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Dope Media, Inc.

SEATTLE · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Dope Media, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 50%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 15 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Dope Media, Inc. 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 media 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 2.69× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Media & Content companies in 2016–2018 (84 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Media & Content

Dope Media, Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from SEATTLE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 51% 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(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2017-12-15
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2015-11-02 Raised $125K (real) Modeled valuation $2.6M (est)$125K$2.6MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2017-12-15 Raised $875K (real) Modeled valuation $18M (est)$875K$18MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2017-12-15 Raised $450K (real) Modeled valuation $9.4M (est)$450K$9.4MPre-Seed2017+$875K+$450KCumulative $1.4M

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$125K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$875K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$450K · 2017

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$18.2M
Base estimate est.
$525K
Conservative case
$206.4M
Upside case
$4.9M
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 scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.6M · 2015-11-022015Pre-Seed · modeled $18.2M · 2017-12-15Pre-Seed · modeled $9.4M · 2017-12-152017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 50% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$472K/yr
Capital velocity
10.7 yr
On record since
2015
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$450K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.1× above median
This company$18.2M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 51% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 63% 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 #11 of 84.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Media Design Group, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Cirrina Studios, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Fossil Records, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Icelounge Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)S&T Media · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)First American Media Group, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $20.8M (est)Recall Studios Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $20.8M (est)Lifeline Entertainment, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)New Hope Productions LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Glass-Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $960K · modeled $20.0M (est)Complex Sports & Entertainment LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $17.7M (est)Dope Media, Inc. (this company) Raised $1.0M · modeled $18.2M (est)Dope Media, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Media Design Group, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Cirrina Studios, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Fossil Records, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Icelounge Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
S&T MediaPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
First American Media Group, Inc.Pre-Seed$3.3M$20.8M3.08×
Recall Studios IncPre-Seed$1.2M$20.8M3.08×
Lifeline Entertainment, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
New Hope Productions LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Glass-Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$960K$20.0M2.95×
Dope Media, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$1.0M$18.2M2.69×
Complex Sports & Entertainment LLCPre-Seed$850K$17.7M2.62×
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$125K2015-11-02$694K$2.6M85%
Pre-Seed$875K2017-12-15$4.9M$18.2M90%
Pre-Seed$450K2017-12-15$2.5M$9.4M90%
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$125K2015-11-02
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$875K2017-12-15
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$450K2017-12-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$450K
Modeled next size est.range $450K$720K
0.5×
Last step-up
$472K/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
Christopher Galvin4 other2017-12
Emily Paxhia3 other2017-12
Andrew Male1 other2015-11
Christopher Male1 other2017-12
David Tran1 other2015-11
George Jage1 other2017-12
Tahira Rehmatullah1 other2017-12
Chris Male2015-11
Nathan Chrysler2015-11
Trek Hollnagel2015-11
Registry & provenance

Dope Media, 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
1658624
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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
Jage Media, Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$1.4M$1.9Mnetwork1 shared operator · same sector · same stage
Chaplin Movie Productions, Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$2.9Msame sector · same stage
Cirrina Studios, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8Msame sector · same stage
DOPE Venture Studio Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$4.8Msame sector · same stage
Film Funding Group, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$3.7Msame sector · same stage
Fossil Records, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8Msame sector · same stage
Global Air Entertainment IncMedia & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$5.9Msame sector · same stage
Icelounge Media, Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
DOPE Venture Studio Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$4.8M91%
Donut Media Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$14.0M81%
OverActive Media Corp.Media & ContentPre-Seed$9.8M81%
Ten Media Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$679K80%
Stick & Hack Media, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$13.2M80%
Jage Media, Inc.Media & ContentPre-Seed$1.9M79%
JDK Media, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$2.4M79%
On3 Media, Inc.Media & ContentSeries B$329.3M79%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Dope Media, Inc. raised?
Dope Media, Inc. has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Dope Media, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Dope Media, Inc. is approximately $18.2M (modeled range $525K–$206.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Dope Media, Inc. at?
Dope Media, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 15.
What does Dope Media, Inc. do and where is it based?
Dope Media, Inc. operates in the Media & Content sector, based in SEATTLE.
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