Companies · Telecommunications

Plexuss, Inc.

WALNUT CREEK · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Plexuss, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.1M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.3×
Latest step-up
Top 55%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu May 25 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Plexuss, Inc. 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 telecom 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 1.00× the median modeled value of Seed Telecommunications companies in 2016–2018 (37 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Telecommunications

Plexuss, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from WALNUT CREEK. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 46% 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
4
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2017-05-25
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2016-10-17 Raised $307K (real) Modeled valuation $8.2M (est)$307K$8.2MPre-Seed2016Seed · 2016-11-09 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $26M (est)$1.2M$26MSeed2016Seed · 2017-05-25 Raised $1.6M (real) Modeled valuation $33M (est)$1.6M$33MSeed2017+$1.2M+$1.6MCumulative $3.1M

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$307K · 2016
Seed$1.2M · 2016
Seed extension$1.6M · 2017

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$33.4M
Base estimate est.
$1.4M
Conservative case
$261.8M
Upside case
$7.8M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $8.2M · 2016-10-172016Seed · modeled $25.8M · 2016-11-09Seed · modeled $33.4M · 2017-05-252017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 60% high
1.49×/yr
Annual markup
1.96×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$5.1M/yr
Capital velocity
9.7 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× of median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.2× above median
This company$33.4M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 46% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 53% 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 #19 of 37.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Light Beam Capital, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $86.1M (est)Tilson Technology Management, Inc. · Seed Raised $9.4M · modeled $75.4M (est)NetSapiens, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $71.4M (est)Exfo Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $70.0M (est)Vertical Communications Holdco Inc · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $65.8M (est)Freedom Telecom Services, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.9M · modeled $64.6M (est)Pacific Dataport Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $63.9M (est)Partyslate, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $60.3M (est)Carenote Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $53.8M (est)Kaleyra S.p.A. · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $50.7M (est)Kwikbit Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $50.0M (est)Designinc.com Corp · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $49.7M (est)Plexuss, Inc. (this company) Raised $3.1M · modeled $33.4M (est)Plexuss, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Light Beam Capital, LLCSeed$4.0M$86.1M2.58×
Tilson Technology Management, Inc.Seed$9.4M$75.4M2.26×
NetSapiens, Inc.Seed$3.3M$71.4M2.14×
Exfo Inc.Seed$3.3M$70.0M2.10×
Vertical Communications Holdco IncSeed$3.1M$65.8M1.97×
Freedom Telecom Services, Inc.Seed$4.9M$64.6M1.94×
Pacific Dataport Inc.Seed$3.0M$63.9M1.92×
Partyslate, Inc.Seed$2.8M$60.3M1.81×
Carenote Inc.Seed$2.5M$53.8M1.61×
Kaleyra S.p.A.Seed$2.4M$50.7M1.52×
Kwikbit Inc.Seed$6.0M$50.0M1.50×
Designinc.com CorpSeed$2.3M$49.7M1.49×
Plexuss, Inc. this companySeed$3.1M$33.4M1.00×
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$307K2016-10-17$1.7M$8.2M90%
Seed$1.2M2016-11-09$6.0M$25.8M90%
Seed$1.6M2017-05-25$7.8M$33.4M90%
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$307K2016-10-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.2M2016-11-09
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.6M2017-05-25
    • Raised 6 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$2.0M
Modeled next size est.range $1.6M$3.2M
1.3×
Last step-up
$5.1M/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
Jamshid Pejman Novin2016-10
Registry & provenance

Plexuss, Inc. 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
1688562
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Plexuss, Inc. raised?
Plexuss, Inc. has raised approximately $3.1M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Plexuss, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Plexuss, Inc. is approximately $33.4M (modeled range $1.4M–$261.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Plexuss, Inc. at?
Plexuss, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu May 25.
What does Plexuss, Inc. do and where is it based?
Plexuss, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in WALNUT CREEK.
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