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Donut News, Inc

AUSTIN · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Donut News, Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$300K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
2.0×
Latest step-up
Top 86%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Donut News, Inc looks under-valued against its niche peers and is quiet 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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.67× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2025–2027 (710 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 15 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector 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

Donut News, Inc is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 15% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2023
Year incorporated
2025-04-01
First sale
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$250K$500K$750K$1.0MPre-Seed · 2024-03-05 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $462K (est)$100K$462KPre-Seed2024Pre-Seed · 2025-04-01 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $577K (est)$200K$577KPre-Seed2025+$200KCumulative $300K

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$100K · 2024
Pre-Seed extension$200K · 2025

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$577K
Base estimate est.
$133K
Conservative case
$1.5M
Upside case
$1.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $462K · 2024-03-052024Pre-Seed · modeled $577K · 2025-04-012025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
1.3 yr
Elapsed time used
1.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$280K/yr
Capital velocity
2.3 yr
On record since
2024
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 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) 0.1× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$200K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.0× of median
This company$577K
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 15% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 3% 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 #461 of 710.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Rocket Carwash, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.2M (est)Chapel Hill, LP · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.1M (est)Zab's Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.1M (est)Producer Mezcal LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.1M (est)KBS ARC Investment LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $992K · modeled $3.0M (est)Unrefind Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.0M (est)TKO Solutions, L.L.C. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.0M (est)Savvy Trader, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $3.0M (est)Playful Wombat Ltd Liability Co · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.0M (est)Sbbc, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $2.9M (est)Terracasa, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $2.9M (est)SIGMAS Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1000K · modeled $2.9M (est)Donut News, Inc (this company) Raised $300K · modeled $577K (est)Donut News, Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Rocket Carwash, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$3.2M3.68×
Chapel Hill, LPPre-Seed$1.0M$3.1M3.63×
Zab's Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$3.1M3.60×
Producer Mezcal LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$3.1M3.56×
KBS ARC Investment LLCPre-Seed$992K$3.0M3.50×
Unrefind IncPre-Seed$1.0M$3.0M3.48×
TKO Solutions, L.L.C.Pre-Seed$1.0M$3.0M3.45×
Savvy Trader, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$3.0M3.44×
Playful Wombat Ltd Liability CoPre-Seed$1.0M$3.0M3.42×
Sbbc, LlcPre-Seed$1.3M$2.9M3.41×
Terracasa, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$2.9M3.39×
SIGMAS Inc.Pre-Seed$1000K$2.9M3.39×
Donut News, Inc this companyPre-Seed$300K$577K0.67×
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$100K2024-03-05$556K$462K90%
Pre-Seed$200K2025-04-01$1.1M$577K90%
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$100K2024-03-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$200K2025-04-01
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$400K
Modeled next size est.range $260K$640K
2.0×
Last step-up
$280K/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
Branndon Stewart1 other2025-04
Matt Munoz2024-03
Peter Nowak2024-03
Scott Minton2024-03
Registry & provenance

Donut News, 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
1847558
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Donut News, Inc raised?
Donut News, Inc has raised approximately $300K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Donut News, Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Donut News, Inc is approximately $577K (modeled range $133K–$1.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Donut News, Inc at?
Donut News, Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Apr 01.
What does Donut News, Inc do and where is it based?
Donut News, Inc operates in the Other sector, based in AUSTIN.
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