Companies · Telecommunications

DataOwl LLC

SCOTTSDALE · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on DataOwl LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 62%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Aug 18 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

DataOwl LLC looks under-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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.61× the median modeled value of Seed Telecommunications companies in 2019–2021 (21 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

DataOwl LLC 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
8.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $1.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 39% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 39% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 41% 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 2020: $1.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.0M on 2020-08-18.
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

DataOwl LLC is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from SCOTTSDALE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 39% 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
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
2016
Year incorporated
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$50MPre-Seed · 2018-07-01 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $27M (est)$1.0M$27MPre-Seed2018Seed · 2020-08-18 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$1.0M$21MSeed2020+$1.0MCumulative $2.0M

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$1.0M · 2018
Seed$1.0M · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$20.9M
Base estimate est.
$895K
Conservative case
$158.4M
Upside case
$5.1M
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 scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $26.8M · 2018-07-012018Seed · modeled $20.9M · 2020-08-182020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 60% high
1.49×/yr
Annual markup
1.96×/yr upside case
5.9 yr
Elapsed time used
5.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
26 mo
Avg between rounds
$949K/yr
Capital velocity
8.0 yr
On record since
2018
First round
2
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) 0.5× of median
This company$2.0M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$20.9M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 39% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 41% 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 #19 of 21.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Textel CX Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $81.0M (est)Hh Ventures, Llc · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $70.0M (est)Connected Analytics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $66.4M (est)Waterleaf International LLC · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $50.6M (est)Chronometriq Inc. · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $45.1M (est)Ifiber Communications Corp · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $43.1M (est)Helicore, LLC · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $43.1M (est)CurtCo Media, LLC · Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $43.0M (est)Quirk FYI Inc · Seed Raised $1.7M · modeled $36.4M (est)Arcadian Infracom, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.8M · modeled $34.8M (est)JetSpring LLC · Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $34.4M (est)TUPL, Inc. · Seed Raised $7.2M · modeled $33.9M (est)DataOwl LLC (this company) Raised $2.0M · modeled $20.9M (est)DataOwl LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Textel CX Inc.Seed$4.0M$81.0M2.35×
Hh Ventures, LlcSeed$4.5M$70.0M2.03×
Connected Analytics, Inc.Seed$3.9M$66.4M1.93×
Waterleaf International LLCSeed$2.4M$50.6M1.47×
Chronometriq Inc.Seed$4.7M$45.1M1.31×
Ifiber Communications CorpSeed$2.0M$43.1M1.25×
Helicore, LLCSeed$2.0M$43.1M1.25×
CurtCo Media, LLCSeed$2.1M$43.0M1.25×
Quirk FYI IncSeed$1.7M$36.4M1.06×
Arcadian Infracom, Inc.Seed$4.8M$34.8M1.01×
JetSpring LLCSeed$1.6M$34.4M1.00×
TUPL, Inc.Seed$7.2M$33.9M0.98×
DataOwl LLC this companySeed$2.0M$20.9M0.61×
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$1.0M2018-07-01$5.6M$26.8M90%
Seed$1.0M2020-08-18$5.1M$20.9M90%
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$1.0M2018-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Seed$1.0M2020-08-18
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~26mo cadence
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$1.7M
1.0×
Last step-up
$949K/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 Hirsch15 other2018-07
Dan Hirsch1 other2018-07
Vartan Arabyan2018-07
Registry & provenance

DataOwl LLC 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
1757172
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has DataOwl LLC raised?
DataOwl LLC has raised approximately $2.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is DataOwl LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for DataOwl LLC is approximately $20.9M (modeled range $895K–$158.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is DataOwl LLC at?
DataOwl LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Aug 18.
What does DataOwl LLC do and where is it based?
DataOwl LLC operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in SCOTTSDALE.
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