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COLUMBIA · Software / Tech · refined from filed group “Other Technology”
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Message Systems, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Message Systems, Inc. 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. Valuation uses the technology 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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Message Systems, Inc. is one of 3920 Software / Tech companies tracked from COLUMBIA. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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 — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series B — a $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 3920 companies in Software / Tech. 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 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 51% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #75 of 78.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchid Labs Inc. | Series B | $40.6M | $1.1B | 1.89× |
| Overclock Labs, Inc. | Series B | $35.3M | $1.0B | 1.78× |
| Reflexis Systems Inc | Series B | $67.2M | $999.8M | 1.72× |
| Nav Technologies, Inc. | Series B | $67.8M | $995.5M | 1.71× |
| Vesper Technologies Inc. | Series B | $51.4M | $971.7M | 1.67× |
| Applied Data Finance, LLC | Series B | $30.8M | $938.7M | 1.61× |
| Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc. | Series B | $80.5M | $913.8M | 1.57× |
| Singular Labs Inc. | Series B | $35.6M | $913.7M | 1.57× |
| Skyport Systems, Inc. | Series B | $66.7M | $904.5M | 1.55× |
| Constellation Labs, LLC | Series B | $29.7M | $904.1M | 1.55× |
| Theta Labs, Inc. | Series B | $37.4M | $887.6M | 1.52× |
| SolidEnergy Systems Corp. | Series B | $79.5M | $879.4M | 1.51× |
| Message Systems, Inc. this company | Series B | $77.7M | $36.5M | 0.06× |
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 A | $6.0M | 2010-03-12 | $27.3M | $166.4M | 85% |
| Series B | $32.0M | 2012-06-08 | $177.8M | $974.6M | 85% |
| Series B | $10.5M | 2015-01-30 | $58.3M | $319.8M | 85% |
| Series B | $25.0M | 2015-01-30 | $138.9M | $761.4M | 85% |
| Series B | $3.0M | 2015-01-30 | $16.7M | $91.4M | 85% |
| Series B | $1.2M | 2016-11-23 | $6.7M | $36.5M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec W. Peterson | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Damian W. Danowski | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Dave W. Lewis | — | — | 2012-06 |
| David W. Harvey | — | — | 2012-06 |
| David W. Reuter | — | — | 2015-01 |
| George W. Schlossnagle, III | — | — | 2010-03 |
| Gregory W. Case | — | — | 2012-06 |
| James W. Elder | — | — | 2010-03 |
| Joal W. Barbehenn | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Mariann W. McDonagh | — | — | 2016-11 |
| Mark W. Salloom | — | — | 2015-01 |
| Michael W. DiPiano | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Paul W. Melchiorre | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Paul W. Winn | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Phillip W. Merrick | — | — | 2015-01 |
| Ralf W. Lentz | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Randy W. Idle | — | — | 2012-06 |
| Sherry W. Schlossnagle | — | — | 2010-03 |
| Theo W. Schlossnagle | — | — | 2010-03 |
Message Systems, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digihost Technology Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $73.1M | $39.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Algebraix Data Corp | Software / Tech | Series B | $69.0M | $38.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Pixxel Space Technologies, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $68.0M | $32.7M | same sector · same stage |
| QSpex Technologies Inc | Software / Tech | Series B | $90.2M | $30.5M | same sector · same stage |
| LIS Technologies Inc | Software / Tech | Series B | $64.5M | $28.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Cormint Data Systems, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $38.3M | $38.5M | same sector · same stage |
| D3 Technology, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $36.4M | $44.3M | same sector · same stage |
| CMS Technology, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $35.9M | $28.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Message.io, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series A | $102.7M | 91% |
| SMS Software, Inc. | Software / Tech | Pre-Seed | $19.6M | 87% |
| MessageGears, LLC | Other Technology | Series A | $208.7M | 85% |
| System Inc. | Software / Tech | Series A | $246.8M | 84% |
| Communication Technology Holdings, LLC | Software / Tech | Pre-Seed | $14.8M | 84% |
| CMS Technology, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $28.9M | 83% |
| Telegraph System, Inc. | Software / Tech | Seed | $68.2M | 83% |
| Networking Communications Systems Inc | Software / Tech | Pre-Seed | $27.1M | 83% |
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