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Particle Media Inc.

Mountain View · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Particle Media Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$125.9M
Total raised · real
6
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Dec 23 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Particle Media Inc. has raised $126M over 6 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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 5.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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

Particle Media Inc. is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from Mountain View. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2020-12-23
First sale
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries A · 2015-05-12 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $136M (est)Series A2015Series A · 2016-09-03 Raised $4.0M (real) Modeled valuation $54M (est)Series A2016Seed · 2016-09-03 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $50M (est)Seed2016Series A · 2017-02-27 Raised $6.1M (real) Modeled valuation $83M (est)Series A2017Series A · 2018-02-20 Raised $113K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)Series A2018Series A · 2018-03-23 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)Series A2018Series C · 2020-12-23 Raised $100M (real) Modeled valuation $1.4B (est)Series C2020Series D+ · 2020-12-23 Raised $101M (real) Modeled valuation $1.5B (est)Series D+2020+$4.0M+$3.0M+$6.1M+$113K+$5.0M+$100M+$101MCumulative $229M

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$10.0M · 2015
Series A extension$4.0M · 2016
Bridge · Series A-stage$3.0M · 2016smaller follow-on
Series A extension$6.1M · 2017
Series A extension$113K · 2018
Series A extension$5.0M · 2018
Series C$100.0M · 2020no Series B on file
Series D+$100.6M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series B — 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
$1.5B
Base estimate est.
$513.3M
Conservative case
$3.0B
Upside case
$838.7M
Modeled post-money

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.

Series A · modeled $136.2M · 2015-05-122015Series A · modeled $54.5M · 2016-09-03Seed · modeled $50.2M · 2016-09-03Series A · modeled $83.4M · 2017-02-27Series A · modeled $1.5M · 2018-02-20Series A · modeled $68.1M · 2018-03-23Series C · modeled $1.4B · 2020-12-23Series D+ · modeled $1.5B · 2020-12-232020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
1.16×/yr
Annual markup
1.30×/yr upside case
5.5 yr
Elapsed time used
5.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$22.4M/yr
Capital velocity
11.1 yr
On record since
2015
First round
8
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) 57× above median
This company$125.9M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$100.6M
Sector median$107.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 87× above median
This company$1.5B
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

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.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Spectacle Entertainment Group, LLC · Series D+ Raised $140.0M · modeled $2.2B (est)Firebird Music Holdings, LLC · Series D+ Raised $169.5M · modeled $2.2B (est)Pocket Outdoor Media, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $162.8M · modeled $2.1B (est)Particle Media Inc. (this company) Raised $125.9M · modeled $1.5B (est)Particle Media Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Spectacle Entertainment Group, LLCSeries D+$140.0M$2.2B1.02×
Firebird Music Holdings, LLCSeries D+$169.5M$2.2B1.01×
Pocket Outdoor Media, Inc.Series D+$162.8M$2.1B0.99×
Particle Media Inc. this companySeries D+$125.9M$1.5B0.68×
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$10.0M2015-05-12$45.5M$136.2M85%
Series A$4.0M2016-09-03$18.2M$54.5M90%
Seed$3.0M2016-09-03$15.0M$50.2M85%
Series A$6.1M2017-02-27$27.8M$83.4M90%
Series A$113K2018-02-20$515K$1.5M90%
Series A$5.0M2018-03-23$22.7M$68.1M90%
Series C$100.0M2020-12-23$666.7M$1.4B90%
Series D+$100.6M2020-12-23$838.7M$1.5B90%
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$10.0M2015-05-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$4.0M2016-09-03
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$3.0M2016-09-03
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$6.1M2017-02-27
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$113K2018-02-20
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 54.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Series A$5.0M2018-03-23
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 44.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  7. Series C$100.0M2020-12-23
    • Raised again after 33 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 20.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  8. Series D+$100.6M2020-12-23
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$101.3M
Modeled next size est.range $100.6M$162.1M
1.0×
Last step-up
$22.4M/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
Alan Ni1 other2020-12
Yihong Guo1 other2016-09
Ella Liu2018-02
Xuyang Ren2015-05
Ya Li2016-09
Yeung Shum Heung2020-12
Zhaohui Zheng2015-05
Registry & provenance

Particle 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.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1643571
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Particle Media Inc. raised?
Particle Media Inc. has raised approximately $125.9M in disclosed capital across 6 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Particle Media Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Particle Media Inc. is approximately $1.5B (modeled range $513.3M–$3.0B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Particle Media Inc. at?
Particle Media Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Dec 23.
What does Particle Media Inc. do and where is it based?
Particle Media Inc. operates in the Media & Content sector, based in Mountain View.
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