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SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc.

CHARLOTTE · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$111.3M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 19 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. 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 technology 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 1.03× the median modeled value of Series D+ Other Technology companies in 2010–2012 (20 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (103% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. 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
16.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2010 with $111.3M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 97% of Other Technology peers
Capital scale is ahead of 97% of Other Technology peers; modeled value is above 99% 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 2010: $111.3M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $111.3M on 2010-10-19.
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 Other Technology

SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from CHARLOTTE. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries D+ · 2010-10-19 Raised $111M (real) Modeled valuation $3.5B (est)$111M$3.5BSeries D+2010

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 D+$111.3M · 2010

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.5B
Base estimate est.
$617.9M
Conservative case
$7.7B
Upside case
$927.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+ — a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
83%
Survival probability
67% low · 92% high
1.29×/yr
Annual markup
1.44×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
16.0 yr
On record since
2010
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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)▲ 35× above median
This company$111.3M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▼ 1.0× of median
This company$111.3M
Sector median$115.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 94× above median
This company$3.5B
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 #10 of 20.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Cree Inc · Series D+ Raised $211.0M · modeled $6.7B (est)Netflix Inc · Series D+ Raised $200.0M · modeled $6.3B (est)Focaltech Corporation, Ltd. · Series D+ Raised $196.6M · modeled $6.2B (est)Solyndra LLC · Series D+ Raised $186.6M · modeled $5.9B (est)Web.Com Group, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $176.4M · modeled $5.6B (est)Fieldglass Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $162.3M · modeled $5.1B (est)Safenet Inc · Series D+ Raised $138.9M · modeled $4.4B (est)M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $163.8M · modeled $3.8B (est)Abound Solar, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $111.8M · modeled $3.5B (est)Eliza Holding Corp. · Series D+ Raised $105.8M · modeled $3.3B (est)Fab.com, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $108.5M · modeled $3.2B (est)SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. (this company) Raised $111.3M · modeled $3.5B (est)SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Cree IncSeries D+$211.0M$6.7B1.94×
Netflix IncSeries D+$200.0M$6.3B1.84×
Focaltech Corporation, Ltd.Series D+$196.6M$6.2B1.81×
Solyndra LLCSeries D+$186.6M$5.9B1.72×
Web.Com Group, Inc.Series D+$176.4M$5.6B1.63×
Fieldglass Holdings, Inc.Series D+$162.3M$5.1B1.50×
Safenet IncSeries D+$138.9M$4.4B1.28×
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.Series D+$163.8M$3.8B1.11×
Abound Solar, Inc.Series D+$111.8M$3.5B1.03×
SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. this companySeries D+$111.3M$3.5B1.03×
Eliza Holding Corp.Series D+$105.8M$3.3B0.97×
Fab.com, Inc.Series D+$108.5M$3.2B0.93×
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 D+$111.3M2010-10-19$927.3M$3.5B90%
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 D+$111.3M2010-10-19
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$178.0M
Modeled next size est.range $115.7M–$284.9M
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Last step-up
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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
Vivek Sharma—3 other2010-10
Soren Oberg—2 other2010-10
ALEXANDER ALEXANDROV—1 other2010-10
Joshua Bresler—1 other2010-10
Donald Doctor——2010-10
Steve Favory——2010-10
Registry & provenance

SMS-THL Holdings I, 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
1503914
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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Mattereum Group LtdOther TechnologySeries D+$111.2M$1.7Bsame sector · same stage
Abound Solar, Inc.Other TechnologySeries D+$111.8M$3.5Bsame sector · same stage
Enfabrica CorpOther TechnologySeries D+$110.1M$1.6Bsame sector · same stage
Compass Datacenters, LLCOther TechnologySeries D+$109.9M$3.2Bsame sector · same stage
Connexpay LlcOther TechnologySeries D+$109.8M$1.9Bsame sector · same stage
Booking Holdings Inc.Other TechnologySeries D+$109.1M$3.5Bsame sector · same stage
Fab.com, Inc.Other TechnologySeries D+$108.5M$3.2Bsame sector · same stage
Virtusa CorpOther TechnologySeries D+$108.0M$3.4Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. raised?
SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. has raised approximately $111.3M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. is approximately $3.5B (modeled range $617.9M–$7.7B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. at?
SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 19.
What does SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. do and where is it based?
SMS-THL Holdings I, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in CHARLOTTE.
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