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Cape Town · Africa · Insurance · founded 2013
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hepstar — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Hepstar has raised $2.0M 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.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Hepstar is one of 146 Insurance companies tracked from Cape Town, Africa, on record since 2013. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 76% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
By Milad Mosapoor (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Cape Town insurance startup Hepstar bags $2m funding 0 By Tom Jackson on February 24, 2016 News , Southern Africa Cape Town-based digital insurance distribution startup Hepstar has received US$$2 million in funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, which it plans to use to expand its global reach, accelerate its tech development and grow its brand. Launched in 2013, Hepstar helps the likes of airlines, e-commerce and travel companies to maximise revenue from ancillaries, ands has over the last year grown its presence across Afric
By Milad Mosapoor (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Cape Town insurance startup Hepstar bags $2m funding 0 By Tom Jackson on February 24, 2016 News , Southern Africa Cape Town-based digital insurance distribution startup Hepstar has received US$$2 million in funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, which it plans to use to expand its global reach, accelerate its tech development and grow its brand. Launched in 2013, Hepstar helps the likes of airlines, e-commerce and travel companies to maximise revenue from ancillaries, ands has over the last year grown its presence across Afric
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
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.
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.
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%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 146 companies in Insurance. 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.
Raised more than 76% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 83% of peers (estimate).
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $2.0M | 2016-02-24 | $10.0M | $37.2M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
Hepstar is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halos Insurance Inc. | Insurance | Seed | $2.0M | $34.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Lami | Insurance | Seed | $1.8M | $24.5M | same sector · same stage |
| LATAM Insurance Holdings LLC | Insurance | Seed | $2.6M | $48.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Stonebrook Risk Solutions Insurance Services, LLC | Insurance | Seed | $3.5M | $65.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Revolution Insurance Technologies, Inc. | Insurance | Seed | $4.8M | $32.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Covered Insurance Solutions, Inc. | Insurance | Seed | $7.1M | $46.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Pacific Insurance Network Systems, Inc. | Insurance | Pre-Seed | $3.1M | $8.5M | same sector |
| Casava | Insurance | Pre-Seed | $4.0M | $46.1M | same sector |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amadeus Capital Partners | Seed | 55% |
| Digital Prosperity Fund | Seed | 55% |
| MTN Group | Seed | 55% |
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