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Directed Sensing Inc.

KNOXVILLE · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Directed Sensing Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
2.0×
Latest step-up
Top 52%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jul 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Directed Sensing 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 technology 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 1.18× the median modeled value of Seed Other Technology companies in 2016–2018 (1024 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (118% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Technology

Directed Sensing Inc. is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from KNOXVILLE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 49% 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
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$25M$50M$75M$100MPre-Seed · 2012-06-22 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $42M (est)$1.0M$42MPre-Seed2012Seed · 2016-07-01 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$2.0M$68MSeed2016+$2.0MCumulative $3.0M

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 · 2012
Seed$2.0M · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$68.1M
Base estimate est.
$1.8M
Conservative case
$534.7M
Upside case
$10.0M
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 technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $42.4M · 2012-06-222012Seed · modeled $68.1M · 2016-07-012016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.61×/yr
Annual markup
2.11×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
48 mo
Avg between rounds
$745K/yr
Capital velocity
14.0 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21292 companies in Other Technology. 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) 0.9× of median
This company$3.0M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$2.0M
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.8× above median
This company$68.1M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 49% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 64% 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 #413 of 1,024.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Modern Teacher LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)OneDine, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Pixobot, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $136.3M (est)SubVRsive, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Red Lambda, Inc. · Seed Raised $9.2M · modeled $136.3M (est)Lea, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Homebot, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Watershed Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Bivarus, Inc. · Seed Raised $8.3M · modeled $136.3M (est)Salcido Enterprises, LLC · Seed Raised $5.1M · modeled $136.3M (est)RSV QOZB Rural, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Punchbowl, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.6M · modeled $136.3M (est)Directed Sensing Inc. (this company) Raised $3.0M · modeled $68.1M (est)Directed Sensing Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Modern Teacher LLCSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
OneDine, LLCSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Pixobot, Inc.Seed$4.7M$136.3M2.36×
SubVRsive, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Red Lambda, Inc.Seed$9.2M$136.3M2.36×
Lea, LlcSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Homebot, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Watershed Systems, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Bivarus, Inc.Seed$8.3M$136.3M2.36×
Salcido Enterprises, LLCSeed$5.1M$136.3M2.36×
RSV QOZB Rural, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Punchbowl, Inc.Seed$5.6M$136.3M2.36×
Directed Sensing Inc. this companySeed$3.0M$68.1M1.18×
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$1.0M2012-06-22$5.6M$42.4M90%
Seed$2.0M2016-07-01$10.0M$68.1M90%
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$1.0M2012-06-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Seed$2.0M2016-07-01
    • Raised again after 48 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~48mo cadence
$4.0M
Modeled next size est.range $2.6M$6.4M
2.0×
Last step-up
$745K/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
Thomas J.A. Lavin2 other2012-06
David M Patterson1 other2016-07
Peter L. Fuhr2012-06
Somu L. Subramaniam2012-06
Vivek M Mohindra2016-07
Registry & provenance

Directed Sensing 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
1553493
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Directed Sensing Inc. raised?
Directed Sensing Inc. has raised approximately $3.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Directed Sensing Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Directed Sensing Inc. is approximately $68.1M (modeled range $1.8M–$534.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Directed Sensing Inc. at?
Directed Sensing Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jul 01.
What does Directed Sensing Inc. do and where is it based?
Directed Sensing Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in KNOXVILLE.
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