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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Custos Media Technologies — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Custos Media Technologies 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 media sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
Custos Media Technologies is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from Stellenbosch, Africa. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 34% 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.
SA anti-piracy startup Custos Media Technologies raises $265k 0 By Tom Jackson on April 8, 2016 News , Southern Africa Stellenbosch-based bitcoin bounty startup Custos Media Technologies has raised a second round of seed investment of just under ZAR4 million (US$265,000) to allow it to reach out to high-risk media producers. Custos – founded by staff at Stellenbosch University and based at the LaunchLab – looks to combat digital piracy by embedding bitcoin bounties as watermarks within videos and movies.
SA anti-piracy startup Custos Media Technologies raises $265k 0 By Tom Jackson on April 8, 2016 News , Southern Africa Stellenbosch-based bitcoin bounty startup Custos Media Technologies has raised a second round of seed investment of just under ZAR4 million (US$265,000) to allow it to reach out to high-risk media producers. Custos – founded by staff at Stellenbosch University and based at the LaunchLab – looks to combat digital piracy by embedding bitcoin bounties as watermarks within videos and movies.
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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.
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Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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.
Raised more than 34% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 45% of peers (estimate).
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 #51 of 84.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeline Entertainment, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| First American Media Group, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $3.3M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Media Design Group, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| New Hope Productions LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Recall Studios Inc | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Cirrina Studios, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Icelounge Media, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Fossil Records, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| S&T Media | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.08× |
| Glass-Media, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $960K | $20.0M | 2.95× |
| Dope Media, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $18.2M | 2.69× |
| Complex Sports & Entertainment LLC | Pre-Seed | $850K | $17.7M | 2.62× |
| Custos Media Technologies this company | Pre-Seed | $265K | $5.5M | 0.82× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $265K | 2016-04-08 | $1.5M | $5.5M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
Custos Media Technologies is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex Files Productions LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $270K | $3.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Home Away Productions, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $270K | $5.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Cascade Streaming Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $258K | $5.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Canned Goods Productions LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $275K | $881K | same sector · same stage |
| Feature Media Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $275K | $821K | same sector · same stage |
| Medtales Media Corp. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $254K | $5.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Rising Tide Studios, Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $277K | $821K | same sector · same stage |
| Big Show Pictures, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $280K | $5.8M | same sector · same stage |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Currency Group | Pre-Seed | 55% |
| Innovus Technology Transfer | Pre-Seed | 55% |
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