Companies · Defense

Ravn Inc.Winter 2019Active

SAN FRANCISCO · MA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · Defense · refined from filed group “Other Technology · founded 2018 · https://ravn.com/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ravn Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$695K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 49%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jun 27 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ravn Inc. has raised $695K 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. Valuation uses the defense sector profile.

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

Dormant
  • Last raise 9.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

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

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Where it sits in Defense

Ravn Inc. is one of 61 Defense companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO, MA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2018. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 52% 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.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Ravn is building a heads-up display for soldiers.

Ravn is a DefenseTech company building a heads-up display for soldiers that will allow them to see around corners. In doing so, we allow them to see the enemy and react while they're still behind cover. Our lightweight heads-up display displays videos feeds from a camera on a gun, to drones, robots or other external platforms. Our heads-up display will become a soldier's most relied upon computer. We currently have four team members, all very experienced in their respective fields. Jake, the Founder, is a former Navy SEAL and understands the market and product. Our Chief Science Officer, Karl Guttag, is an industry leader in the optics and display space. Our VPs of Software and Hardware are both very experienced in their fields. Our primary technology focus is on peer-to-peer applications, near eye optics and displays, cameras/sensors/IoT, and UI/UX (hardware and software).

Augmented RealityDefensehardware/semi
Find Ravn Inc. online

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
11
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2017-06-27
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 · 2017-06-27 Raised $695K (real) Modeled valuation $30M (est)$695K$30MPre-Seed2017

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$695K · 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
$29.6M
Base estimate est.
$482K
Conservative case
$335.6M
Upside case
$3.9M
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 scaled by the defense sector profile. 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.
31%
Survival probability
13% low · 57% high
1.71×/yr
Annual markup
2.31×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
defense
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.0 yr
On record since
2017
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 61 companies in Defense. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$695K
Sector median$6.5M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.7× above median
This company$695K
Sector median$260K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$29.6M
Sector median$49.6M

Raised more than 52% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 67% 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.

Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Ravn Inc. this companyPre-Seed$695K$29.6M1.55×
Wilkinson Tactical, LLCPre-Seed$200K$8.5M0.45×
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$695K2017-06-27$3.9M$29.6M90%
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$695K2017-06-27
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 11 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $723K$1.8M
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
Jake Bullock2017-06
Registry & provenance

Ravn 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
1749210
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Tactical Edge Systems, Inc.DefensePre-Seed$880K$4.1Msame sector · same stage
Liberty Defense Holdings, Ltd.DefensePre-Seed$1.5M$652Ksame sector · same stage
Kirkwall Defense Inc.DefensePre-Seed$260K$1.0Msame sector · same stage
Wilkinson Tactical, LLCDefensePre-Seed$200K$8.5Msame sector · same stage
Liberty Defense Holdings, Inc.DefensePre-Seed$160K$6.8Msame sector · same stage
88 Tactical, LLCDefensePre-Seed$100K$492Ksame sector · same stage
TACTICAL LASER DEFENSE SYSTEMS Inc.DefensePre-Seed$100K$250Ksame sector · same stage
Askari Defense, Inc.DefenseSeed$1.5M$4.7Msame sector
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Draivn Corp.Other TechnologySeed$20.9M73%
Vector Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries C$368.8M72%
Vetr Inc.Other TechnologySeed$41.7M70%
Vanguard Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries A$19.3M70%
Vetd LLCOther TechnologyPre-Seed$7.4M70%
RHV-VoltServer Holdings, LLCOther TechnologySeed$8.1M69%
VADE Group Inc.Other TechnologyPre-Seed$18.1M69%
Valkyrie Andromeda Corporation, Inc.Other TechnologySeed$7.7M69%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Ravn Inc. raised?
Ravn Inc. has raised approximately $695K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ravn Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ravn Inc. is approximately $29.6M (modeled range $482K–$335.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ravn Inc. at?
Ravn Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jun 27.
What does Ravn Inc. do and where is it based?
Ravn Inc. operates in the Defense sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO, MA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA. Ravn is building a heads-up display for soldiers.
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