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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Pandora Media, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Pandora Media, Inc. has raised $290M over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
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.
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.
Pandora Media, Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from Oakland. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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.
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, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+ — a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
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.
Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramarye Media, Inc. | Series D+ | $175.0M | $2.7B | 1.27× |
| Pandora Media, Inc. this company | Series D+ | $290.4M | $2.7B | 1.25× |
| Luminary Media, LLC | Series D+ | $103.1M | $1.6B | 0.75× |
| Zenimax Media Inc | Series D+ | $187.4M | $14.0M | 0.01× |
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 D+ | $117.9M | 2015-10-31 | $982.8M | $1.8B | 85% |
| Series D+ | $172.5M | 2017-06-09 | $1.4B | $2.7B | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth A. Nelson | — | 4 other | 2015-10 |
| Brian McAndrews | — | 3 other | 2015-10 |
| James M.P. Feuille | — | 1 other | 2015-10 |
| Tim Westergren | — | 1 other | 2017-06 |
| Chris A. Phillips | — | — | 2015-10 |
| John A. Trimble | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Mickie A. Rosen | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Mike A. Herring | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Naveen Chopra | — | — | 2017-06 |
| Peter Chernin | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Peter M.P. Gotcher | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Roger Faxon | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Sara A. Clemens | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Simon A. Fleming-Wood | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Steve A. Bene | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Steve Bene | — | — | 2017-06 |
| Tim A. Westergren | — | — | 2015-10 |
| Timothy Leiweke | — | — | 2017-06 |
| Timothy M.P. Leiweke | — | — | 2015-10 |
Pandora Media, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers Entertainment Consortium, LP | Media & Content | Series D+ | $300.0M | $2.2B | same sector · same stage |
| A24 Films LLC | Media & Content | Series D+ | $225.0M | $2.7B | same sector · same stage |
| Deepgram, Inc. | Media & Content | Series D+ | $215.1M | $993.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Veeam Software Holding Inc. | Media & Content | Series D+ | $407.3M | $79.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Gramarye Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Series D+ | $175.0M | $2.7B | same sector · same stage |
| Firebird Music Holdings, LLC | Media & Content | Series D+ | $169.5M | $2.2B | same sector · same stage |
| Northside Entertainment Holdings, LLC | Media & Content | Series D+ | $515.9M | $761.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Pocket Outdoor Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Series D+ | $162.8M | $2.1B | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particle Media Inc. | Media & Content | Series D+ | $1.5B | 85% |
| Snaps Media Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $81.7M | 85% |
| TOR Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Seed | $17.0M | 85% |
| Glass-Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $20.0M | 85% |
| Circle Media Labs Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $224.5M | 85% |
| Vertigo Media, Inc. | Media & Content | Series A | $190.6M | 84% |
| Dorsey Media, LLC | Media & Content | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | 84% |
| Meta Media Tech, Inc. | Media & Content | Seed | $6.6M | 84% |
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