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Philanthropos LLC

PHILADELPHIA · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Philanthropos LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$5.1M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
3.6×
Latest step-up
Top 41%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Mar 17 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Philanthropos 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 technology 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 1.65× the median modeled value of Seed Other Technology companies in 2019–2021 (1049 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Philanthropos 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
8.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2021 with $3.6M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 60% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 60% of Other Technology peers; modeled value is above 69% 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 2021: $3.6M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $3.6M on 2021-03-17.
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 Other Technology

Philanthropos LLC is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from PHILADELPHIA. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 60% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
15
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2021-03-17
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$25M$50M$75M$100MPre-Seed · 2018-06-05 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$500K$21MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2020-02-28 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $42M (est)$1.0M$42MPre-Seed2020Seed · 2021-03-17 Raised $3.6M (real) Modeled valuation $87M (est)$3.6M$87MSeed2021+$1.0M+$3.6MCumulative $5.1M

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$500K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$1.0M · 2020
Seed$3.6M · 2021

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$87.5M
Base estimate est.
$3.2M
Conservative case
$566.4M
Upside case
$18.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $21.2M · 2018-06-052018Pre-Seed · modeled $42.4M · 2020-02-28Seed · modeled $87.5M · 2021-03-172021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.61×/yr
Annual markup
2.11×/yr upside case
5.3 yr
Elapsed time used
5.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
17 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.8M/yr
Capital velocity
8.1 yr
On record since
2018
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21292 companies in Other Technology. 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) 1.6× above median
This company$5.1M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.0× above median
This company$3.6M
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.3× above median
This company$87.5M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 60% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #180 of 1,049.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Altinity Inc. · Seed Raised $6.9M · modeled $136.3M (est)Platypus Institute Inc. · Seed Raised $6.5M · modeled $136.3M (est)Social Circle, LLC · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $136.3M (est)Pointivo, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.4M · modeled $136.3M (est)RealtimeX Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Scholastic Network Partners, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Thundra, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Sideqik, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)LevelOps Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Zebrium, Inc. · Seed Raised $7.3M · modeled $136.3M (est)Datawire, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Centercode, Inc. · Seed Raised $7.5M · modeled $136.3M (est)Philanthropos LLC (this company) Raised $5.1M · modeled $87.5M (est)Philanthropos LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Altinity Inc.Seed$6.9M$136.3M2.57×
Platypus Institute Inc.Seed$6.5M$136.3M2.57×
Social Circle, LLCSeed$4.5M$136.3M2.57×
Pointivo, Inc.Seed$5.4M$136.3M2.57×
RealtimeX Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
Scholastic Network Partners, LLCSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
Thundra, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
Sideqik, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
LevelOps Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
Zebrium, Inc.Seed$7.3M$136.3M2.57×
Datawire, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.57×
Centercode, Inc.Seed$7.5M$136.3M2.57×
Philanthropos LLC this companySeed$5.1M$87.5M1.65×
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$500K2018-06-05$2.8M$21.2M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M2020-02-28$5.6M$42.4M90%
Seed$3.6M2021-03-17$18.0M$87.5M90%
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$500K2018-06-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 10 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$1.0M2020-02-28
    • Raised again after 21 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Seed$3.6M2021-03-17
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 15 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~17mo cadence
$10.8M
Modeled next size est.range $7.0M$17.3M
3.6×
Last step-up
$1.8M/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
Jerry Johnson2 other2021-03
Brook Lenfest2021-03
Keith Leaphart2018-06
Lisa Kabnick2021-03
Registry & provenance

Philanthropos 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
1743885
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Philanthropos LLC raised?
Philanthropos LLC has raised approximately $5.1M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Philanthropos LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Philanthropos LLC is approximately $87.5M (modeled range $3.2M–$566.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Philanthropos LLC at?
Philanthropos LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Mar 17.
What does Philanthropos LLC do and where is it based?
Philanthropos LLC operates in the Other Technology sector, based in PHILADELPHIA.
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