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Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC

CARY · Computers

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$5.3M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 30%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon May 14 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC 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 software/compute 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 Series A Computers companies in 2010–2012 (45 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Smartlink Mobile Systems, 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
14.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $8.2M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 71% of Computers peers
Capital scale is ahead of 71% of Computers peers; modeled value is above 83% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2012: $8.2M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.3M on 2012-05-14.
  • Filing rows sum to $8.2M, while canonical raised total is $5.3M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Computers

Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC is one of 1370 Computers companies tracked from CARY. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 71% 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.

US
Jurisdiction
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
12
Investors (latest)
2012
Year incorporated
2012-05-14
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries A · 2012-05-14 Raised $5.3M (real) Modeled valuation $176M (est)$5.3M$176MSeries A2012Seed · 2012-05-14 Raised $2.9M (real) Modeled valuation $117M (est)$2.9M$117MSeed2012+$2.9MCumulative $8.2M

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 A$5.3M · 2012
Bridge · Series A-stage$2.9M · 2012smaller follow-on

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$176.0M
Base estimate est.
$7.2M
Conservative case
$957.1M
Upside case
$24.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the software/compute sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $176.0M · 2012-05-142012Seed · modeled $117.3M · 2012-05-142012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.54×/yr
Annual markup
1.94×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
software/compute
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
14.1 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1370 companies in Computers. 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) 2.8× above median
This company$5.3M
Sector median$1.9M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$2.9M
Sector median$5.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 5.3× above median
This company$176.0M
Sector median$33.0M

Raised more than 71% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 83% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #23 of 45.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)ConteXtream Inc · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $465.1M (est)Virident Systems Inc · Series A Raised $16.0M · modeled $420.4M (est)Validity Sensors, Inc · Series A Raised $12.6M · modeled $417.9M (est)Alien Technology Corp · Series A Raised $23.9M · modeled $411.5M (est)RainStor, Inc. · Series A Raised $34.4M · modeled $400.0M (est)WhoSay, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.6M · modeled $398.6M (est)SOLUTO Ltd. · Series A Raised $16.4M · modeled $340.1M (est)Get Satisfaction Inc · Series A Raised $19.5M · modeled $332.2M (est)SundaySky Ltd. · Series A Raised $9.1M · modeled $302.3M (est)Ciranova Inc · Series A Raised $15.8M · modeled $283.9M (est)BetterWorks Inc. · Series A Raised $9.9M · modeled $277.5M (est)ThingWorx, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.4M · modeled $265.7M (est)Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC (this company) Raised $5.3M · modeled $176.0M (est)Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
ConteXtream IncSeries A$14.0M$465.1M2.64×
Virident Systems IncSeries A$16.0M$420.4M2.39×
Validity Sensors, IncSeries A$12.6M$417.9M2.37×
Alien Technology CorpSeries A$23.9M$411.5M2.34×
RainStor, Inc.Series A$34.4M$400.0M2.27×
WhoSay, Inc.Series A$17.6M$398.6M2.26×
SOLUTO Ltd.Series A$16.4M$340.1M1.93×
Get Satisfaction IncSeries A$19.5M$332.2M1.89×
SundaySky Ltd.Series A$9.1M$302.3M1.72×
Ciranova IncSeries A$15.8M$283.9M1.61×
BetterWorks Inc.Series A$9.9M$277.5M1.58×
ThingWorx, Inc.Series A$18.4M$265.7M1.51×
Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC this companySeries A$5.3M$176.0M1.00×
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.
Series A$5.3M2012-05-14$24.1M$176.0M90%
Seed$2.9M2012-05-14$14.4M$117.3M85%
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 A$5.3M2012-05-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 14 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$2.9M2012-05-14
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 12 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$2.9M
Modeled next size est.range $2.9M$4.6M
0.5×
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
Siu Shing Tong2 other2012-05
Alex Shing Tse2012-05
Registry & provenance

Smartlink Mobile Systems, 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
1641065
SEC CIK
2012
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC raised?
Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC has raised approximately $5.3M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC is approximately $176.0M (modeled range $7.2M–$957.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC at?
Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon May 14.
What does Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC do and where is it based?
Smartlink Mobile Systems, LLC operates in the Computers sector, based in CARY.
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