Companies · Edtech

MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.

NEW YORK · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.9M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
13.7×
Latest step-up
Top 19%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Mar 31 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. looks over-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 edtech sector profile.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.84× the median modeled value of Series A Edtech companies in 2016–2018 (15 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Edtech

MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 82% 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
72
Investors (latest)
2017-03-31
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$50M$100M$150M$200MPre-Seed · 2013-05-31 Raised $740K (real) Modeled valuation $18M (est)$740K$18MPre-Seed2013Series A · 2017-03-31 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $159M (est)$10M$159MSeries A2017+$10MCumulative $11M

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$740K · 2013
Series A$10.2M · 2017no Seed on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$159.3M
Base estimate est.
$12.7M
Conservative case
$866.4M
Upside case
$46.2M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $17.7M · 2013-05-312013Series A · modeled $159.3M · 2017-03-312017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.73×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
46 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.8M/yr
Capital velocity
13.1 yr
On record since
2013
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. 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) 4.5× above median
This company$10.9M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.8× above median
This company$10.2M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 8.0× above median
This company$159.3M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 82% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #4 of 15.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Make School Inc. · Series A Raised $27.3M · modeled $235.2M (est)Calvert Education Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $208.9M (est)Grovo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $177.4M (est)Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLC · Series A Raised $8.4M · modeled $132.1M (est)Higher Learning Technologies Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $129.5M (est)Educational Products Holdings LLC · Series A Raised $6.1M · modeled $95.6M (est)QuickStart Learning Inc. · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.7M (est)Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding Llc · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.2M (est)Big Blue Swim School, Llc · Series A Raised $6.3M · modeled $78.4M (est)Quad Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $46.2M · modeled $75.2M (est)Triumph Higher Education Group, LLC · Series A Raised $30.1M · modeled $70.6M (est)MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. (this company) Raised $10.9M · modeled $159.3M (est)MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Make School Inc.Series A$27.3M$235.2M2.71×
Calvert Education Services, LLCSeries A$13.3M$208.9M2.41×
Grovo Learning, Inc.Series A$12.8M$177.4M2.05×
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. this companySeries A$10.9M$159.3M1.84×
Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLCSeries A$8.4M$132.1M1.52×
Higher Learning Technologies Inc.Series A$12.8M$129.5M1.49×
Educational Products Holdings LLCSeries A$6.1M$95.6M1.10×
QuickStart Learning Inc.Series A$5.5M$86.7M1.00×
Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding LlcSeries A$5.5M$86.2M0.99×
Big Blue Swim School, LlcSeries A$6.3M$78.4M0.90×
Quad Learning, Inc.Series A$46.2M$75.2M0.87×
Triumph Higher Education Group, LLCSeries A$30.1M$70.6M0.81×
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$740K2013-05-31$4.1M$17.7M85%
Series A$10.2M2017-03-31$46.2M$159.3M90%
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$740K2013-05-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$10.2M2017-03-31
    • Raised again after 46 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 13.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 72 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~46mo cadence
$30.5M
Modeled next size est.range $19.8M$48.8M
13.7×
Last step-up
$2.8M/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
Nazar Yasin2 other2013-05
Michel Pratte1 other2017-03
Justin Hsu2013-05
Registry & provenance

MarcoPolo Learning, 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
1584689
SEC CIK
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Grovo Learning, Inc.EdtechSeries A$12.8M$177.4Msame sector · same stage
Empowered Education, Inc.EdtechSeries A$13.0M$78.4Msame sector · same stage
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Semantically similar

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.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Marco Learning LLCEdtechPre-Seed$20.4M91%
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Invoke Learning, LLCEdtechSeed$22.6M87%
Lit Learning, Inc.EdtechPre-Seed$8.2M86%
AIO Education, LLCEdtechPre-Seed$7.6M86%
Sama Learning, Inc.EdtechSeed$28.9M86%
Higher Learning Technologies Inc.EdtechSeries A$129.5M85%
Open Education Technologies LLCEdtechPre-Seed$6.3M85%
Frequently asked
How much funding has MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. raised?
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. has raised approximately $10.9M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. is approximately $159.3M (modeled range $12.7M–$866.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. at?
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Mar 31.
What does MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. do and where is it based?
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. operates in the Edtech sector, based in NEW YORK.
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