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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Elude Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $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.
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.
Raised more than 59% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% of peers (estimate).
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.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HVN Travel Group Inc | Seed | $2.9M | $20.8M | 1.78× |
| Elude Inc. this company | Seed | $3.5M | $18.4M | 1.57× |
| Crane Aviation Partners VII, LLC | Seed | $2.3M | $16.7M | 1.43× |
| Adventure Travel Trade Association, Inc. | Seed | $1.9M | $11.7M | 1.00× |
| Rank Software Inc. | Seed | $1.2M | $8.6M | 0.74× |
| Personal Airline Exchange, Inc. | Seed | $1.1M | $6.9M | 0.59× |
| Chsz, Llc | Seed | $5.3M | $1.1M | 0.09× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $3.5M | 2021-10-29 | $17.4M | $18.4M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Shonk | — | 2 other | 2021-10 |
| Alex Simon | — | — | 2021-10 |
| Frank Scerbo | — | — | 2021-10 |
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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Wawa Holding Co | Other Travel | Seed | $3.5M | $7.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Paravel Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $3.4M | $22.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Kyte Tech Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $3.3M | $8.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Nile Project Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $3.7M | $25.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Options Away, Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $3.7M | $26.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Rise US Holdings, LLC | Other Travel | Seed | $3.2M | $23.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Great Northern & Southern Navigation Co., LLC | Other Travel | Seed | $3.8M | $27.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Metropolitan Global Taxicab Corp. | Other Travel | Seed | $3.8M | $6.8M | same sector · same stage |
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Travel Technologies, Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $10.8M | 82% |
| Cruisebound, Inc. | Other Travel | Series A | $38.6M | 81% |
| Orbite Inc. | Other Travel | Seed | $8.8M | 81% |
| Journera, Inc. | Other Travel | Series B | $31.8M | 81% |
| FliFlo Inc. | Other Travel | Pre-Seed | $345K | 80% |
| Moliving Inc. | Other Travel | Pre-Seed | $4.6M | 80% |
| Residential Cruise Holdings Inc | Other Travel | Series A | $11.4M | 80% |
| Outdoor Trip, Inc. | Other Travel | Pre-Seed | $1.7M | 80% |
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