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Serious Materials Inc

Sunnyvale · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Serious Materials Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$130.1M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jul 22 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Serious Materials Inc 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 manufacturing 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 0.06× the median modeled value of Series C Manufacturing companies in 2010–2012 (21 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Manufacturing

Serious Materials Inc is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from Sunnyvale. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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.

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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.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries C · 2009-08-25 Raised $64M (real) Modeled valuation $725M (est)$64M$725MSeries C2009Series C · 2009-08-25 Raised $41M (real) Modeled valuation $461M (est)$41M$461MSeries C2009Series C · 2010-06-16 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $224M (est)$20M$224MSeries C2010Series C · 2011-07-22 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)$3.0M$34MSeries C2011Series C · 2011-07-22 Raised $2.5M (real) Modeled valuation $28M (est)$2.5M$28MSeries C2011+$41M+$20M+$3.0M+$2.5MCumulative $130M

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
Series C$64.1M · 2009
Series C extension$40.7M · 2009
Series C extension$19.8M · 2010
Series C extension$3.0M · 2011
Series C extension$2.5M · 2011

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$33.6M
Base estimate est.
$11.7M
Conservative case
$88.5M
Upside case
$19.8M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series C · modeled $725.2M · 2009-08-252009Series C · modeled $460.6M · 2009-08-25Series C · modeled $224.4M · 2010-06-16Series C · modeled $33.6M · 2011-07-22Series C · modeled $28.1M · 2011-07-222011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
80%
Survival probability
59% low · 92% high
1.14×/yr
Annual markup
1.30×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
6 mo
Avg between rounds
$68.3M/yr
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 64× above median
This company$130.1M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$47.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.8× above median
This company$33.6M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 73% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 #18 of 21.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)DOVER Corp · Series C Raised $106.2M · modeled $1.1B (est)Dura-Line Holdings, Inc. · Series C Raised $96.6M · modeled $1.1B (est)K&N Parent, Inc. · Series C Raised $95.4M · modeled $1.1B (est)Petmate Holdings Llc · Series C Raised $84.5M · modeled $955.9M (est)Magnablend Holdings, Inc. · Series C Raised $75.0M · modeled $848.6M (est)Valcour Closures LLC · Series C Raised $73.8M · modeled $835.4M (est)Altair Nanotechnologies Inc · Series C Raised $57.5M · modeled $650.7M (est)Champion Holdco, LLC · Series C Raised $51.6M · modeled $584.1M (est)Hopkins Acquisition, Inc. · Series C Raised $49.4M · modeled $558.6M (est)Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc · Series C Raised $48.0M · modeled $543.2M (est)Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. · Series C Raised $51.1M · modeled $540.3M (est)CamelBak Acquisition Corp. · Series C Raised $47.0M · modeled $531.8M (est)Serious Materials Inc (this company) Raised $130.1M · modeled $33.6M (est)Serious Materials Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
DOVER CorpSeries C$106.2M$1.1B2.09×
Dura-Line Holdings, Inc.Series C$96.6M$1.1B2.02×
K&N Parent, Inc.Series C$95.4M$1.1B2.00×
Petmate Holdings LlcSeries C$84.5M$955.9M1.77×
Magnablend Holdings, Inc.Series C$75.0M$848.6M1.57×
Valcour Closures LLCSeries C$73.8M$835.4M1.55×
Altair Nanotechnologies IncSeries C$57.5M$650.7M1.20×
Champion Holdco, LLCSeries C$51.6M$584.1M1.08×
Hopkins Acquisition, Inc.Series C$49.4M$558.6M1.03×
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies IncSeries C$48.0M$543.2M1.01×
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.Series C$51.1M$540.3M1.00×
CamelBak Acquisition Corp.Series C$47.0M$531.8M0.98×
Serious Materials Inc this companySeries C$130.1M$33.6M0.06×
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.
Series C$64.1M2009-08-25$427.3M$725.2M90%
Series C$40.7M2009-08-25$271.4M$460.6M90%
Series C$19.8M2010-06-16$132.2M$224.4M90%
Series C$3.0M2011-07-22$19.8M$33.6M90%
Series C$2.5M2011-07-22$16.5M$28.1M90%
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. Series C$64.1M2009-08-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series C.
  2. Series C$40.7M2009-08-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series C$19.8M2010-06-16
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Series C$3.0M2011-07-22
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  5. Series C$2.5M2011-07-22
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2012 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~6mo cadence
$2.5M
Modeled next size est.range $2.5M$4.0M
0.8×
Last step-up
$68.3M/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
Forest Baskett14 other2009-08
Paul Holland8 other2009-08
Mark Mitchell7 other2009-08
Michael Danaher6 other2009-08
Kevin Surace3 other2009-08
Alan Thielemann2 other2009-08
John Babcock2 other2009-08
Marc Porat2 other2009-08
Patrick Murray2 other2009-08
Reed Hundt1 other2010-06
Thomas E Galuhn1 other2011-07
William McDonough1 other2010-06
Alan H Thielemann2011-07
Marc E Porat2011-07
Nick Olmsted2011-07
Paul E Holland2011-07
Reed H Hundt2011-07
Thomas Galuhn2009-08
William E McDonough2011-07
William McDunough2009-08
Registry & provenance

Serious Materials 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
1418835
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Serious Materials Inc raised?
Serious Materials Inc has raised approximately $130.1M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Serious Materials Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Serious Materials Inc is approximately $33.6M (modeled range $11.7M–$88.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Serious Materials Inc at?
Serious Materials Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jul 22.
What does Serious Materials Inc do and where is it based?
Serious Materials Inc operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Sunnyvale.
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