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PenPal Schools

AUSTIN · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on PenPal Schools — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$275K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 70%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon May 21 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

PenPal Schools looks fair 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 edtech sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.96× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Edtech companies in 2016–2018 (17 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (96% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Edtech

PenPal Schools is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 31% 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
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2018-05-21
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2018-05-21 Raised $275K (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$275K$6.6MPre-Seed2018

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$275K · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.6M
Base estimate est.
$169K
Conservative case
$74.7M
Upside case
$1.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 51% high
1.58×/yr
Annual markup
2.14×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.1 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$275K
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$275K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$6.6M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 31% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 42% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #10 of 17.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0MCapital raised (log)Galileo Learning, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $775K · modeled $18.6M (est)Innova Learning, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $14.4M (est)Shelby Golf Course, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $14.4M (est)Zuni Learning Tree LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $515K · modeled $12.3M (est)Eliot Rush, LLC Series The Wilderness Academy · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $12.0M (est)Impact Science Education, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $385K · modeled $9.2M (est)Education Revolution, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $325K · modeled $7.8M (est)The Student Hub · Pre-Seed Raised $300K · modeled $7.2M (est)Designlab Learning, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $535K · modeled $6.8M (est)Chalkboard Education · Pre-Seed Raised $237K · modeled $5.7M (est)Core Learning Exchange, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $215K · modeled $5.1M (est)PenPal Schools (this company) Raised $275K · modeled $6.6M (est)PenPal Schools
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Galileo Learning, LlcPre-Seed$775K$18.6M2.72×
Innova Learning, Inc.Pre-Seed$600K$14.4M2.11×
Shelby Golf Course, Inc.Pre-Seed$600K$14.4M2.11×
Zuni Learning Tree LLCPre-Seed$515K$12.3M1.81×
Eliot Rush, LLC Series The Wilderness AcademyPre-Seed$500K$12.0M1.75×
Impact Science Education, Inc.Pre-Seed$385K$9.2M1.35×
Education Revolution, LLCPre-Seed$325K$7.8M1.14×
The Student HubPre-Seed$300K$7.2M1.05×
Designlab Learning, Inc.Pre-Seed$535K$6.8M1.00×
PenPal Schools this companyPre-Seed$275K$6.6M0.96×
Chalkboard EducationPre-Seed$237K$5.7M0.83×
Core Learning Exchange, Inc.Pre-Seed$215K$5.1M0.75×
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$275K2018-05-21$1.5M$6.6M90%
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$275K2018-05-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$440K
Modeled next size est.range $286K$704K
Last step-up
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
AZITA ARDAKANI1 other2018-05
MIGUEL VAZQUEZ1 other2018-05
Joseph Troven-Schwartz2018-05
Registry & provenance

PenPal Schools 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
1763120
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Keypath Education International, Inc.EdtechPre-Seed$276K$4.4Msame sector · same stage
SchoolHack Solutions, Inc.EdtechPre-Seed$270K$3.6Msame sector · same stage
The Student HubEdtechPre-Seed$300K$7.2Msame sector · same stage
PenPal News, Inc.Other TechnologyPre-Seed$1.2M$11.7Mnetwork2 shared operators · same stage
Chalkboard EducationEdtechPre-Seed$237K$5.7Msame sector · same stage
Pineapple Academy, LLCEdtechPre-Seed$237K$5.6Msame sector · same stage
Education Revolution, LLCEdtechPre-Seed$325K$7.8Msame sector · same stage
Academic Insight Lab, LLCEdtechPre-Seed$220K$981Ksame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

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.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
SchooLinks, Inc.EdtechSeries A$105.1M88%
Open Education Technologies LLCEdtechPre-Seed$6.3M87%
SchoolPass, Inc.EdtechSeries B$190.5M86%
SchoolDay, Inc.EdtechSeries B$232.8M86%
Blended Education Inc.EdtechSeed$34.4M86%
Sense Education, Inc.EdtechSeries A$13.9M85%
School Pulse IncEdtechPre-Seed$666K85%
Littera Education Inc.EdtechSeries A$36.4M85%
Frequently asked
How much funding has PenPal Schools raised?
PenPal Schools has raised approximately $275K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is PenPal Schools's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for PenPal Schools is approximately $6.6M (modeled range $169K–$74.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is PenPal Schools at?
PenPal Schools's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon May 21.
What does PenPal Schools do and where is it based?
PenPal Schools operates in the Edtech sector, based in AUSTIN.
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