Companies · Telecommunications

IPW Holdings, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on IPW Holdings, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$21.5M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 22%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Wed May 04 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPW Holdings, Inc. looks under-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 telecom sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.32× the median modeled value of Series B Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (15 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

IPW Holdings, Inc. 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
16.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $15.5M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 79% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 79% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 76% 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 2009: $15.5M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $15.5M on 2009-11-03.
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 Telecommunications

IPW Holdings, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 79% 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.

US
Jurisdiction
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeries B · 2009-11-03 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $298M (est)$15M$298MSeries B2009Series B · 2011-05-04 Raised $6.1M (real) Modeled valuation $117M (est)$6.1M$117MSeries B2011+$6.1MCumulative $22M

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
Series B$15.5M · 2009
Series B extension$6.1M · 2011

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 25%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$117.0M
Base estimate est.
$14.7M
Conservative case
$450.3M
Upside case
$33.8M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $297.7M · 2009-11-032009Series B · modeled $117.0M · 2011-05-042011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
66%
Survival probability
44% low · 81% high
1.32×/yr
Annual markup
1.60×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$14.4M/yr
Capital velocity
16.7 yr
On record since
2009
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 5.4× above median
This company$21.5M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$6.1M
Sector median$17.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.1× above median
This company$117.0M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 79% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 76% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #14 of 15.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Neophotonics Corp · Series B Raised $48.7M · modeled $765.6M (est)Globalstar, Inc. · Series B Raised $30.0M · modeled $577.3M (est)Row 44 Inc · Series B Raised $27.8M · modeled $534.0M (est)Yume Inc · Series B Raised $66.5M · modeled $423.4M (est)Eco-Site, Inc · Series B Raised $31.4M · modeled $401.2M (est)Apeiron Wireless, LLC · Series B Raised $20.5M · modeled $394.5M (est)Rgb Networks Inc · Series B Raised $20.0M · modeled $384.9M (est)Skorpios Technologies, Inc. · Series B Raised $21.2M · modeled $365.6M (est)Kajeet Inc · Series B Raised $18.1M · modeled $347.9M (est)Vello Systems · Series B Raised $17.0M · modeled $327.1M (est)Glimmerglass Networks Inc · Series B Raised $22.2M · modeled $300.7M (est)Tristar Investors Inc · Series B Raised $50.9M · modeled $288.7M (est)IPW Holdings, Inc. (this company) Raised $21.5M · modeled $117.0M (est)IPW Holdings, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Neophotonics CorpSeries B$48.7M$765.6M2.09×
Globalstar, Inc.Series B$30.0M$577.3M1.58×
Row 44 IncSeries B$27.8M$534.0M1.46×
Yume IncSeries B$66.5M$423.4M1.16×
Eco-Site, IncSeries B$31.4M$401.2M1.10×
Apeiron Wireless, LLCSeries B$20.5M$394.5M1.08×
Rgb Networks IncSeries B$20.0M$384.9M1.05×
Skorpios Technologies, Inc.Series B$21.2M$365.6M1.00×
Kajeet IncSeries B$18.1M$347.9M0.95×
Vello SystemsSeries B$17.0M$327.1M0.89×
Glimmerglass Networks IncSeries B$22.2M$300.7M0.82×
Tristar Investors IncSeries B$50.9M$288.7M0.79×
IPW Holdings, Inc. this companySeries B$21.5M$117.0M0.32×
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.
Series B$15.5M2009-11-03$85.9M$297.7M90%
Series B$6.1M2011-05-04$33.8M$117.0M90%
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. Series B$15.5M2009-11-03
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
  2. Series B$6.1M2011-05-04
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2012 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$6.1M
Modeled next size est.range $6.1M$9.7M
0.4×
Last step-up
$14.4M/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
Santo Politi13 other2011-05
William Jones2 other2009-11
DOUGLAS SINCLAIR1 other2009-11
Registry & provenance

IPW Holdings, 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
1476611
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has IPW Holdings, Inc. raised?
IPW Holdings, Inc. has raised approximately $21.5M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is IPW Holdings, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for IPW Holdings, Inc. is approximately $117.0M (modeled range $14.7M–$450.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is IPW Holdings, Inc. at?
IPW Holdings, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed May 04.
What does IPW Holdings, Inc. do and where is it based?
IPW Holdings, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO.
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