Companies

Jottr

SA · Africa

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Jottr — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Aug 21 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Jottr has raised $1.0M over 1 round; 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.

SA’s Jottr raises $1m, rolls out iOS app 0 By Tom Jackson on August 21, 2015 Southern Africa , Startups South African content delivery startup Jottr has raised over US$1 million, plus an additional US$100,000 credit from Amazon Web Services, to cover its first year server costs as it prepares user acquisition campaigns in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK). Built in South Africa, Jottr is content-driven app that connects users to thousands of valuable content sources and claims to deliver personalised experiences through analysis of a user’s behaviour.

SA’s Jottr raises $1m, rolls out iOS app 0 By Tom Jackson on August 21, 2015 Southern Africa , Startups South African content delivery startup Jottr has raised over US$1 million, plus an additional US$100,000 credit from Amazon Web Services, to cover its first year server costs as it prepares user acquisition campaigns in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK). Built in South Africa, Jottr is content-driven app that connects users to thousands of valuable content sources and claims to deliver personalised experiences through analysis of a user’s behaviour.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2015-08-21 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)$1.0M$23MPre-Seed2015

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$1.0M · 2015

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$23.1M
Base estimate est.
$667K
Conservative case
$262.1M
Upside case
$5.6M
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
10.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
10.9 yr
On record since
2015
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$1.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.6× above median
This company$23.1M
Sector median$14.6M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

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$1.0M2015-08-21$5.6M$23.1M45%
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$1.0M2015-08-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$2.6M
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.

Registry & provenance

Jottr 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
ZA
Jurisdiction
Frequently asked
How much funding has Jottr raised?
Jottr has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Jottr's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Jottr is approximately $23.1M (modeled range $667K–$262.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Jottr at?
Jottr's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Aug 21.
What does Jottr do and where is it based?
Jottr is a private company, based in SA, Africa. SA’s Jottr raises $1m, rolls out iOS app 0 By Tom Jackson on August 21, 2015 Southern Africa , Startups South African content delivery startup Jottr has raised over US$1 million, plus an additional US$100,000 credit from Amazon Web Services, to cover its first year server costs as it prepares user acquisition campaigns in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK). Built in South Africa, Jottr is content-driven app that connects users to thousands of valuable content sources and claims to deliver personalised experiences through analysis of a user’s behaviour.
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