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Group Nine Media, Inc.

NEW YORK · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other”

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$585.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
—
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 02 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Group Nine Media, Inc. has raised $585M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the media sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Dormant
  • Last raise 9.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Media & Content

Group Nine Media, Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
98
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2016-12-02
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$2.5B$5.0B$7.5B$10.0BGrowth/Late · 2016-12-02 Raised $585M (real) Modeled valuation $9.4B (est)$585M$9.4BGrowth/Late2016

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
Growth/Late$585.0M · 2016

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$9.4B
Base estimate est.
$4.1B
Conservative case
$16.8B
Upside case
$5.8B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Late — a round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
81%
Survival probability
70% low · 87% high
1.12×/yr
Annual markup
1.22×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
9.8 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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)▲ 264× above median
This company$585.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.1× above median
This company$585.0M
Sector median$548.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 560× above median
This company$9.4B
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

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.
Growth/Late$585.0M2016-12-02$5.8B$9.4B90%
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. Growth/Late$585.0M2016-12-02
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
    • 98 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$936.0M
Modeled next size est.range $608.4M–$1.5B
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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
Fred Harman—10 other2016-12
Kenneth Lerer—7 other2016-12
Bruce Campbell—3 other2016-12
Eric Ashman—2 other2016-12
Benjamin Lerer—1 other2016-12
Isabel Lerer—1 other2016-12
David Ugelow——2016-12
Jens Muffelmann——2016-12
Karen Leever——2016-12
Registry & provenance

Group Nine Media, 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
1700450
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Group Nine Media, Inc. raised?
Group Nine Media, Inc. has raised approximately $585.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Group Nine Media, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Group Nine Media, Inc. is approximately $9.4B (modeled range $4.1B–$16.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Group Nine Media, Inc. at?
Group Nine Media, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 02.
What does Group Nine Media, Inc. do and where is it based?
Group Nine Media, Inc. operates in the Media & Content sector, based in NEW YORK.
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