 (44 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (102% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Telecommunications

Ctb Group, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from Alexandria. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 9% 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
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2009-08-25 Raised $262K (real) Modeled valuation $7.0M (est)$262K$7.0MPre-Seed2009

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$262K · 2009

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.0M
Base estimate est.
$169K
Conservative case
$79.6M
Upside case
$1.5M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 53% high
1.60×/yr
Annual markup
2.16×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$262K
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$262K
Sector median$365K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$7.0M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 9% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 21% 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 #22 of 44.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)TimeData Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Aeris Communications Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Coreoptics Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1000K · modeled $26.8M (est)Cincinnati Merger Sub II LP · Pre-Seed Raised $945K · modeled $25.3M (est)Steeplechase Networks, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $748K · modeled $20.0M (est)Edentify, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $734K · modeled $19.6M (est)Mount Madonna Tower Owners Association, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $717K · modeled $19.2M (est)Sequoia Communications Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $655K · modeled $17.5M (est)JNS Towers, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $650K · modeled $17.4M (est)D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)Flint Telecom Group Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)Kansas Fiber Network, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)Ctb Group, Inc. (this company) Raised $262K · modeled $7.0M (est)Ctb Group, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
TimeData CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M3.91×
Aeris Communications IncPre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M3.91×
Coreoptics IncPre-Seed$1000K$26.8M3.91×
Cincinnati Merger Sub II LPPre-Seed$945K$25.3M3.69×
Steeplechase Networks, Inc.Pre-Seed$748K$20.0M2.92×
Edentify, Inc.Pre-Seed$734K$19.6M2.87×
Mount Madonna Tower Owners Association, LLCPre-Seed$717K$19.2M2.80×
Sequoia Communications CorpPre-Seed$655K$17.5M2.56×
JNS Towers, LLCPre-Seed$650K$17.4M2.54×
D-Cap Iv Partners LtdPre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
Flint Telecom Group Inc.Pre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
Kansas Fiber Network, LLCPre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
Ctb Group, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$262K$7.0M1.02×
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$262K2009-08-25$1.5M$7.0M90%
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. Pre-Seed$262K2009-08-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$419K
Modeled next size est.range $273K$671K
Last step-up
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
VERNON L. FOTHERINGHAM2 other2009-08
Anthony Naughtin1 other2009-08
Laurence S. Zimmerman2009-08
Robert Beran2009-08
Shigeaki Hakusui2009-08
Trond Johannassen2009-08
W. Theodore Pierson2009-08
Registry & provenance

Ctb Group, 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
1471602
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ctb Group, Inc. raised?
Ctb Group, Inc. has raised approximately $262K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ctb Group, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ctb Group, Inc. is approximately $7.0M (modeled range $169K–$79.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ctb Group, Inc. at?
Ctb Group, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Aug 25.
What does Ctb Group, Inc. do and where is it based?
Ctb Group, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in Alexandria.
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