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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Manta Media, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Manta Media, Inc. has raised $46M 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 media 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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Manta Media, Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from COLUMBUS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 95% 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, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series C — a $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
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.
Raised more than 95% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 70% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Records Holdings, LLC | Series C | $62.7M | $967.7M | 1.20× |
| Rsn Entertainment Ltd | Series C | $62.5M | $964.5M | 1.20× |
| Green Films Holdings, LP | Series C | $41.8M | $644.3M | 0.80× |
| Manta Media, Inc. this company | Series C | $46.0M | $30.9M | 0.04× |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | $44.0M | 2012-03-23 | $293.3M | $678.8M | 85% |
| Series C | $2.0M | 2016-11-28 | $13.3M | $30.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven B Jaffee | — | 4 other | 2012-03 |
| Pamela Springer | — | 3 other | 2012-03 |
| George L Jenkins | — | 1 other | 2012-03 |
| John Swanciger | — | 1 other | 2016-11 |
| Karl O Elderkin | — | 1 other | 2012-03 |
| Bradley O. Warnick | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Brandon O. Blanchard | — | — | 2016-11 |
| Dario O. Ambrosini | — | — | 2016-11 |
| David O. Su | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Douglas O. Llewellyn | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Francois B. Helou | — | — | 2012-03 |
| George O. Troutman | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Gregory O. Garrick | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Jon O. Kossow | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Joseph O. Glowacki | — | — | 2016-11 |
| Martin O. Vian | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Mitch O. Rosich | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Peter O. Morse | — | — | 2012-03 |
| Sara O. Oberst | — | — | 2016-11 |
Manta Media, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Media Group, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $39.9M | $18.7M | same sector |
| S4 Sports & Entertainment, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $38.7M | $54.5M | same sector |
| Adroit Worldwide Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $36.3M | $12.9M | same sector |
| Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $33.4M | $19.4M | same sector |
| Bitmovin, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $77.0M | $15.5M | same sector |
| Bongiovi Media & Technology, Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $27.3M | $33.0M | same sector |
| Magnetic Media Online Holdings, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $27.1M | $29.9M | same sector |
| Unchained Entertainment, LLC | Media & Content | Series A | $24.2M | $5.8M | same sector |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manta Digital, Inc. | Software / Tech | Seed | $7.5M | 87% |
| Manta Software Inc. | Software / Tech | Series A | $345.2M | 87% |
| Glass-Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $20.0M | 85% |
| Meta Media Tech, Inc. | Media & Content | Seed | $6.6M | 85% |
| Gimlet Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $296.6M | 84% |
| Snaps Media Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $81.7M | 84% |
| Brade Media, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $268K | 84% |
| Surf Media Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $4.2M | 84% |
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