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Gauss Surgical, Inc.

Los Altos · Other Health Care

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Gauss Surgical, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$20.5M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
3.8×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Mar 17 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Gauss Surgical, 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 health care 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 2.10× the median modeled value of Series A Other Health Care companies in 2016–2018 (157 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Other Health Care

Gauss Surgical, Inc. is one of 5377 Other Health Care companies tracked from Los Altos. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeed · 2013-09-06 Raised $3.1M (real) Modeled valuation $78M (est)$3.1M$78MSeed2013Seed · 2014-10-16 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $37M (est)$1.5M$37MSeed2014Seed · 2015-07-30 Raised $3.3M (real) Modeled valuation $82M (est)$3.3M$82MSeed2015Series A · 2016-03-17 Raised $13M (real) Modeled valuation $254M (est)$13M$254MSeries A2016+$1.5M+$3.3M+$13MCumulative $21M

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$3.1M · 2013
Seed extension$1.5M · 2014
Seed extension$3.3M · 2015
Series A$12.6M · 2016

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$254.2M
Base estimate est.
$16.1M
Conservative case
$1.4B
Upside case
$57.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the health care sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $77.5M · 2013-09-062013Seed · modeled $37.2M · 2014-10-16Seed · modeled $81.9M · 2015-07-30Series A · modeled $254.2M · 2016-03-172016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
52%
Survival probability
28% low · 71% high
1.43×/yr
Annual markup
1.80×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
health care
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$8.1M/yr
Capital velocity
12.8 yr
On record since
2013
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 5377 companies in Other Health Care. 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) 8.5× above median
This company$20.5M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.3× above median
This company$12.6M
Sector median$5.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 12× above median
This company$254.2M
Sector median$22.1M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 90% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #9 of 157.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)HemoSonics, LLC · Series A Raised $24.9M · modeled $302.7M (est)Airxpanders Inc · Series A Raised $60.0M · modeled $300.5M (est)Mercator Medsystems Inc · Series A Raised $20.5M · modeled $289.2M (est)Simple Contacts Inc. · Series A Raised $24.1M · modeled $285.5M (est)AVG Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $282.5M (est)Avia Holdings, Llc · Series A Raised $27.9M · modeled $272.7M (est)Traditions at Rivertown Park, LLC · Series A Raised $13.5M · modeled $272.4M (est)Access Integrated Healthcare, LLC · Series A Raised $13.2M · modeled $265.8M (est)4WEB, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $252.2M (est)Iantech, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.2M · modeled $246.7M (est)AbsoluteCARE, Inc. · Series A Raised $25.7M · modeled $242.6M (est)Gauss Surgical, Inc. (this company) Raised $20.5M · modeled $254.2M (est)Gauss Surgical, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
HemoSonics, LLCSeries A$24.9M$302.7M2.50×
Airxpanders IncSeries A$60.0M$300.5M2.48×
Mercator Medsystems IncSeries A$20.5M$289.2M2.39×
Simple Contacts Inc.Series A$24.1M$285.5M2.36×
AVG Holdings, Inc.Series A$14.0M$282.5M2.33×
Avia Holdings, LlcSeries A$27.9M$272.7M2.25×
Traditions at Rivertown Park, LLCSeries A$13.5M$272.4M2.25×
Access Integrated Healthcare, LLCSeries A$13.2M$265.8M2.20×
Gauss Surgical, Inc. this companySeries A$20.5M$254.2M2.10×
4WEB, Inc.Series A$12.5M$252.2M2.08×
Iantech, Inc.Series A$12.2M$246.7M2.04×
AbsoluteCARE, Inc.Series A$25.7M$242.6M2.00×
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$3.1M2013-09-06$15.6M$77.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2014-10-16$7.5M$37.2M90%
Seed$3.3M2015-07-30$16.5M$81.9M90%
Series A$12.6M2016-03-17$57.3M$254.2M90%
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$3.1M2013-09-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.5M2014-10-16
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Seed$3.3M2015-07-30
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  4. Series A$12.6M2016-03-17
    • Came back fast: 8 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$37.8M
Modeled next size est.range $24.6M$60.5M
3.8×
Last step-up
$8.1M/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
Jay Watkins5 other2016-03
Daniel Galles4 other2016-03
Michael Collett1 other2016-03
Milton McColl1 other2016-03
Ralph L. Arnheim III1 other2013-09
Jay B. Watkins2013-09
Mark B. Gonzalgo2013-09
Mark Gonzalgo2016-03
Milton B. McColl2013-09
Siddarth B. Satish2013-09
Siddarth Satish2016-03
Registry & provenance

Gauss Surgical, 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
1586713
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Gauss Surgical, Inc. raised?
Gauss Surgical, Inc. has raised approximately $20.5M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Gauss Surgical, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Gauss Surgical, Inc. is approximately $254.2M (modeled range $16.1M–$1.4B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Gauss Surgical, Inc. at?
Gauss Surgical, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Mar 17.
What does Gauss Surgical, Inc. do and where is it based?
Gauss Surgical, Inc. operates in the Other Health Care sector, based in Los Altos.
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