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Guardian 8 Holdings

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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Guardian 8 Holdings — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$14.7M
Total raised · real
7
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 22%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Guardian 8 Holdings 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 0.11× the median modeled value of Series A Other Technology companies in 2013–2015 (789 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Guardian 8 Holdings 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
18.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2014 with $12.3M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 79% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 79% of Other Technology peers; modeled value is above 34% 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 2014: $12.3M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.0M on 2014-05-27.
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 Other Technology

Guardian 8 Holdings is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from SCOTTSDALE. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 79% 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.

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$50M$100M$150M$200MPre-Seed · 2007-11-05 Raised $170K (real) Modeled valuation $7.2M (est)Pre-Seed2007Pre-Seed · 2011-12-14 Raised $570K (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)Pre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2013-03-15 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)Pre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2013-03-15 Raised $800K (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)Pre-Seed2013Series A · 2014-05-27 Raised $7.0M (real) Modeled valuation $194M (est)Series A2014Series A · 2014-05-27 Raised $5.3M (real) Modeled valuation $146M (est)Series A2014Series A · 2015-06-02 Raised $625K (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)Series A2015+$570K+$300K+$800K+$7.0M+$5.3M+$625KCumulative $15M

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$170K · 2007
Pre-Seed extension$570K · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$300K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$800K · 2013
Series A$7.0M · 2014no Seed on file
Series A extension$5.3M · 2014
Series A extension$625K · 2015

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: 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
$17.3M
Base estimate est.
$835K
Conservative case
$94.3M
Upside case
$2.8M
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 technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $7.2M · 2007-11-052007Pre-Seed · modeled $24.1M · 2011-12-14Pre-Seed · modeled $12.7M · 2013-03-15Pre-Seed · modeled $33.9M · 2013-03-15Series A · modeled $194.2M · 2014-05-27Series A · modeled $145.6M · 2014-05-27Series A · modeled $17.3M · 2015-06-022015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
54%
Survival probability
29% low · 74% high
1.50×/yr
Annual markup
1.89×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.9M/yr
Capital velocity
18.7 yr
On record since
2007
First round
7
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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) 4.6× above median
This company$14.7M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$625K
Sector median$5.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$17.3M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 79% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 34% 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 #746 of 789.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Uni-Pixel · Series A Raised $19.4M · modeled $416.1M (est)FoundationDB, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Liaison Technologies, Inc. · Series A Raised $25.9M · modeled $416.1M (est)iDevices, LLC · Series A Raised $25.7M · modeled $416.1M (est)Zafin Global Holdings Corp. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Lavu Inc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Exostar Corp · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)ikaSystems Corp · Series A Raised $27.5M · modeled $416.1M (est)Olapic, Inc. · Series A Raised $21.3M · modeled $416.1M (est)Rage Frameworks, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Vormetric Inc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)BlueData Software, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Guardian 8 Holdings (this company) Raised $14.7M · modeled $17.3M (est)Guardian 8 Holdings
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Uni-PixelSeries A$19.4M$416.1M2.73×
FoundationDB, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
Liaison Technologies, Inc.Series A$25.9M$416.1M2.73×
iDevices, LLCSeries A$25.7M$416.1M2.73×
Zafin Global Holdings Corp.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
Lavu IncSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
Exostar CorpSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
ikaSystems CorpSeries A$27.5M$416.1M2.73×
Olapic, Inc.Series A$21.3M$416.1M2.73×
Rage Frameworks, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
Vormetric IncSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.73×
BlueData Software, Inc.Series A$19.0M$416.1M2.73×
Guardian 8 Holdings this companySeries A$14.7M$17.3M0.11×
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$170K2007-11-05$944K$7.2M90%
Pre-Seed$570K2011-12-14$3.2M$24.1M90%
Pre-Seed$300K2013-03-15$1.7M$12.7M90%
Pre-Seed$800K2013-03-15$4.4M$33.9M90%
Series A$7.0M2014-05-27$31.8M$194.2M90%
Series A$5.3M2014-05-27$23.9M$145.6M90%
Series A$625K2015-06-02$2.8M$17.3M90%
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$170K2007-11-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$570K2011-12-14
    • Raised again after 49 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Pre-Seed$300K2013-03-15
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Pre-Seed$800K2013-03-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  5. Series A$7.0M2014-05-27
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  6. Series A$5.3M2014-05-27
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  7. Series A$625K2015-06-02
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$625K
Modeled next size est.range $625K$1.0M
0.1×
Last step-up
$1.9M/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
JAMES G. MILLER4 other2011-12
CHARLES STEPHEN COCHENNET2011-12
COREY G. LAMBRECHT2011-12
JIM G. NOLTON2011-12
Jose G. Rojas2013-03
KATHLEEN STEPHEN HANRAHAN2011-12
Kyle Edwards2007-11
KYLE G. EDWARDS2011-12
Paul G. Hughes2011-12
William G. Clough2014-05
Registry & provenance

Guardian 8 Holdings 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
1429592
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Guardian 8 Holdings raised?
Guardian 8 Holdings has raised approximately $14.7M in disclosed capital across 7 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Guardian 8 Holdings's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Guardian 8 Holdings is approximately $17.3M (modeled range $835K–$94.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Guardian 8 Holdings at?
Guardian 8 Holdings's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jun 02.
What does Guardian 8 Holdings do and where is it based?
Guardian 8 Holdings operates in the Other Technology sector, based in SCOTTSDALE.
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