Companies · Telecommunications

GENBAND Holdings Co

FRISCO · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on GENBAND Holdings Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$525.3M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
31.8×
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Dec 19 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

GENBAND Holdings Co 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 telecom 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 1.53× the median modeled value of Series D+ Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

GENBAND Holdings Co 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
16.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $343.5M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 99% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 99% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 99% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2012: $343.5M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $343.5M on 2012-12-19.
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.
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 Telecommunications

GENBAND Holdings Co is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from FRISCO. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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$2.5B$5.0B$7.5B$10.0BSeries D+ · 2010-05-28 Raised $171M (real) Modeled valuation $3.4B (est)$171M$3.4BSeries D+2010Series D+ · 2011-01-14 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $216M (est)$11M$216MSeries D+2011Series D+ · 2012-12-19 Raised $343M (real) Modeled valuation $6.9B (est)$343M$6.9BSeries D+2012+$11M+$343MCumulative $525M

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
Series D+$171.0M · 2010
Series D+ extension$10.8M · 2011
Series D+ extension$343.5M · 2012

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.9B
Base estimate est.
$1.9B
Conservative case
$15.0B
Upside case
$2.9B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series D+ · modeled $3.4B · 2010-05-282010Series D+ · modeled $215.7M · 2011-01-14Series D+ · modeled $6.9B · 2012-12-192012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
83%
Survival probability
66% low · 91% high
1.20×/yr
Annual markup
1.34×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$205.0M/yr
Capital velocity
16.1 yr
On record since
2010
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 133× above median
This company$525.3M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.5× above median
This company$343.5M
Sector median$135.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 243× above median
This company$6.9B
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 #1 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Windstream Corp · Series D+ Raised $272.2M · modeled $5.4B (est)Titan Private Holdings I, LLC · Series D+ Raised $260.5M · modeled $5.2B (est)Goodman Networks Inc · Series D+ Raised $234.0M · modeled $4.5B (est)ExteNet Systems, Inc · Series D+ Raised $137.7M · modeled $2.8B (est)Broadcast Facilities Inc · Series D+ Raised $128.0M · modeled $2.6B (est)Aicent Holdings Corp · Series D+ Raised $127.2M · modeled $2.5B (est)GENBAND Holdings Co (this company) Raised $525.3M · modeled $6.9B (est)GENBAND Holdings Co
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
GENBAND Holdings Co this companySeries D+$525.3M$6.9B1.53×
Windstream CorpSeries D+$272.2M$5.4B1.21×
Titan Private Holdings I, LLCSeries D+$260.5M$5.2B1.16×
Goodman Networks IncSeries D+$234.0M$4.5B1.00×
ExteNet Systems, IncSeries D+$137.7M$2.8B0.61×
Broadcast Facilities IncSeries D+$128.0M$2.6B0.57×
Aicent Holdings CorpSeries D+$127.2M$2.5B0.57×
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.
Series D+$171.0M2010-05-28$1.4B$3.4B90%
Series D+$10.8M2011-01-14$89.9M$215.7M90%
Series D+$343.5M2012-12-19$2.9B$6.9B90%
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. Series D+$171.0M2010-05-28
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
  2. Series D+$10.8M2011-01-14
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 15.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series D+$343.5M2012-12-19
    • Raised again after 23 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 31.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2014 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$1.0B
Modeled next size est.range $669.8M$1.6B
31.8×
Last step-up
$205.0M/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
Ray Rothrock9 other2010-05
David Walsh7 other2010-05
Jon Bayless7 other2010-05
Jan Gaulding4 other2010-05
Shauna Martin4 other2010-05
John McNamara3 other2010-05
Charles Vogt2 other2010-05
Daniel Lakey2 other2010-05
Daryl Raiford2 other2010-05
Fred Kemmerer2 other2010-05
Keith Landau2 other2010-05
Mark Lancaster2 other2010-05
Mark Pugerude2 other2010-05
Mehmet Balos2 other2010-05
Pablo Gargiulo2 other2010-05
Russell Birk2 other2010-05
Steve Levy2 other2010-05
Steven Levy2 other2012-12
Alexander Russo1 other2012-12
B.G. Kumar1 other2012-12
James Koven1 other2010-05
Jeff Townley1 other2010-05
Zachary Green1 other2012-12
Darrin Whitney2012-12
Registry & provenance

GENBAND Holdings Co 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
1493981
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
Genband IncTelecommunicationsSeries B$17.2M$330.9Mnetwork15 shared operators · same sector
Genband Inc.TelecommunicationsSeed$4.0M$85.2Mnetwork19 shared operators · same sector
GENBAND II, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries A$12.8M$189.1Mnetwork4 shared operators · same sector
Fuze, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries D+$491.3M$247.7Msame sector · same stage
Ac Holdco LlcTelecommunicationsSeries D+$564.6M$1.3Bsame sector · same stage
Cogeco Cable, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries D+$390.0M$3.5Bsame sector · same stage
Nextg Networks IncTelecommunicationsSeries D+$360.1M$7.2Bsame sector · same stage
Sk TechnologyTelecommunicationsSeries D+$350.0M$2.8Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has GENBAND Holdings Co raised?
GENBAND Holdings Co has raised approximately $525.3M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is GENBAND Holdings Co's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for GENBAND Holdings Co is approximately $6.9B (modeled range $1.9B–$15.0B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is GENBAND Holdings Co at?
GENBAND Holdings Co's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Dec 19.
What does GENBAND Holdings Co do and where is it based?
GENBAND Holdings Co operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in FRISCO.
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