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GuideSpark, Inc.

MENLO PARK · Business Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on GuideSpark, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$22.9M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
35.3×
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

GuideSpark, Inc. looks fair 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 business services sector profile.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.12× the median modeled value of Series B Business Services companies in 2013–2015 (19 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (112% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Business Services

GuideSpark, Inc. is one of 2438 Business Services companies tracked from MENLO PARK. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% 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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BPre-Seed · 2012-08-23 Raised $630K (real) Modeled valuation $20M (est)$630K$20MPre-Seed2012Series B · 2015-02-10 Raised $22M (real) Modeled valuation $505M (est)$22M$505MSeries B2015+$22MCumulative $23M

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$630K · 2012
Series B$22.2M · 2015no Seed / Series A on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$504.9M
Base estimate est.
$56.7M
Conservative case
$1.9B
Upside case
$123.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the business services sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $19.9M · 2012-08-232012Series B · modeled $504.9M · 2015-02-102015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
69%
Survival probability
46% low · 85% high
1.34×/yr
Annual markup
1.63×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
business services
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
30 mo
Avg between rounds
$9.3M/yr
Capital velocity
13.9 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2438 companies in Business Services. 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) 16× above median
This company$22.9M
Sector median$1.5M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$22.2M
Sector median$19.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 34× above median
This company$504.9M
Sector median$15.1M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 95% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #8 of 19.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Kpa Investment Holdings, Llc · Series B Raised $28.6M · modeled $648.4M (est)Entercom Communications Corp · Series B Raised $27.5M · modeled $624.5M (est)ASX Ltd. · Series B Raised $27.4M · modeled $623.1M (est)AgilOne, Inc. · Series B Raised $35.0M · modeled $567.8M (est)NeueHouse LLC · Series B Raised $40.5M · modeled $567.8M (est)Media6Degrees Inc · Series B Raised $57.5M · modeled $552.4M (est)TCG Vulcan Holdings, LLC · Series B Raised $23.3M · modeled $528.6M (est)TCG Diamond Holdings, LLC · Series B Raised $19.8M · modeled $450.0M (est)Allegiance Software, Inc. · Series B Raised $60.8M · modeled $449.9M (est)KI Equity Holdings, LLC · Series B Raised $18.1M · modeled $411.4M (est)Sciquest Inc · Series B Raised $26.3M · modeled $390.3M (est)GuideSpark, Inc. (this company) Raised $22.9M · modeled $504.9M (est)GuideSpark, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Kpa Investment Holdings, LlcSeries B$28.6M$648.4M1.44×
Entercom Communications CorpSeries B$27.5M$624.5M1.39×
ASX Ltd.Series B$27.4M$623.1M1.39×
AgilOne, Inc.Series B$35.0M$567.8M1.26×
NeueHouse LLCSeries B$40.5M$567.8M1.26×
Media6Degrees IncSeries B$57.5M$552.4M1.23×
TCG Vulcan Holdings, LLCSeries B$23.3M$528.6M1.18×
GuideSpark, Inc. this companySeries B$22.9M$504.9M1.12×
TCG Diamond Holdings, LLCSeries B$19.8M$450.0M1.00×
Allegiance Software, Inc.Series B$60.8M$449.9M1.00×
KI Equity Holdings, LLCSeries B$18.1M$411.4M0.91×
Sciquest IncSeries B$26.3M$390.3M0.87×
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$630K2012-08-23$3.5M$19.9M90%
Series B$22.2M2015-02-10$123.5M$504.9M90%
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$630K2012-08-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Series B$22.2M2015-02-10
    • Raised again after 30 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 35.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~30mo cadence
$66.7M
Modeled next size est.range $43.3M$106.7M
35.3×
Last step-up
$9.3M/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
Ryan Floyd7 other2015-02
Kevin Lynch3 other2015-02
Pete Sonsini2 other2015-02
Christopher Krook2015-02
Frank Han2012-08
John Wolff2012-08
Keith Kitani2012-08
Registry & provenance

GuideSpark, 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
1556003
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has GuideSpark, Inc. raised?
GuideSpark, Inc. has raised approximately $22.9M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is GuideSpark, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for GuideSpark, Inc. is approximately $504.9M (modeled range $56.7M–$1.9B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is GuideSpark, Inc. at?
GuideSpark, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 10.
What does GuideSpark, Inc. do and where is it based?
GuideSpark, Inc. operates in the Business Services sector, based in MENLO PARK.
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