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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, LLC 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.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.
Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from KEY WEST. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 5% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 25008 companies in Other. 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 5% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 18% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #1343 of 1,548.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Gratitude Traders, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| Juice Jewce, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| BrandSpins, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| Volatile Analysis Corp | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| Rugby Channel, LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| SurpriseRide, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| Lightning Technologies Llc | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $23.1M | 2.86× |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, LLC this company | Pre-Seed | $137K | $3.2M | 0.39× |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $137K | 2018-01-01 | $760K | $3.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM HAYWARD FISHER | — | 6 other | 2018-01 |
| ONETT HAYWARD JOHNSON | — | 3 other | 2018-01 |
| Zachary Hayward Preston | — | 1 other | 2018-01 |
| David Hayward Vapnitsky | — | — | 2018-01 |
| Southernmost Expedtions Hayward Southernmost Expeditions | — | — | 2018-01 |
Mel Fisher Expedition - 2018, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2019, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $178K | $4.1M | network3 shared operators · same sector · same stage |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2017, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $107K | $2.5M | network2 shared operators · same sector · same stage |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2016, Llc | Other | Seed | $3.5M | $7.0M | network2 shared operators · same sector |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2022, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $611K | $7.3M | network1 shared operator · same sector · same stage |
| 10 Pure Prize/Gatherindy, Llc | Other | Pre-Seed | $137K | $3.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Plan A Promotions, Inc. | Other | Pre-Seed | $137K | $3.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Willamette Angel Conference 2015, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $137K | $3.2M | same sector · same stage |
| CAH Investors I LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $138K | $3.2M | same sector · same stage |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2019, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $4.1M | 99% |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2017, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | 97% |
| Mel Fisher Expedition - 2022, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $7.3M | 96% |
| Mel Fisher Expedition 2025 LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $509K | 93% |
| Skipper, LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $2.9M | 76% |
| Expedition Topco Llc | Other | Series C | $917.3M | 75% |
| Continental Expeditions Inc | Other | Series B | $135.5M | 75% |
| Meloquest, Inc. | Other | Pre-Seed | $8.4M | 75% |
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