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Groundswell Technologies Inc

Goleta · Software / Tech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Groundswell Technologies Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.5M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
17.4×
Latest step-up
Top 56%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 27 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Groundswell Technologies Inc 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 technology 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 0.59× the median modeled value of Seed Software / Tech companies in 2019–2021 (296 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Software / Tech

Groundswell Technologies Inc is one of 3920 Software / Tech companies tracked from Goleta. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 45% 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 506(b)
Reg D exemption
11
Investors (latest)
2021-12-27
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$50MPre-Seed · 2009-02-13 Raised $350K (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)Pre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-02-13 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $8.5M (est)Pre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-11-09 Raised $890K (real) Modeled valuation $38M (est)Pre-Seed2009Seed · 2009-11-09 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2011-04-06 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $8.5M (est)Pre-Seed2011Seed · 2011-04-06 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $10M (est)Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2011-12-27 Raised $175K (real) Modeled valuation $7.4M (est)Pre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2011-12-27 Raised $325K (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)Pre-Seed2011Seed · 2011-12-27 Raised $350K (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2011-12-27 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $4.2M (est)Pre-Seed2011Seed · 2012-09-20 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $3.4M (est)Seed2012Seed · 2021-12-27 Raised $1.7M (real) Modeled valuation $29M (est)Seed2021Cumulative $5.7M

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$350K · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$200K · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$890K · 2009
Seed$1.0M · 2009
Bridge · Seed-stage$200K · 2011smaller follow-on
Seed extension$300K · 2011
Bridge · Seed-stage$175K · 2011smaller follow-on
Bridge · Seed-stage$325K · 2011smaller follow-on
Seed extension$350K · 2011
Bridge · Seed-stage$100K · 2011smaller follow-on
Seed extension$100K · 2012
Seed extension$1.7M · 2021

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$29.2M
Base estimate est.
$1.5M
Conservative case
$153.5M
Upside case
$8.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $14.8M · 2009-02-132009Pre-Seed · modeled $8.5M · 2009-02-13Pre-Seed · modeled $37.7M · 2009-11-09Seed · modeled $34.1M · 2009-11-09Pre-Seed · modeled $8.5M · 2011-04-06Seed · modeled $10.2M · 2011-04-06Pre-Seed · modeled $7.4M · 2011-12-27Pre-Seed · modeled $13.8M · 2011-12-27Seed · modeled $11.9M · 2011-12-27Pre-Seed · modeled $4.2M · 2011-12-27Seed · modeled $3.4M · 2012-09-20Seed · modeled $29.2M · 2021-12-272021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.61×/yr
Annual markup
2.11×/yr upside case
4.5 yr
Elapsed time used
4.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$272K/yr
Capital velocity
17.4 yr
On record since
2009
First round
12
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3920 companies in Software / Tech. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$4.6M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$1.7M
Sector median$1.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$29.2M
Sector median$36.6M

Raised more than 45% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #243 of 296.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)OneSky Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Mona Labs Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $132.9M (est)Toro Data Labs, Inc · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $132.9M (est)Gatsby Labs, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $131.2M (est)Parallel Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $129.5M (est)Aereus Technologies Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $127.7M (est)EPAM Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $121.4M (est)Sharp Edge Labs, Inc. · Seed Raised $6.5M · modeled $120.9M (est)Timber Technologies, Inc. · Seed Raised $6.3M · modeled $119.3M (est)Global Data Consortium, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $119.3M (est)Turbo Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $114.5M (est)Dune Labs Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $114.0M (est)Groundswell Technologies Inc (this company) Raised $3.5M · modeled $29.2M (est)Groundswell Technologies Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
OneSky Systems, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.73×
Mona Labs Inc.Seed$3.9M$132.9M2.67×
Toro Data Labs, IncSeed$3.9M$132.9M2.67×
Gatsby Labs, Inc.Seed$3.9M$131.2M2.63×
Parallel Systems, Inc.Seed$3.8M$129.5M2.60×
Aereus Technologies Inc.Seed$3.7M$127.7M2.56×
EPAM Systems, Inc.Seed$3.6M$121.4M2.43×
Sharp Edge Labs, Inc.Seed$6.5M$120.9M2.42×
Timber Technologies, Inc.Seed$6.3M$119.3M2.39×
Global Data Consortium, Inc.Seed$3.6M$119.3M2.39×
Turbo Systems, Inc.Seed$3.4M$114.5M2.30×
Dune Labs Inc.Seed$3.8M$114.0M2.29×
Groundswell Technologies Inc this companySeed$3.5M$29.2M0.59×
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$350K2009-02-13$1.9M$14.8M85%
Pre-Seed$200K2009-02-13$1.1M$8.5M85%
Pre-Seed$890K2009-11-09$4.9M$37.7M85%
Seed$1.0M2009-11-09$5.0M$34.1M85%
Pre-Seed$200K2011-04-06$1.1M$8.5M85%
Seed$300K2011-04-06$1.5M$10.2M85%
Pre-Seed$175K2011-12-27$972K$7.4M85%
Pre-Seed$325K2011-12-27$1.8M$13.8M85%
Seed$350K2011-12-27$1.8M$11.9M85%
Pre-Seed$100K2011-12-27$556K$4.2M85%
Seed$100K2012-09-20$500K$3.4M85%
Seed$1.7M2021-12-27$8.7M$29.2M90%
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. Pre-Seed$350K2009-02-13
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$200K2009-02-13
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$890K2009-11-09
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$1.0M2009-11-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  5. Pre-Seed$200K2011-04-06
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  6. Seed$300K2011-04-06
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  7. Pre-Seed$175K2011-12-27
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  8. Pre-Seed$325K2011-12-27
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  9. Seed$350K2011-12-27
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  10. Pre-Seed$100K2011-12-27
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  11. Seed$100K2012-09-20
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  12. Seed$1.7M2021-12-27
    • Raised again after 111 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 17.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 11 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$5.2M
Modeled next size est.range $3.4M$8.4M
17.4×
Last step-up
$272K/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
Peter V. Sperling2 other2011-04
Peter Sperling1 other2009-02
Albert Kram2009-02
Albert V Kram2011-04
Mark Kram2009-02
Mark L. Kram2011-04
Registry & provenance

Groundswell Technologies 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
1416786
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Groundswell Technologies Inc raised?
Groundswell Technologies Inc has raised approximately $3.5M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Groundswell Technologies Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Groundswell Technologies Inc is approximately $29.2M (modeled range $1.5M–$153.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Groundswell Technologies Inc at?
Groundswell Technologies Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 27.
What does Groundswell Technologies Inc do and where is it based?
Groundswell Technologies Inc operates in the Software / Tech sector, based in Goleta.
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