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Golden Spike Co

BOULDER · Other Travel

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Golden Spike Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$250K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.5×
Latest step-up
Top 87%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Aug 16 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Golden Spike Co 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 travel 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 0.50× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Travel companies in 2013–2015 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 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.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Other Travel

Golden Spike Co is one of 176 Other Travel companies tracked from BOULDER. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 14% 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.

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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$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2013-08-16 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $892K (est)$100K$892KPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2013-08-16 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $1.3M (est)$150K$1.3MPre-Seed2013+$150KCumulative $250K

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
Pre-Seed$100K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$150K · 2013

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.3M
Base estimate est.
$89K
Conservative case
$15.2M
Upside case
$833K
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the travel sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $892K · 2013-08-162013Pre-Seed · modeled $1.3M · 2013-08-162013
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 49% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.83×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
travel
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
12.9 yr
On record since
2013
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 176 companies in Other Travel. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$250K
Sector median$2.5M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$8.9M

Raised more than 14% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 14% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

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 #9 of 10.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Status Jet, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $6.7M (est)Happy Bookings Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $5.4M (est)Project Travel, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $5.1M (est)Outski, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $652K · modeled $4.5M (est)Drivers International Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $400K · modeled $3.6M (est)SIXT Austin, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $550K · modeled $1.8M (est)Stewart Ratcliff Aviation Services Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $467K · modeled $1.6M (est)Campus Connector LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $155K · modeled $1.4M (est)Fuga, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $892K (est)Golden Spike Co (this company) Raised $250K · modeled $1.3M (est)Golden Spike Co
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Status Jet, LLCPre-Seed$750K$6.7M2.50×
Happy Bookings LlcPre-Seed$600K$5.4M2.00×
Project Travel, LLCPre-Seed$1.3M$5.1M1.92×
Outski, Inc.Pre-Seed$652K$4.5M1.67×
Drivers International Corp.Pre-Seed$400K$3.6M1.33×
SIXT Austin, LLCPre-Seed$550K$1.8M0.67×
Stewart Ratcliff Aviation Services IncPre-Seed$467K$1.6M0.60×
Campus Connector LLCPre-Seed$155K$1.4M0.52×
Golden Spike Co this companyPre-Seed$250K$1.3M0.50×
Fuga, Inc.Pre-Seed$100K$892K0.33×
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.
Pre-Seed$100K2013-08-16$556K$892K90%
Pre-Seed$150K2013-08-16$833K$1.3M90%
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. Pre-Seed$100K2013-08-16
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$150K2013-08-16
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$225K
Modeled next size est.range $150K$360K
1.5×
Last step-up
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
Esther Dyson8 other2013-08
Alan Stern2 other2013-08
Gerald Griffin1 other2013-08
Taber MacCallum1 other2013-08
Cynthia Conrad2013-08
David Lackner2013-08
Douglas Griffith2013-08
James French2013-08
Max Vozoff2013-08
Michel Loucks2013-08
Registry & provenance

Golden Spike 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
1585317
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Golden Spike Co raised?
Golden Spike Co has raised approximately $250K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Golden Spike Co's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Golden Spike Co is approximately $1.3M (modeled range $89K–$15.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Golden Spike Co at?
Golden Spike Co's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Aug 16.
What does Golden Spike Co do and where is it based?
Golden Spike Co operates in the Other Travel sector, based in BOULDER.
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