Companies · Media & Content

Luminary Media, LLC

Chicago · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Luminary Media, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$103.1M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.4×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Mar 09 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Luminary Media, LLC has raised $103M 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. 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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 8.3 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

Luminary 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
8.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $352.1M across 4 filings.
Market position
ahead of 97% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 97% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 99% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2018: $352.1M across 4 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $135.6M on 2018-03-09.
  • Filing rows sum to $352.1M, while canonical raised total is $103.1M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Luminary Media, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from Chicago. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
35
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2018-03-09
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$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries B · 2018-03-09 Raised $40M (real) Modeled valuation $598M (est)$40M$598MSeries B2018Series D+ · 2018-03-09 Raised $136M (real) Modeled valuation $2.1B (est)$136M$2.1BSeries D+2018Series C · 2018-03-09 Raised $73M (real) Modeled valuation $1.1B (est)$73M$1.1BSeries C2018Series D+ · 2018-03-09 Raised $103M (real) Modeled valuation $1.6B (est)$103M$1.6BSeries D+2018+$136M+$73M+$103MCumulative $352M

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$40.0M · 2018
Series D+$135.6M · 2018no Series C on file
Bridge · Series D+-stage$73.4M · 2018smaller follow-on
Series D+ extension$103.1M · 2018

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.6B
Base estimate est.
$526.0M
Conservative case
$3.5B
Upside case
$859.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $598.1M · 2018-03-092018Series D+ · modeled $2.1B · 2018-03-09Series C · modeled $1.1B · 2018-03-09Series D+ · modeled $1.6B · 2018-03-092018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
1.16×/yr
Annual markup
1.30×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.3 yr
On record since
2018
First round
4
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) 47× above median
This company$103.1M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× of median
This company$103.1M
Sector median$107.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 96× above median
This company$1.6B
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Gramarye Media, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $175.0M · modeled $2.7B (est)Pandora Media, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $290.4M · modeled $2.7B (est)Zenimax Media Inc · Series D+ Raised $187.4M · modeled $14.0M (est)Luminary Media, LLC (this company) Raised $103.1M · modeled $1.6B (est)Luminary Media, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Gramarye Media, Inc.Series D+$175.0M$2.7B1.27×
Pandora Media, Inc.Series D+$290.4M$2.7B1.25×
Luminary Media, LLC this companySeries D+$103.1M$1.6B0.75×
Zenimax Media IncSeries D+$187.4M$14.0M0.01×
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$40.0M2018-03-09$222.2M$598.1M90%
Series D+$135.6M2018-03-09$1.1B$2.1B90%
Series C$73.4M2018-03-09$489.3M$1.1B90%
Series D+$103.1M2018-03-09$859.6M$1.6B90%
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$40.0M2018-03-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 17 investors on this round.
  2. Series D+$135.6M2018-03-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 40 investors on this round.
  3. Series C$73.4M2018-03-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 29 investors on this round.
  4. Series D+$103.1M2018-03-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 35 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$144.9M
Modeled next size est.range $103.1M$231.9M
1.4×
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
Alejandro S. Zubillaga2018-03
Matthew S. Sacks2018-03
Michael J. Sacks2018-03
Richard S. Plepler2018-03
Simon S. Sutton2018-03
Tony S. Florence2018-03
Registry & provenance

Luminary 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
1734061
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Luminary Media, LLC raised?
Luminary Media, LLC has raised approximately $103.1M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Luminary Media, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Luminary Media, LLC is approximately $1.6B (modeled range $526.0M–$3.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Luminary Media, LLC at?
Luminary Media, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Mar 09.
What does Luminary Media, LLC do and where is it based?
Luminary Media, LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in Chicago.
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