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Cu Direct Corp

Irvine · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cu Direct Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.2M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
6.0×
Latest step-up
Top 25%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Mar 17 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cu Direct Corp looks fair against its niche peers and is active 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.99× the median modeled value of Series A Other companies in 2025–2027 (485 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (99% of peer median) for its niche.
Active
  • Last raise 3 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.
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

Cu Direct Corp is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from Irvine. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 76% 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
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2018-07-18 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$1.0M$19MSeed2018Seed · 2025-12-08 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $2.9M (est)$1.2M$2.9MSeed2025Series A · 2026-03-17 Raised $7.0M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$7.0M$19MSeries A2026+$1.2M+$7.0MCumulative $9.2M

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
Seed$1.0M · 2018
Seed extension$1.2M · 2025
Series A$7.0M · 2026

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$19.1M
Base estimate est.
$9.6M
Conservative case
$27.9M
Upside case
$31.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $19.2M · 2018-07-182018Seed · modeled $2.9M · 2025-12-08Series A · modeled $19.1M · 2026-03-172026
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
0.3 yr
Elapsed time used
0.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
46 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.2M/yr
Capital velocity
8.0 yr
On record since
2018
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 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) 4.5× above median
This company$9.2M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$7.0M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.1× above median
This company$19.1M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 76% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 52% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #250 of 485.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Sea Court GP, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $57.7M (est)Kastle Biopartners II LP · Series A Raised $14.4M · modeled $53.1M (est)Econic Investment LLC · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $53.1M (est)DCFC Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $16.1M · modeled $51.8M (est)HeadVantage Corp · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $50.8M (est)Cobbs Creek Restoration & Community Foundation · Series A Raised $14.1M · modeled $50.5M (est)Mawson Resources Ltd · Series A Raised $26.3M · modeled $50.2M (est)Chess Champion Ltd Liability Co · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $50.1M (est)Sepratech TopCo, LLC · Series A Raised $14.6M · modeled $49.7M (est)MATT & LEWIS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $48.6M (est)FlyGuys, Inc · Series A Raised $16.7M · modeled $48.5M (est)Empyrean Club, LLC · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $48.0M (est)Cu Direct Corp (this company) Raised $9.2M · modeled $19.1M (est)Cu Direct Corp
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sea Court GP, LLCSeries A$15.0M$57.7M2.98×
Kastle Biopartners II LPSeries A$14.4M$53.1M2.75×
Econic Investment LLCSeries A$14.0M$53.1M2.74×
DCFC Holdings, LLCSeries A$16.1M$51.8M2.67×
HeadVantage CorpSeries A$15.0M$50.8M2.62×
Cobbs Creek Restoration & Community FoundationSeries A$14.1M$50.5M2.61×
Mawson Resources LtdSeries A$26.3M$50.2M2.60×
Chess Champion Ltd Liability CoSeries A$15.0M$50.1M2.59×
Sepratech TopCo, LLCSeries A$14.6M$49.7M2.57×
MATT & LEWIS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY CoSeries A$15.0M$48.6M2.51×
FlyGuys, IncSeries A$16.7M$48.5M2.51×
Empyrean Club, LLCSeries A$14.0M$48.0M2.48×
Cu Direct Corp this companySeries A$9.2M$19.1M0.99×
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$1.0M2018-07-18$5.2M$19.2M90%
Seed$1.2M2025-12-08$5.8M$2.9M90%
Series A$7.0M2026-03-17$31.9M$19.1M90%
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. Seed$1.0M2018-07-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.2M2025-12-08
    • Raised again after 89 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Series A$7.0M2026-03-17
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2030 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~46mo cadence
$21.1M
Modeled next size est.range $13.7M$33.7M
6.0×
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
Don Clark1 other2025-12
Anthony Boutelle2018-07
April Clobes2025-12
Benson Porter2018-07
Bill Cheney2025-12
Bob Child2025-12
Brett Martinez2018-07
Brian Hendricks2018-07
Chad Graves2025-12
Chuck Purvis2018-07
Donna Bland2018-07
Erin Mendez2018-07
Erin Wilson2025-12
Jeff March2018-07
Jeffrey Shood2025-12
Jessica Sumikawa2026-03
Jim Laffoon2018-07
John Lund2018-07
Karen Roch2025-12
Keith Sultemeier2018-07
Laurel Levine2025-12
Linda Armyn2025-12
Nader Moghaddam2018-07
Neetu Bhagat2018-07
Registry & provenance

Cu Direct Corp 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
1057344
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Cu Direct Corp raised?
Cu Direct Corp has raised approximately $9.2M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cu Direct Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cu Direct Corp is approximately $19.1M (modeled range $9.6M–$27.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cu Direct Corp at?
Cu Direct Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Mar 17.
What does Cu Direct Corp do and where is it based?
Cu Direct Corp operates in the Other sector, based in Irvine.
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