Companies · Hardware / Semiconductors

Scaphold.ioWinter 2017Acquired

San Francisco · CA, USA · Hardware / Semiconductors · founded 2016 · https://scaphold.io

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Scaphold.io — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
Total raised · real
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Top 53%
Sector rank · raised
Latest stage · inferred

Scaphold.io: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Hardware / Semiconductors

Scaphold.io is one of 130 Hardware / Semiconductors companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2016. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 48% 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

The Universal API

Scaphold is the world's most powerful GraphQL as a service platform. The platform will provide a number of services including push notifications, analytics, file storage, custom code, multiple environments, and more to allow developers to build mobile, web, and IOT applications. Our innovative use of GraphQL is the big game changer here. We’re convinced that it’s the future of APIs and we want to make it readily accessible to everyone else.

APIhardware/semi
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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.

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 130 companies in Hardware / Semiconductors. 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)
This company
Sector median$8.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$26.4M

Raised more than 48% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 48% 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.

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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

Scaphold.io is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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What does Scaphold.io do and where is it based?
Scaphold.io operates in the Hardware / Semiconductors sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. The Universal API
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