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PK Thompson Guitars LLC

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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on PK Thompson Guitars LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$413K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 81%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jul 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

PK Thompson Guitars LLC looks under-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.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.41× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1372 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

PK Thompson Guitars 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
10.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $303K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 20% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 20% of Other peers; modeled value is above 15% 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
Lower 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2016: $303K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $303K on 2016-07-01.
  • Filing rows sum to $716K, while canonical raised total is $413K; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

PK Thompson Guitars LLC is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from SISTERS. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 20% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
2012
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2016-07-01 Raised $303K (real) Modeled valuation $7.0M (est)$303K$7.0MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2017-07-01 Raised $303K (real) Modeled valuation $7.0M (est)$303K$7.0MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2019-07-01 Raised $110K (real) Modeled valuation $2.5M (est)$110K$2.5MPre-Seed2019+$303K+$110KCumulative $716K

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$303K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$303K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$110K · 2019

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.5M
Base estimate est.
$73K
Conservative case
$28.8M
Upside case
$611K
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $7.0M · 2016-07-012016Pre-Seed · modeled $7.0M · 2017-07-01Pre-Seed · modeled $2.5M · 2019-07-012019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$138K/yr
Capital velocity
10.0 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$413K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$110K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 20% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 15% 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 #1161 of 1,372.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Valued, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)CiiTA, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Wnder, LTD · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Supernova Discotheque, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)TommyKnockers LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Irws Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Old Club · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Finalytix Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Varfaj Ventures LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Jones Beach Adventure Excursions LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Sun Beef, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Royalty Exchange Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)PK Thompson Guitars LLC (this company) Raised $413K · modeled $2.5M (est)PK Thompson Guitars LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Valued, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
CiiTA, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Wnder, LTDPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Supernova Discotheque, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
TommyKnockers LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Irws LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Old ClubPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Finalytix Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Varfaj Ventures LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Jones Beach Adventure Excursions LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Sun Beef, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
Royalty Exchange Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M3.72×
PK Thompson Guitars LLC this companyPre-Seed$413K$2.5M0.41×
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$303K2016-07-01$1.7M$7.0M85%
Pre-Seed$303K2017-07-01$1.7M$7.0M90%
Pre-Seed$110K2019-07-01$611K$2.5M90%
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$303K2016-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$303K2017-07-01
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Pre-Seed$110K2019-07-01
    • Raised again after 24 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$110K
Modeled next size est.range $110K$176K
0.4×
Last step-up
$138K/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
Christine Funk2019-07
Daniel Stewart2016-07
Dan Stewart2019-07
Julie Thompson2019-07
Preston K. Thompson2016-07
Registry & provenance

PK Thompson Guitars 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
1668496
SEC CIK
2012
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has PK Thompson Guitars LLC raised?
PK Thompson Guitars LLC has raised approximately $413K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is PK Thompson Guitars LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for PK Thompson Guitars LLC is approximately $2.5M (modeled range $73K–$28.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is PK Thompson Guitars LLC at?
PK Thompson Guitars LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jul 01.
What does PK Thompson Guitars LLC do and where is it based?
PK Thompson Guitars LLC operates in the Other sector, based in SISTERS.
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