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FOVE, Inc. / Japan

TOKYO · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on FOVE, Inc. / Japan — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$4.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 39%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 17 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

FOVE, Inc. / Japan 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.

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 1.55× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1101 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

FOVE, Inc. / Japan is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from TOKYO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 62% 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 504
Reg D exemption
29
Investors (latest)
2021-12-17
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 · 2021-12-17 Raised $4.0M (real) Modeled valuation $43M (est)$4.0M$43MSeed2021

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$4.0M · 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
$43.2M
Base estimate est.
$3.6M
Conservative case
$228.4M
Upside case
$20.0M
Modeled post-money

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. 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.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
4.5 yr
Elapsed time used
4.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
4.8 yr
On record since
2021
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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)▲ 2.0× above median
This company$4.0M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 2.3× above median
This company$4.0M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 2.4× above median
This company$43.2M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 62% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% 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 #239 of 1,101.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Esperos, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)AL International Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Clean Beam, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)SEAM Group Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)HemTex Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)BlueStripe Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Yardstik, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Labyrinthe Holdings Corp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5 · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Phg Oz I, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.7M (est)Betasv L.P. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.3M (est)FOVE, Inc. / Japan (this company) Raised $4.0M · modeled $43.2M (est)FOVE, Inc. / Japan
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Esperos, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
AL International Holdings Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Clean Beam, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
SEAM Group Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
HemTex Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
BlueStripe Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Yardstik, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Labyrinthe Holdings CorpSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY CoSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Phg Oz I, LlcSeed$4.0M$73.7M2.64×
Betasv L.P.Seed$4.0M$73.3M2.63×
FOVE, Inc. / Japan this companySeed$4.0M$43.2M1.55×
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$4.0M2021-12-17$20.0M$43.2M90%
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$4.0M2021-12-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 29 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$6.4M
Modeled next size est.range $4.2M–$10.2M
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Last step-up
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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
Shintaro Karaki—1 other2021-12
Jeff Bland——2021-12
Yoichiro Nishina——2021-12
Registry & provenance

FOVE, Inc. / Japan 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
1902443
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has FOVE, Inc. / Japan raised?
FOVE, Inc. / Japan has raised approximately $4.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is FOVE, Inc. / Japan's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for FOVE, Inc. / Japan is approximately $43.2M (modeled range $3.6M–$228.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is FOVE, Inc. / Japan at?
FOVE, Inc. / Japan's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 17.
What does FOVE, Inc. / Japan do and where is it based?
FOVE, Inc. / Japan operates in the Other sector, based in TOKYO.
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