Companies · Media & Content

Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC

BEVERLY HILLS · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$32.0M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
15.0×
Latest step-up
Top 8%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC 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 media 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 2.68× the median modeled value of Series A Media & Content companies in 2019–2021 (58 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Motion Picture Diplomacy, 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
7.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2019 with $17.0M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 93% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 93% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 94% 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 2019: $17.0M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $15.0M on 2019-07-01.
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 Media & Content

Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from BEVERLY HILLS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 93% 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2016
Year incorporated
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$125M$250M$375M$500MPre-Seed · 2019-06-04 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$1.0M$21MPre-Seed2019Series A · 2019-07-01 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $204M (est)$15M$204MSeries A2019Pre-Seed · 2019-07-01 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$1.0M$21MPre-Seed2019Series A · 2020-07-01 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $204M (est)$15M$204MSeries A2020+$15M+$1.0M+$15MCumulative $32M

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$1.0M · 2019
Series A$15.0M · 2019no Seed on file
Bridge · Series A-stage$1.0M · 2019smaller follow-on
Series A extension$15.0M · 2020

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
$204.3M
Base estimate est.
$18.4M
Conservative case
$1.1B
Upside case
$68.2M
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 media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $20.8M · 2019-06-042019Series A · modeled $204.3M · 2019-07-01Pre-Seed · modeled $20.8M · 2019-07-01Series A · modeled $204.3M · 2020-07-012020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$29.7M/yr
Capital velocity
7.1 yr
On record since
2019
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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) 14× above median
This company$32.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.7× above median
This company$15.0M
Sector median$5.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 12× above median
This company$204.3M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 93% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 94% 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 #1 of 58.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Green Flower Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.3M · modeled $204.3M (est)Northwoods Entertainment, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $204.3M (est)101 Studios, LLC · Series A Raised $14.4M · modeled $196.5M (est)Art Craft Entertainment, Inc. · Series A Raised $28.2M · modeled $159.5M (est)Meadowlark Media, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.6M · modeled $138.7M (est)TIPO Entertainment, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.2M · modeled $134.5M (est)RCT Studio Inc. · Series A Raised $11.4M · modeled $132.2M (est)JB Streaming LLC · Series A Raised $11.8M · modeled $124.6M (est)InMarket Media, LLC · Series A Raised $11.5M · modeled $122.1M (est)Seeker Music, Inc. · Series A Raised $31.0M · modeled $121.8M (est)RVA Entertainment Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $11.5M · modeled $118.8M (est)Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC (this company) Raised $32.0M · modeled $204.3M (est)Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC this companySeries A$32.0M$204.3M2.68×
Green Flower Media, Inc.Series A$20.3M$204.3M2.68×
Northwoods Entertainment, LLCSeries A$15.0M$204.3M2.68×
101 Studios, LLCSeries A$14.4M$196.5M2.58×
Art Craft Entertainment, Inc.Series A$28.2M$159.5M2.09×
Meadowlark Media, Inc.Series A$12.6M$138.7M1.82×
TIPO Entertainment, Inc.Series A$13.2M$134.5M1.77×
RCT Studio Inc.Series A$11.4M$132.2M1.74×
JB Streaming LLCSeries A$11.8M$124.6M1.64×
InMarket Media, LLCSeries A$11.5M$122.1M1.60×
Seeker Music, Inc.Series A$31.0M$121.8M1.60×
RVA Entertainment Holdings, LLCSeries A$11.5M$118.8M1.56×
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$1.0M2019-06-04$5.6M$20.8M90%
Series A$15.0M2019-07-01$68.2M$204.3M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M2019-07-01$5.6M$20.8M90%
Series A$15.0M2020-07-01$68.2M$204.3M90%
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$1.0M2019-06-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Series A$15.0M2019-07-01
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 15.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Pre-Seed$1.0M2019-07-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 15.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Series A$15.0M2020-07-01
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 15.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$45.0M
Modeled next size est.range $29.3M$72.0M
15.0×
Last step-up
$29.7M/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
Isaac Ebersole2019-06
Registry & provenance

Motion Picture Diplomacy, 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
1692840
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC raised?
Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC has raised approximately $32.0M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC is approximately $204.3M (modeled range $18.4M–$1.1B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC at?
Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 01.
What does Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC do and where is it based?
Motion Picture Diplomacy, LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in BEVERLY HILLS.
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