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PORTSMOUTH · Defense · refined from filed group “Other”
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on In Defense Of Growth Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→In Defense Of Growth Inc has raised $5.2M over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the defense sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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In Defense Of Growth Inc is one of 61 Defense companies tracked from PORTSMOUTH. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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.
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.
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.
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: 50%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the defense sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 61 companies in Defense. 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.
Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 79% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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.
Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Defense Of Growth Inc this company | Seed | $5.2M | $105.7M | 1.40× |
| Republic Defense, Inc. | Seed | $2.5M | $45.3M | 0.60× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $1.2M | 2019-11-08 | $6.1M | $42.0M | 90% |
| Seed | $4.0M | 2021-01-20 | $20.0M | $105.7M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Creeley | — | 2 other | 2019-11 |
| Andrew Pellett | — | — | 2019-11 |
In Defense Of Growth 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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Web Defense 7, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $5.6M | $2.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Tactical Cleaning Investors LLC | Defense | Seed | $3.8M | $131.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Cloud Defense, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $3.1M | $49.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Capital Defense Technologies LLC | Defense | Seed | $2.8M | $4.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Republic Defense, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $2.5M | $45.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Deterrence Defense, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $2.0M | $11.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Askari Defense, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $1.5M | $4.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Sortie, Inc | Other Technology | Seed | $2.7M | $6.7M | network1 shared operator · same stage |
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Leasing Holdings LLC | Other | Series C | $614.8M | 78% |
| Growth Leasing LLC | Other | Series B | $14.8M | 77% |
| Axis Growth LLC | Other | Series A | $43.7M | 77% |
| Common Sense Growth, LLC | Other | Series C | $909.7M | 76% |
| Republic Defense, Inc. | Defense | Seed | $45.3M | 75% |
| GP Defense Investments, LLC | Defense | Series B | $161.5M | 75% |
| Growthsayer, Inc. | Other Technology | Seed | $14.7M | 75% |
| GrowHealthy Holdings, LLC | Other | Series A | $45.4M | 75% |
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