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Hidden Variable Studios, LLC

GLENDALE · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hidden Variable Studios, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.3M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 49%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sun Jan 23 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hidden Variable Studios, LLC looks over-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.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.69× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2010–2012 (1459 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

Hidden Variable Studios, LLC 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
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was Undated with $1.4M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 52% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 52% of Other peers; modeled value is above 44% 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
Lower 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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in Undated: $1.4M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $750K on .
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

Hidden Variable Studios, LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from GLENDALE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 52% 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
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $500K (est)$300K$500KPre-SeedPre-Seed · Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $667K (est)$400K$667KPre-SeedPre-Seed · Raised $750K (real) Modeled valuation $1.3M (est)$750K$1.3MPre-SeedPre-Seed · 2011-01-23 Raised $550K (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$550K$13MPre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2011-01-23 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $6.9M (est)$300K$6.9MPre-Seed2011+$400K+$750K+$550K+$300KCumulative $2.3M

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$300K
Pre-Seed extension$400K
Pre-Seed extension$750K
Pre-Seed extension$550K · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$300K · 2011

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$12.7M
Base estimate est.
$367K
Conservative case
$144.1M
Upside case
$3.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $500K · Pre-Seed · modeled $667K · Pre-Seed · modeled $1.3M · Pre-Seed · modeled $12.7M · 2011-01-23Pre-Seed · modeled $6.9M · 2011-01-232011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
123 mo
Avg between rounds
$56K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 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) 1.1× above median
This company$2.3M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$12.7M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 52% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 44% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-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 #373 of 1,459.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Suter Joshua Scott · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Bigger Picture Group LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)UCC-LRS Investment, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Garrow Trident, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)1ST Interstate Capital Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Nichelini Family Winery, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Players Network · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)palm springs Autodrome Holdings · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Cff Holding Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Laboratories Group Holdings, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)WebPT, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Smartypig Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Hidden Variable Studios, LLC (this company) Raised $2.3M · modeled $12.7M (est)Hidden Variable Studios, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Suter Joshua ScottPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Bigger Picture Group LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
UCC-LRS Investment, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Garrow Trident, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
1ST Interstate Capital CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Nichelini Family Winery, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Players NetworkPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
palm springs Autodrome HoldingsPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Cff Holding CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Laboratories Group Holdings, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
WebPT, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Smartypig LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.07×
Hidden Variable Studios, LLC this companyPre-Seed$2.3M$12.7M1.69×
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$550K2011-01-23$3.1M$12.7M90%
Pre-Seed$300K2011-01-23$1.7M$6.9M90%
Pre-Seed$300K$1.7M$500K90%
Pre-Seed$400K$2.2M$667K90%
Pre-Seed$750K$4.2M$1.3M90%
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$550K2011-01-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$300K2011-01-23
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~123mo cadence
$300K
Modeled next size est.range $300K$480K
0.5×
Last step-up
$56K/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
Charles Price2 other
Amos William Marvel2011-01
Charles Holmes Irwin Price2011-01
David Eric Marino2011-01
David Marino
Registry & provenance

Hidden Variable Studios, LLC 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
1512123
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hidden Variable Studios, LLC raised?
Hidden Variable Studios, LLC has raised approximately $2.3M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hidden Variable Studios, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hidden Variable Studios, LLC is approximately $12.7M (modeled range $367K–$144.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hidden Variable Studios, LLC at?
Hidden Variable Studios, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sun Jan 23.
What does Hidden Variable Studios, LLC do and where is it based?
Hidden Variable Studios, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in GLENDALE.
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