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Florian Education Investors LLC

Darien · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Florian Education Investors LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Aug 29 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Florian Education Investors LLC looks under-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the edtech sector profile.

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 0.51× the median modeled value of Seed Edtech companies in 2022–2024 (21 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Florian Education Investors LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
13.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2013 with $2.5M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 67% of Edtech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 67% of Edtech peers; modeled value is above 41% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Normal applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2013: $2.5M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.8M on 2014-12-29.
  • Filing rows sum to $5.0M, while canonical raised total is $3.8M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Edtech

Florian Education Investors LLC is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from Darien. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% 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
13
Investors (latest)
2022-08-29
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2013-05-09 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$1.2M$24MSeed2013Seed · 2013-05-21 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$1.2M$24MSeed2013Seed · 2014-12-29 Raised $1.8M (real) Modeled valuation $36M (est)$1.8M$36MSeed2014Seed · 2022-08-29 Raised $750K (real) Modeled valuation $6.2M (est)$750K$6.2MSeed2022+$1.2M+$1.8M+$750KCumulative $5.0M

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
Seed$1.2M · 2013
Seed extension$1.2M · 2013
Seed extension$1.8M · 2014
Seed extension$750K · 2022

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
$6.2M
Base estimate est.
$621K
Conservative case
$27.2M
Upside case
$3.8M
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 edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $23.6M · 2013-05-092013Seed · modeled $23.6M · 2013-05-21Seed · modeled $35.5M · 2014-12-29Seed · modeled $6.2M · 2022-08-292022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
37%
Survival probability
17% low · 57% high
1.48×/yr
Annual markup
1.94×/yr upside case
3.8 yr
Elapsed time used
3.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
37 mo
Avg between rounds
$410K/yr
Capital velocity
13.1 yr
On record since
2013
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. 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) 1.6× above median
This company$3.8M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$750K
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$6.2M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 41% 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 #18 of 21.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Galileo Education, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $22.6M (est)ACI Learning Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $20.1M (est)SE Swim School - Capital Investors, LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $19.7M (est)FoondaMate · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $18.3M (est)Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $17.5M (est)Papaya Tutoring Services, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $16.5M (est)Upright Education, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $15.6M (est)AccioJob, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.7M · modeled $15.1M (est)Yam Education, Llc · Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $14.4M (est)Hello World Education, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $13.4M (est)Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. · Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $12.1M (est)Coursestorm, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $11.7M (est)Florian Education Investors LLC (this company) Raised $3.8M · modeled $6.2M (est)Florian Education Investors LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Galileo Education, Inc.Seed$3.8M$22.6M1.87×
ACI Learning Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$20.1M1.66×
SE Swim School - Capital Investors, LLCSeed$3.8M$19.7M1.63×
FoondaMateSeed$2.0M$18.3M1.51×
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology, Inc.Seed$2.5M$17.5M1.45×
Papaya Tutoring Services, Inc.Seed$2.3M$16.5M1.36×
Upright Education, Inc.Seed$3.3M$15.6M1.28×
AccioJob, Inc.Seed$2.7M$15.1M1.25×
Yam Education, LlcSeed$1.5M$14.4M1.19×
Hello World Education, Inc.Seed$3.0M$13.4M1.10×
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc.Seed$1.5M$12.1M1.00×
Coursestorm, Inc.Seed$3.9M$11.7M0.97×
Florian Education Investors LLC this companySeed$3.8M$6.2M0.51×
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$1.2M2013-05-09$6.1M$23.6M85%
Seed$1.2M2013-05-21$6.1M$23.6M85%
Seed$1.8M2014-12-29$9.2M$35.5M85%
Seed$750K2022-08-29$3.8M$6.2M90%
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$1.2M2013-05-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.2M2013-05-21
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.8M2014-12-29
    • Raised 19 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Revenue band moved No revenue → $1M–$5M.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 21 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$750K2022-08-29
    • Raised again after 92 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2025 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~37mo cadence
$750K
Modeled next size est.range $750K$1.2M
0.4×
Last step-up
$410K/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
Lawrence E. Brown2013-05
Steven W. Hart2013-05
Registry & provenance

Florian Education Investors LLC 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
1578351
SEC CIK
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
Galileo Education, Inc.EdtechSeed$3.8M$22.6Msame sector · same stage
SE Swim School - Capital Investors, LLCEdtechSeed$3.8M$19.7Msame sector · same stage
Blue Canoe Learning, Inc.EdtechSeed$3.7M$48.0Msame sector · same stage
Coursestorm, Inc.EdtechSeed$3.9M$11.7Msame sector · same stage
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ACI Learning Holdings, LLCEdtechSeed$4.0M$20.1Msame sector · same stage
Openmind Learning, Inc.EdtechSeed$4.1M$70.3Msame sector · same stage
EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc.EdtechSeed$3.5M$66.7Msame 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
Education Investment Holding Co LLCEdtechSeries A$66.8M83%
EdTech Invest, LLCEdtechSeed$28.9M83%
Marco Learning LLCEdtechPre-Seed$20.4M82%
Galileo Education Holdings, LLCEdtechSeed$8.9M82%
Open Education Holdings Inc.EdtechSeries C$8.5M81%
Educational Products Holdings LLCEdtechSeries A$95.6M81%
Learning Explorer Holdings, LLCEdtechSeries B$193.2M81%
ACI Learning Holdings, LLCEdtechSeed$20.1M81%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Florian Education Investors LLC raised?
Florian Education Investors LLC has raised approximately $3.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Florian Education Investors LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Florian Education Investors LLC is approximately $6.2M (modeled range $621K–$27.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Florian Education Investors LLC at?
Florian Education Investors LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Aug 29.
What does Florian Education Investors LLC do and where is it based?
Florian Education Investors LLC operates in the Edtech sector, based in Darien.
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