Companies · Telecommunications

MFC Equity, LLC

PORTLAND · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on MFC Equity, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.8M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Dec 22 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

MFC Equity, 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. 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 0.45× the median modeled value of Series A Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (60 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

MFC Equity, LLC 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
16.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2010 with $9.8M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 67% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 67% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 57% 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 2010: $9.8M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.4M on 2010-03-15.
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

MFC Equity, LLC is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from PORTLAND. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% 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.

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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries A · 2010-03-15 Raised $7.4M (real) Modeled valuation $130M (est)$7.4M$130MSeries A2010Series A · 2010-12-22 Raised $2.4M (real) Modeled valuation $43M (est)$2.4M$43MSeries A2010+$2.4MCumulative $9.8M

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$7.4M · 2010
Series A extension$2.4M · 2010

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
$42.7M
Base estimate est.
$3.2M
Conservative case
$232.4M
Upside case
$11.1M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $129.7M · 2010-03-152010Series A · modeled $42.7M · 2010-12-222010
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$12.7M/yr
Capital velocity
16.3 yr
On record since
2010
First round
2
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) 2.5× above median
This company$9.8M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.5× above median
This company$42.7M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 57% 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 #51 of 60.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Destination Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.7M · modeled $233.1M (est)Tely Labs, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $227.9M (est)Mblast Inc · Series A Raised $25.8M · modeled $226.4M (est)Matrixx Software, Inc. · Series A Raised $24.1M · modeled $220.9M (est)Unitek Holdings Inc · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $219.1M (est)Borqs International Holding Corp · Series A Raised $36.1M · modeled $211.6M (est)Waxess Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.6M · modeled $210.3M (est)Kineto Wireless Inc · Series A Raised $44.8M · modeled $209.4M (est)Applied Optoelectronics Inc · Series A Raised $17.3M · modeled $192.7M (est)GENBAND II, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $189.1M (est)Telanetix,Inc · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $184.0M (est)Open Range Communications Inc · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $175.3M (est)MFC Equity, LLC (this company) Raised $9.8M · modeled $42.7M (est)MFC Equity, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Destination Media, Inc.Series A$17.7M$233.1M2.46×
Tely Labs, Inc.Series A$13.0M$227.9M2.41×
Mblast IncSeries A$25.8M$226.4M2.39×
Matrixx Software, Inc.Series A$24.1M$220.9M2.33×
Unitek Holdings IncSeries A$12.5M$219.1M2.31×
Borqs International Holding CorpSeries A$36.1M$211.6M2.24×
Waxess Holdings, Inc.Series A$20.6M$210.3M2.22×
Kineto Wireless IncSeries A$44.8M$209.4M2.21×
Applied Optoelectronics IncSeries A$17.3M$192.7M2.04×
GENBAND II, Inc.Series A$12.8M$189.1M2.00×
Telanetix,IncSeries A$12.0M$184.0M1.94×
Open Range Communications IncSeries A$10.0M$175.3M1.85×
MFC Equity, LLC this companySeries A$9.8M$42.7M0.45×
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$7.4M2010-03-15$33.6M$129.7M90%
Series A$2.4M2010-12-22$11.1M$42.7M90%
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. Series A$7.4M2010-03-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Series A$2.4M2010-12-22
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2011 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$2.4M
Modeled next size est.range $2.4M$3.9M
0.3×
Last step-up
$12.7M/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
Robert C. S. Monks1 other2010-03
Dwight L Allison2010-03
Registry & provenance

MFC Equity, 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.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1487534
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has MFC Equity, LLC raised?
MFC Equity, LLC has raised approximately $9.8M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is MFC Equity, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for MFC Equity, LLC is approximately $42.7M (modeled range $3.2M–$232.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is MFC Equity, LLC at?
MFC Equity, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Dec 22.
What does MFC Equity, LLC do and where is it based?
MFC Equity, LLC operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in PORTLAND.
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