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Press Hotel Manager LLC

PORTLAND · Lodging and Conventions

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Press Hotel Manager LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.6M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 38%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Mar 09 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Press Hotel Manager 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. Valuation uses the lodging sector profile.

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 0.11× the median modeled value of Seed Lodging and Conventions companies in 2013–2015 (33 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Press Hotel Manager 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
12.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2013 with $3.4M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 63% of Lodging and Conventions peers
Capital scale is ahead of 63% of Lodging and Conventions peers; modeled value is above 7% 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 2013: $3.4M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $3.4M on 2013-12-10.
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 Lodging and Conventions

Press Hotel Manager LLC is one of 514 Lodging and Conventions companies tracked from PORTLAND. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 63% 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
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$20MSeed · 2013-12-10 Raised $3.4M (real) Modeled valuation $20M (est)$3.4M$20MSeed2013Seed · 2015-03-09 Raised $229K (real) Modeled valuation $1.3M (est)$229K$1.3MSeed2015+$229KCumulative $3.6M

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
Seed$3.4M · 2013
Seed extension$229K · 2015

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.3M
Base estimate est.
$181K
Conservative case
$10.3M
Upside case
$1.1M
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 lodging sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $19.5M · 2013-12-102013Seed · modeled $1.3M · 2015-03-092015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
35%
Survival probability
16% low · 55% high
1.22×/yr
Annual markup
1.60×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
lodging
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.9M/yr
Capital velocity
12.6 yr
On record since
2013
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 514 companies in Lodging and Conventions. 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) 1.4× above median
This company$3.6M
Sector median$2.5M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$229K
Sector median$2.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$10.8M

Raised more than 63% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 7% 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 #33 of 33.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)WACO Memphis, LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $21.9M (est)Morgantown Accommodations, LLC · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $21.3M (est)Northgate Lodging Properties, Llc · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $20.8M (est)Smart Hotels Chicago LLC · Seed Raised $7.2M · modeled $18.6M (est)RREAF Holdings (O&G Portfolio Number 1), LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $18.4M (est)Civitas Lodging Partners, LP · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $17.8M (est)Sidney Candlewood, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $17.2M (est)PKH Cambridge Hotel II Limited Partnership · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $16.1M (est)VIC MC Investors LLC · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $16.1M (est)Pharos Hospitality, Llc · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $15.9M (est)Opelika Hotels Ii, Llc · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $14.7M (est)O'Hare I Ls, Llc · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $14.7M (est)Press Hotel Manager LLC (this company) Raised $3.6M · modeled $1.3M (est)Press Hotel Manager LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
WACO Memphis, LLCSeed$3.8M$21.9M1.77×
Morgantown Accommodations, LLCSeed$3.7M$21.3M1.72×
Northgate Lodging Properties, LlcSeed$3.6M$20.8M1.68×
Smart Hotels Chicago LLCSeed$7.2M$18.6M1.51×
RREAF Holdings (O&G Portfolio Number 1), LLCSeed$3.2M$18.4M1.49×
Civitas Lodging Partners, LPSeed$3.1M$17.8M1.44×
Sidney Candlewood, LLCSeed$3.0M$17.2M1.40×
PKH Cambridge Hotel II Limited PartnershipSeed$2.8M$16.1M1.31×
VIC MC Investors LLCSeed$2.8M$16.1M1.30×
Pharos Hospitality, LlcSeed$2.8M$15.9M1.28×
Opelika Hotels Ii, LlcSeed$2.5M$14.7M1.19×
O'Hare I Ls, LlcSeed$2.5M$14.7M1.19×
Press Hotel Manager LLC this companySeed$3.6M$1.3M0.11×
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.
Seed$3.4M2013-12-10$17.0M$19.5M90%
Seed$229K2015-03-09$1.1M$1.3M90%
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. Seed$3.4M2013-12-10
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$229K2015-03-09
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 14.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$229K
Modeled next size est.range $229K$366K
0.1×
Last step-up
$2.9M/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
James Brady6 other2015-03
Dennis Ruppel1 other2015-03
Dennis G. Ruppel2013-12
James H. Brady2013-12
Registry & provenance

Press Hotel Manager 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
1594818
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Northgate Lodging Properties, LlcLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.6M$20.8Msame sector · same stage
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Franklin Hotel Investors LLCLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.7M$21.0Msame sector · same stage
Catalina Real Estate Partners, LpLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.6M$20.7Msame sector · same stage
Seattle Hotel Investment LLCLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.6M$20.7Msame sector · same stage
Buxtonhotel, LLCLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.7M$8.0Msame sector · same stage
Morgantown Accommodations, LLCLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.7M$21.3Msame sector · same stage
McNeill Birmingham, LLCLodging and ConventionsSeed$3.5M$20.4Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Press Hotel Manager LLC raised?
Press Hotel Manager LLC has raised approximately $3.6M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Press Hotel Manager LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Press Hotel Manager LLC is approximately $1.3M (modeled range $181K–$10.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Press Hotel Manager LLC at?
Press Hotel Manager LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Mar 09.
What does Press Hotel Manager LLC do and where is it based?
Press Hotel Manager LLC operates in the Lodging and Conventions sector, based in PORTLAND.
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