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Headphone Events, Inc.

Boston · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Headphone Events, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$11.5M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
1.4×
Latest step-up
Top 22%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 08 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Headphone Events, 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.25× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1101 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (125% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

Headphone Events, Inc. is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from Boston. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 79% 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
13
Investors (latest)
2021-10-08
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2016-10-14 Raised $1.6M (real) Modeled valuation $29M (est)$1.6M$29MSeed2016Seed · 2017-10-30 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $35M (est)$1.9M$35MSeed2017Seed · 2018-12-06 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $56M (est)$3.0M$56MSeed2018Seed · 2020-11-02 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)$2.1M$34MSeed2020Seed · 2021-10-08 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $35M (est)$3.0M$35MSeed2021+$1.9M+$3.0M+$2.1M+$3.0MCumulative $12M

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
Seed$1.6M · 2016
Seed extension$1.9M · 2017
Seed extension$3.0M · 2018
Seed extension$2.1M · 2020
Seed extension$3.0M · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — 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
$34.8M
Base estimate est.
$2.7M
Conservative case
$193.8M
Upside case
$15.0M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $28.9M · 2016-10-142016Seed · modeled $34.7M · 2017-10-30Seed · modeled $55.8M · 2018-12-06Seed · modeled $34.4M · 2020-11-02Seed · modeled $34.8M · 2021-10-082021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
4.7 yr
Elapsed time used
4.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.3M/yr
Capital velocity
9.7 yr
On record since
2016
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 5.6× above median
This company$11.5M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.7× above median
This company$3.0M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.0× above median
This company$34.8M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 79% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 65% 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 #420 of 1,101.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Esperos, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)AL International Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Clean Beam, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)SEAM Group Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)HemTex Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)BlueStripe Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Yardstik, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Labyrinthe Holdings Corp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5 · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Phg Oz I, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.7M (est)Betasv L.P. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.3M (est)Headphone Events, Inc. (this company) Raised $11.5M · modeled $34.8M (est)Headphone Events, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Esperos, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
AL International Holdings Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Clean Beam, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
SEAM Group Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
HemTex Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
BlueStripe Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Yardstik, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Labyrinthe Holdings CorpSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY CoSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Phg Oz I, LlcSeed$4.0M$73.7M2.64×
Betasv L.P.Seed$4.0M$73.3M2.63×
Headphone Events, Inc. this companySeed$11.5M$34.8M1.25×
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.
Seed$1.6M2016-10-14$7.8M$28.9M90%
Seed$1.9M2017-10-30$9.3M$34.7M90%
Seed$3.0M2018-12-06$15.0M$55.8M90%
Seed$2.1M2020-11-02$10.5M$34.4M90%
Seed$3.0M2021-10-08$15.0M$34.8M90%
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. Seed$1.6M2016-10-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.9M2017-10-30
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$3.0M2018-12-06
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 23 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$2.1M2020-11-02
    • Raised again after 23 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  5. Seed$3.0M2021-10-08
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$4.3M
Modeled next size est.range $3.0M$6.9M
1.4×
Last step-up
$2.3M/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
John Shaw2 other2020-11
Christopher Furmanski2020-11
Constantine Papadopoulos2018-12
David Carliner2018-12
Devin Jameson2018-12
Donald Strange2018-12
Jacob Reisch2016-10
Matthew Reiners2016-10
Meghan Cross2018-12
Mills Shirley2021-10
Ronald Feinstein2020-11
Registry & provenance

Headphone Events, 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
1686219
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Headphone Events, Inc. raised?
Headphone Events, Inc. has raised approximately $11.5M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Headphone Events, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Headphone Events, Inc. is approximately $34.8M (modeled range $2.7M–$193.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Headphone Events, Inc. at?
Headphone Events, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 08.
What does Headphone Events, Inc. do and where is it based?
Headphone Events, Inc. operates in the Other sector, based in Boston.
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