Companies

Play Sense

Africa

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Play Sense — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$458K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Apr 09 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Play Sense has raised $458K over 1 round; 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.

Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

1 Investor

SA education startup Play Sense raises $458k to pivot online 0 By Tom Jackson on April 9, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African company Play Sense, which has developed a unique play-centric curriculum for young children, has raised ZAR8.25 million (US$458,000) in funding to take its in-home, pre-school learning model online. Co-founded by Meg Faure, a qualified occupational therapist, childhood development expert and author, Play Sense aims to equip parents with the knowledge they need for raising their children.

SA education startup Play Sense raises $458k to pivot online 0 By Tom Jackson on April 9, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African company Play Sense, which has developed a unique play-centric curriculum for young children, has raised ZAR8.25 million (US$458,000) in funding to take its in-home, pre-school learning model online. Co-founded by Meg Faure, a qualified occupational therapist, childhood development expert and author, Play Sense aims to equip parents with the knowledge they need for raising their children.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
1
Investors (latest)
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2020-04-09 Raised $458K (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$458K$11MPre-Seed2020

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$458K · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$10.6M
Base estimate est.
$305K
Conservative case
$120.0M
Upside case
$2.5M
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. 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.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
6.2 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. 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) 0.4× of median
This company$458K
Sector median$1.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$10.6M
Sector median$14.6M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

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$458K2020-04-09$2.5M$10.6M45%
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$458K2020-04-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$733K
Modeled next size est.range $476K$1.2M
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.

Registry & provenance

Play Sense 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
ZA
Jurisdiction
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Enygma VenturesPre-Seed55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Play Sense raised?
Play Sense has raised approximately $458K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Play Sense's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Play Sense is approximately $10.6M (modeled range $305K–$120.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Play Sense at?
Play Sense's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Apr 09.
What does Play Sense do and where is it based?
Play Sense is a private company, based in Africa. SA education startup Play Sense raises $458k to pivot online 0 By Tom Jackson on April 9, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African company Play Sense, which has developed a unique play-centric curriculum for young children, has raised ZAR8.25 million (US$458,000) in funding to take its in-home, pre-school learning model online. Co-founded by Meg Faure, a qualified occupational therapist, childhood development expert and author, Play Sense aims to equip parents with the knowledge they need for raising their children.
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