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His Only Son Films LLC

SAN FRANCISCO · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on His Only Son Films LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$230K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 70%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 17 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

His Only Son Films LLC 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 media 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 0.71× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Media & Content companies in 2016–2018 (84 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (71% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

His Only Son Films 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
7.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $460K across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 31% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 31% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 43% 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
Normal 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2018: $460K across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $230K on 2018-12-17.
  • Filing rows sum to $460K, while canonical raised total is $230K; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Media & Content

His Only Son Films LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 31% 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
3
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2018-12-17
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2018-12-17 Raised $230K (real) Modeled valuation $4.8M (est)$230K$4.8MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2018-12-17 Raised $230K (real) Modeled valuation $4.8M (est)$230K$4.8MPre-Seed2018+$230KCumulative $460K

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$230K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$230K · 2018

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.8M
Base estimate est.
$138K
Conservative case
$54.2M
Upside case
$1.3M
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 scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $4.8M · 2018-12-172018Pre-Seed · modeled $4.8M · 2018-12-172018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 50% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
7.5 yr
On record since
2018
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$230K
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$230K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$4.8M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 31% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 43% 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 #57 of 84.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Lifeline Entertainment, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)First American Media Group, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $20.8M (est)Media Design Group, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)New Hope Productions LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Recall Studios Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $20.8M (est)Cirrina Studios, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Icelounge Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Fossil Records, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)S&T Media · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Glass-Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $960K · modeled $20.0M (est)Dope Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $18.2M (est)Complex Sports & Entertainment LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $17.7M (est)His Only Son Films LLC (this company) Raised $230K · modeled $4.8M (est)His Only Son Films LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Lifeline Entertainment, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
First American Media Group, Inc.Pre-Seed$3.3M$20.8M3.08×
Media Design Group, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
New Hope Productions LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Recall Studios IncPre-Seed$1.2M$20.8M3.08×
Cirrina Studios, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Icelounge Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Fossil Records, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
S&T MediaPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.08×
Glass-Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$960K$20.0M2.95×
Dope Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$18.2M2.69×
Complex Sports & Entertainment LLCPre-Seed$850K$17.7M2.62×
His Only Son Films LLC this companyPre-Seed$230K$4.8M0.71×
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$230K2018-12-17$1.3M$4.8M90%
Pre-Seed$230K2018-12-17$1.3M$4.8M90%
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. Pre-Seed$230K2018-12-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$230K2018-12-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$230K
Modeled next size est.range $230K$368K
1.0×
Last step-up
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
David Helling2018-12
Roman Medjanov2018-12
Registry & provenance

His Only Son Films 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
1962592
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has His Only Son Films LLC raised?
His Only Son Films LLC has raised approximately $230K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is His Only Son Films LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for His Only Son Films LLC is approximately $4.8M (modeled range $138K–$54.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is His Only Son Films LLC at?
His Only Son Films LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 17.
What does His Only Son Films LLC do and where is it based?
His Only Son Films LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO.
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