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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Foundry Records, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Foundry Records, LLC looks under-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.
Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.
Foundry Records, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.
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.
Foundry Records, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from Nashville. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 47% 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.
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). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
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.
Raised more than 47% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 36% of peers (estimate).
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 #71 of 89.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Dive Studios, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.39× |
| Upriver Studios LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $20.8M | 3.39× |
| Light Media Holdings, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $19.6M | 3.19× |
| Orc Film, Llc | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $19.3M | 3.15× |
| Spotlight Media Labs Inc | Pre-Seed | $817K | $17.0M | 2.77× |
| Ripple Music, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $800K | $16.6M | 2.71× |
| CLI Studios, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.7M | $16.6M | 2.71× |
| Native Media B.V. | Pre-Seed | $775K | $16.1M | 2.63× |
| Players Media Group, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $725K | $15.1M | 2.46× |
| Left Right Studios Inc. | Pre-Seed | $830K | $14.9M | 2.42× |
| Stick & Hack Media, LLC | Pre-Seed | $635K | $13.2M | 2.15× |
| Vype Media, LLC | Pre-Seed | $625K | $13.0M | 2.12× |
| Foundry Records, LLC this company | Pre-Seed | $847K | $2.7M | 0.44× |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $500K | 2019-10-31 | $2.8M | $10.4M | 90% |
| Pre-Seed | $703K | 2019-10-31 | $3.9M | $14.6M | 90% |
| Pre-Seed | $100K | 2019-10-31 | $556K | $2.1M | 90% |
| Pre-Seed | $145K | 2020-09-25 | $806K | $2.7M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Merrill | — | — | 2019-10 |
Foundry Records, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETTELEIGH PRODUCTIONS Ltd LIABILITY Co | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $850K | $1.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Pureplay Entertainment Llc | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $850K | $4.3M | same sector · same stage |
| American Stories Entertainment Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $853K | $2.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Harrowing Film, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $823K | $3.4M | same sector · same stage |
| FATHERLAND PRODUCTIONS Ltd LIABILITY Co | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $800K | $3.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Joint Venture Media Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $800K | $2.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Provincetown Outer Harbor Productions Ltd Liability Co | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $800K | $1.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Top This Media, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $928K | $4.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC Records LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $1.3M | 80% |
| Seeker Music, Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $121.7M | 80% |
| Fossil Records, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $20.8M | 79% |
| Public Records Inc | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | 79% |
| Vital Records Holdings, LLC | Media & Content | Series C | $967.7M | 79% |
| FoundryWorks, Inc. | Other | Series B | $228.1M | 79% |
| Pro Music Rights, Inc | Media & Content | Series A | $41.2M | 78% |
| Stick & Hack Media, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $13.2M | 78% |
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