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Ideator, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ideator, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$640K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 73%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 23 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ideator, Inc. 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 1.83× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2016–2018 (1548 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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

Ideator, Inc. is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 28% 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
9
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2016-12-23
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2016-12-23 Raised $640K (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$640K$15MPre-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$640K · 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
$14.8M
Base estimate est.
$426K
Conservative case
$167.6M
Upside case
$3.6M
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.

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.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.5 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
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) 0.3× of median
This company$640K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.8× above median
This company$640K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$14.8M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 28% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #329 of 1,548.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Unhinged, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Green Bugatti Musical Development Ltd Liability Co · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)SharkDreams, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.9M · modeled $23.1M (est)Jilz Snackerz LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Money to Play, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Gratitude Traders, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $23.1M (est)Juice Jewce, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)BrandSpins, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $23.1M (est)Volatile Analysis Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Rugby Channel, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)SurpriseRide, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Lightning Technologies Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Ideator, Inc. (this company) Raised $640K · modeled $14.8M (est)Ideator, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Unhinged, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Green Bugatti Musical Development Ltd Liability CoPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
SharkDreams, LLCPre-Seed$2.9M$23.1M2.86×
Jilz Snackerz LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Money to Play, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Gratitude Traders, LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$23.1M2.86×
Juice Jewce, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
BrandSpins, LLCPre-Seed$1.5M$23.1M2.86×
Volatile Analysis CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Rugby Channel, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
SurpriseRide, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Lightning Technologies LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Ideator, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$640K$14.8M1.83×
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$640K2016-12-23$3.6M$14.8M90%
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$640K2016-12-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 9 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $665K$1.6M
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
Carter Wigell1 other2016-12
Registry & provenance

Ideator, 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
1693900
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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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.

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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
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IdeaFlow, Inc.Other TechnologySeries A$256.1M84%
Ideablock Inc.Other TechnologyPre-Seed$1.2M84%
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Idea 247, Inc.OtherSeed$27.9M83%
IdeaBlock, LLCOther TechnologyPre-Seed$21.2M83%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Ideator, Inc. raised?
Ideator, Inc. has raised approximately $640K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ideator, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ideator, Inc. is approximately $14.8M (modeled range $426K–$167.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ideator, Inc. at?
Ideator, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 23.
What does Ideator, Inc. do and where is it based?
Ideator, Inc. operates in the Other sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO.
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