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Elude Inc.

LOS ANGELES · Other Travel

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Elude Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.5M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 42%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 29 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Elude 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 travel 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 1.57× the median modeled value of Seed Other Travel companies in 2019–2021 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Travel

Elude Inc. is one of 176 Other Travel companies tracked from LOS ANGELES. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 59% 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
59
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2021-10-29
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$20MSeed · 2021-10-29 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $18M (est)$3.5M$18MSeed2021

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
Seed$3.5M · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$18.4M
Base estimate est.
$2.8M
Conservative case
$100.6M
Upside case
$17.4M
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 travel sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
36%
Survival probability
16% low · 55% high
1.26×/yr
Annual markup
1.65×/yr upside case
4.7 yr
Elapsed time used
4.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
travel
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
4.7 yr
On record since
2021
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 176 companies in Other Travel. 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) 1.4× above median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$2.5M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.9× above median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$1.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.1× above median
This company$18.4M
Sector median$8.9M

Raised more than 59% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% 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 #2 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)HVN Travel Group Inc · Seed Raised $2.9M · modeled $20.8M (est)Crane Aviation Partners VII, LLC · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $16.7M (est)Adventure Travel Trade Association, Inc. · Seed Raised $1.9M · modeled $11.7M (est)Rank Software Inc. · Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $8.6M (est)Personal Airline Exchange, Inc. · Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $6.9M (est)Chsz, Llc · Seed Raised $5.3M · modeled $1.1M (est)Elude Inc. (this company) Raised $3.5M · modeled $18.4M (est)Elude Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
HVN Travel Group IncSeed$2.9M$20.8M1.78×
Elude Inc. this companySeed$3.5M$18.4M1.57×
Crane Aviation Partners VII, LLCSeed$2.3M$16.7M1.43×
Adventure Travel Trade Association, Inc.Seed$1.9M$11.7M1.00×
Rank Software Inc.Seed$1.2M$8.6M0.74×
Personal Airline Exchange, Inc.Seed$1.1M$6.9M0.59×
Chsz, LlcSeed$5.3M$1.1M0.09×
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.
Seed$3.5M2021-10-29$17.4M$18.4M90%
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. Seed$3.5M2021-10-29
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 59 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$5.6M
Modeled next size est.range $3.6M$8.9M
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
Chris Shonk2 other2021-10
Alex Simon2021-10
Frank Scerbo2021-10
Registry & provenance

Elude 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
1893341
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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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.

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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
Innovative Travel Technologies, Inc.Other TravelSeed$10.8M82%
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Orbite Inc.Other TravelSeed$8.8M81%
Journera, Inc.Other TravelSeries B$31.8M81%
FliFlo Inc.Other TravelPre-Seed$345K80%
Moliving Inc.Other TravelPre-Seed$4.6M80%
Residential Cruise Holdings IncOther TravelSeries A$11.4M80%
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Elude Inc. raised?
Elude Inc. has raised approximately $3.5M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Elude Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Elude Inc. is approximately $18.4M (modeled range $2.8M–$100.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Elude Inc. at?
Elude Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 29.
What does Elude Inc. do and where is it based?
Elude Inc. operates in the Other Travel sector, based in LOS ANGELES.
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