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Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P.

BUFFALO · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$7.7M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 37%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred

Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. looks under-valued against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the telecom sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.21× the median modeled value of Series A Telecommunications companies (213 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Active
  • No dated round to assess.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. 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
56.7 yr record
Peak capital year was Undated with $7.7M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 64% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 64% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 39% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 Undated: $7.7M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.7M on .
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.
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 Telecommunications

Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from BUFFALO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 64% 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.

US
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeries A · Raised $7.7M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$7.7M$19MSeries A

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 A$7.7M

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$18.7M
Base estimate est.
$10.2M
Conservative case
$25.5M
Upside case
$35.0M
Modeled post-money

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

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
53%
Survival probability
29% low · 73% high
1.39×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
0.0 yr
Elapsed time used
0.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
56.7 yr
On record since
1970
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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)▲ 1.9× above median
This company$7.7M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.5× above median
This company$7.7M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▼ 0.7× of median
This company$18.7M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 64% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 39% 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.
Series A$7.7M—$35.0M$18.7M90%
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$12.3M
Modeled next size est.range $8.0M–$19.7M
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Last step-up
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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
Charles W. Banta—7 other—
Sandra A. Miller—7 other—
C. Teo Balbach—4 other—
Registry & provenance

Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. 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
1568312
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

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Mercury Capital Partners Principle KKDZ-AM Fund, L.P.TelecommunicationsSeed$2.0M$3.9Mnetwork2 shared operators · same sector
Mercury Capital Partners Principle KFWB-AM Los Angeles Fund, L.P.TelecommunicationsSeed$1.6M$33.4Mnetwork2 shared operators · same sector
Mercury Alternative Assets Fund I, L.P.OtherSeries C$55.1M$77.0Mnetwork3 shared operators
IP Solutions International, Ltd.TelecommunicationsSeries A$7.5M$18.2Msame sector · same stage
Pacific Star Communications IncTelecommunicationsSeries A$7.5M$3.5Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. raised?
Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. has raised approximately $7.7M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. is approximately $18.7M (modeled range $10.2M–$25.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. at?
Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A.
What does Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. do and where is it based?
Mercury Capital Principle KVVN-AM KVTO-AM Fund, L.P. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in BUFFALO.
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