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Planet Bids Holdings, LLC

HOUSTON · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Planet Bids Holdings, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$11.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 27%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jun 22 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Planet Bids Holdings, 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 1.82× the median modeled value of Series A Other Technology companies in 2022–2024 (1325 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 3.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Planet Bids Holdings, 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
3.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $11.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 74% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 74% 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 2023: $11.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $11.0M on 2023-06-22.
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.
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

Planet Bids Holdings, LLC is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from HOUSTON. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 74% 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
1
Investors (latest)
2023
Year incorporated
2023-06-22
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$100MSeries A · 2023-06-22 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $92M (est)$11M$92MSeries A2023

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$11.0M · 2023

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$91.7M
Base estimate est.
$14.7M
Conservative case
$251.4M
Upside case
$50.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
54%
Survival probability
29% low · 74% high
1.50×/yr
Annual markup
1.89×/yr upside case
3.0 yr
Elapsed time used
3.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
3.0 yr
On record since
2023
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 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) 3.5× above median
This company$11.0M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.9× above median
This company$11.0M
Sector median$5.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.5× above median
This company$91.7M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 74% 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 (Series A) 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 #244 of 1,325.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Phylum, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $222.5M (est)Keon Foundation Ltd. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $212.1M (est)Remoteam Inc. · Series A Raised $14.3M · modeled $209.7M (est)MultiSafe, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.3M · modeled $208.8M (est)Careerian Inc. · Series A Raised $20.3M · modeled $204.1M (est)Continu Inc. · Series A Raised $13.5M · modeled $202.7M (est)Devron Corp · Series A Raised $16.8M · modeled $201.7M (est)RISC Zero, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.4M · modeled $199.8M (est)Pentagon Port LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $198.9M (est)Amnic Inc. · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $198.4M (est)Intensivate Inc · Series A Raised $14.7M · modeled $190.5M (est)Ws Holdco, Pbc · Series A Raised $14.8M · modeled $188.4M (est)Planet Bids Holdings, LLC (this company) Raised $11.0M · modeled $91.7M (est)Planet Bids Holdings, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Phylum, Inc.Series A$15.0M$222.5M4.42×
Keon Foundation Ltd.Series A$15.0M$212.1M4.22×
Remoteam Inc.Series A$14.3M$209.7M4.17×
MultiSafe, Inc.Series A$17.3M$208.8M4.15×
Careerian Inc.Series A$20.3M$204.1M4.06×
Continu Inc.Series A$13.5M$202.7M4.03×
Devron CorpSeries A$16.8M$201.7M4.01×
RISC Zero, Inc.Series A$14.4M$199.8M3.97×
Pentagon Port LLCSeries A$15.0M$198.9M3.96×
Amnic Inc.Series A$14.0M$198.4M3.95×
Intensivate IncSeries A$14.7M$190.5M3.79×
Ws Holdco, PbcSeries A$14.8M$188.4M3.75×
Planet Bids Holdings, LLC this companySeries A$11.0M$91.7M1.82×
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$11.0M2023-06-22$50.0M$91.7M90%
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$11.0M2023-06-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$17.6M
Modeled next size est.range $11.4M$28.2M
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
Adrian Guerra-Cardus1 other2023-06
Arpie Zavian2023-06
Evan Harmon2023-06
Rick Pleczko2023-06
Registry & provenance

Planet Bids Holdings, 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
1983838
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Planet Bids Holdings, LLC raised?
Planet Bids Holdings, LLC has raised approximately $11.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Planet Bids Holdings, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Planet Bids Holdings, LLC is approximately $91.7M (modeled range $14.7M–$251.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Planet Bids Holdings, LLC at?
Planet Bids Holdings, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jun 22.
What does Planet Bids Holdings, LLC do and where is it based?
Planet Bids Holdings, LLC operates in the Other Technology sector, based in HOUSTON.
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