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Howard Street Media, LLC

WASHINGTON · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other”

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Howard Street Media, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$600K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 58%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jul 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Howard Street Media, 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. 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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.85× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Media & Content companies in 2016–2018 (84 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.0 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

Howard Street Media, 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
10.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $600K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 43% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 43% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 57% 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
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.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2016: $600K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $600K on 2016-07-01.
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 Media & Content

Howard Street Media, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from WASHINGTON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 43% 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2015
Year incorporated
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 · 2016-07-01 Raised $600K (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$600K$12MPre-Seed2016

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$600K · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$12.5M
Base estimate est.
$360K
Conservative case
$141.5M
Upside case
$3.3M
Modeled post-money

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

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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
10.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
10.3 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
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)▼ 0.3× of median
This company$600K
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.7× above median
This company$600K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▼ 0.7× of median
This company$12.5M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 43% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 57% 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 #26 of 84.

This companyCohort peer
$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)Howard Street Media, LLC (this company) Raised $600K · modeled $12.5M (est)Howard Street Media, 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×
Howard Street Media, LLC this companyPre-Seed$600K$12.5M1.85×
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$600K2016-07-01$3.3M$12.5M90%
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. Pre-Seed$600K2016-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$960K
Modeled next size est.range $624K–$1.5M
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Last step-up
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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
Michael Gerton——2016-07
Registry & provenance

Howard Street Media, 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
1689855
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Howard Street Ventures Tp LlcOtherPre-Seed$5.6M82%
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Michigan Independent Media Group, LLCMedia & ContentSeed$4.2M81%
Media Arts ProductionsMedia & ContentSeries A$36.4M81%
Tonbo Media Group, INC.Media & ContentSeries B$120.6M81%
JDK Media, LLCMedia & ContentPre-Seed$2.4M81%
QYOU Media Inc.Media & ContentSeries A$1.2M80%
14th Street Productions LLCMedia & ContentSeed$20.5M80%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Howard Street Media, LLC raised?
Howard Street Media, LLC has raised approximately $600K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Howard Street Media, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Howard Street Media, LLC is approximately $12.5M (modeled range $360K–$141.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Howard Street Media, LLC at?
Howard Street Media, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jul 01.
What does Howard Street Media, LLC do and where is it based?
Howard Street Media, LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in WASHINGTON.
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