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Higher Learning Technologies Inc.

CORALVILLE · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Higher Learning Technologies Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$12.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.9×
Latest step-up
Top 18%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Sep 21 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Higher Learning Technologies 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 edtech 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 1.49× the median modeled value of Series A Edtech companies in 2016–2018 (15 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (149% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 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 Edtech

Higher Learning Technologies Inc. is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from CORALVILLE. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 83% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
39
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2017-09-21
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeed · 2014-06-18 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$1.0M$19MSeed2014Seed · 2014-09-24 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$3.5M$68MSeed2014Series A · 2017-04-10 Raised $6.3M (real) Modeled valuation $99M (est)$6.3M$99MSeries A2017Series A · 2017-04-10 Raised $4.3M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$4.3M$68MSeries A2017Series A · 2017-09-21 Raised $8.3M (real) Modeled valuation $130M (est)$8.3M$130MSeries A2017+$3.5M+$6.3M+$4.3M+$8.3MCumulative $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
Seed$1.0M · 2014
Seed extension$3.5M · 2014
Series A$6.3M · 2017
Series A extension$4.3M · 2017
Series A extension$8.3M · 2017

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$129.5M
Base estimate est.
$10.4M
Conservative case
$704.3M
Upside case
$37.5M
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 edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $19.5M · 2014-06-182014Seed · modeled $68.4M · 2014-09-24Series A · modeled $99.1M · 2017-04-10Series A · modeled $67.9M · 2017-04-10Series A · modeled $129.5M · 2017-09-212017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.73×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.9M/yr
Capital velocity
12.0 yr
On record since
2014
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. 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) 5.3× above median
This company$12.8M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.5× above median
This company$8.3M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 6.5× above median
This company$129.5M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 83% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 90% 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 #6 of 15.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Make School Inc. · Series A Raised $27.3M · modeled $235.2M (est)Calvert Education Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $208.9M (est)Grovo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $177.4M (est)MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $159.3M (est)Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLC · Series A Raised $8.4M · modeled $132.1M (est)Educational Products Holdings LLC · Series A Raised $6.1M · modeled $95.6M (est)QuickStart Learning Inc. · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.7M (est)Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding Llc · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.2M (est)Big Blue Swim School, Llc · Series A Raised $6.3M · modeled $78.4M (est)Quad Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $46.2M · modeled $75.2M (est)Triumph Higher Education Group, LLC · Series A Raised $30.1M · modeled $70.6M (est)Higher Learning Technologies Inc. (this company) Raised $12.8M · modeled $129.5M (est)Higher Learning Technologies Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Make School Inc.Series A$27.3M$235.2M2.71×
Calvert Education Services, LLCSeries A$13.3M$208.9M2.41×
Grovo Learning, Inc.Series A$12.8M$177.4M2.05×
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.Series A$10.9M$159.3M1.84×
Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLCSeries A$8.4M$132.1M1.52×
Higher Learning Technologies Inc. this companySeries A$12.8M$129.5M1.49×
Educational Products Holdings LLCSeries A$6.1M$95.6M1.10×
QuickStart Learning Inc.Series A$5.5M$86.7M1.00×
Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding LlcSeries A$5.5M$86.2M0.99×
Big Blue Swim School, LlcSeries A$6.3M$78.4M0.90×
Quad Learning, Inc.Series A$46.2M$75.2M0.87×
Triumph Higher Education Group, LLCSeries A$30.1M$70.6M0.81×
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$1.0M2014-06-18$5.1M$19.5M85%
Seed$3.5M2014-09-24$17.8M$68.4M85%
Series A$6.3M2017-04-10$28.7M$99.1M90%
Series A$4.3M2017-04-10$19.7M$67.9M90%
Series A$8.3M2017-09-21$37.5M$129.5M90%
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$1.0M2014-06-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$3.5M2014-09-24
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 14 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$6.3M2017-04-10
    • Raised again after 31 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 41 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$4.3M2017-04-10
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 28 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$8.3M2017-09-21
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 39 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$15.8M
Modeled next size est.range $10.2M$25.2M
1.9×
Last step-up
$3.9M/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
Bruce Lehrman4 other2014-06
Jeffrey Benjamin3 other2014-09
Joseph Whitters3 other2014-06
Richard Ferguson2 other2014-06
Benjamin O'Connor1 other2014-06
Jeff Benjamin1 other2017-04
Ravi Patel1 other2014-06
Adam Keune2014-06
Alec Whitters2014-06
Al Ruffalo2017-04
Bertaud Ngomsi2014-06
Josh Cramer2014-06
Todd Ferson2014-06
Registry & provenance

Higher Learning Technologies 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
1618794
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Higher Learning Technologies Inc. raised?
Higher Learning Technologies Inc. has raised approximately $12.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Higher Learning Technologies Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Higher Learning Technologies Inc. is approximately $129.5M (modeled range $10.4M–$704.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Higher Learning Technologies Inc. at?
Higher Learning Technologies Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Sep 21.
What does Higher Learning Technologies Inc. do and where is it based?
Higher Learning Technologies Inc. operates in the Edtech sector, based in CORALVILLE.
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