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D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd

DALLAS · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$600K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 81%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd looks over-valued 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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.34× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Telecommunications companies in 2007–2009 (44 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.7 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.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
16.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $600K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 20% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 20% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 36% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Normal applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2009: $600K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $600K on 2009-10-30.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
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

D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from DALLAS. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 20% 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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2009-10-30 Raised $600K (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$600K$16MPre-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$600K · 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
$16.1M
Base estimate est.
$388K
Conservative case
$182.1M
Upside case
$3.3M
Modeled post-money

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 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
16.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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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)▼ 0.2× of median
This company$600K
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.6× above median
This company$600K
Sector median$365K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▼ 0.6× of median
This company$16.1M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 20% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 36% 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 #12 of 44.

This companyCohort peer
$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)Flint Telecom Group Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)Kansas Fiber Network, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd (this company) Raised $600K · modeled $16.1M (est)D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd
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×
Flint Telecom Group Inc.Pre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
Kansas Fiber Network, LLCPre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd this companyPre-Seed$600K$16.1M2.34×
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$600K2009-10-30$3.3M$16.1M90%
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. Pre-Seed$600K2009-10-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$960K
Modeled next size est.range $624K–$1.5M
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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
DAVID RONALD ALLEN—1 other2009-10
Registry & provenance

D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd 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
1478166
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
D-Cap Iii Partners Ltd.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$250K$6.7Mnetwork1 shared operator · same sector · same stage
Elevate, Inc.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$13.4Msame sector · same stage
Flint Telecom Group Inc.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$16.1Msame sector · same stage
Head Trainer, Inc.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$5.4Msame sector · same stage
Kansas Fiber Network, LLCTelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$16.1Msame sector · same stage
Mercury Communications, LLCTelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$16.1Msame sector · same stage
Mobifusion IncTelecommunicationsPre-Seed$600K$16.1Msame sector · same stage
Broadband Voice LLCTelecommunicationsPre-Seed$625K$4.7Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd raised?
D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd has raised approximately $600K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd is approximately $16.1M (modeled range $388K–$182.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd at?
D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 30.
What does D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd do and where is it based?
D-Cap Iv Partners Ltd operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in DALLAS.
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