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Sounding Board Labs, Inc.

ALISO VIEJO · Business Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sounding Board Labs, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$16.2M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
7.1×
Latest step-up
Top 13%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Dec 17 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sounding Board Labs, Inc. looks over-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 business services sector profile.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.25× the median modeled value of Series A Business Services companies in 2019–2021 (45 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.5 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 Business Services

Sounding Board Labs, Inc. is one of 2439 Business Services companies tracked from ALISO VIEJO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 88% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
11
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2020-12-17
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$125M$250M$375M$500MPre-Seed · 2017-08-31 Raised $650K (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$650K$21MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2019-01-04 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$500K$16MPre-Seed2019Seed · 2019-10-22 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $47M (est)$1.9M$47MSeed2019Series A · 2020-12-17 Raised $13M (real) Modeled valuation $232M (est)$13M$232MSeries A2020+$500K+$1.9M+$13MCumulative $16M

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$650K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$500K · 2019
Seed$1.9M · 2019
Series A$13.2M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$232.2M
Base estimate est.
$18.3M
Conservative case
$1.1B
Upside case
$59.9M
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 business services sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $20.5M · 2017-08-312017Pre-Seed · modeled $15.8M · 2019-01-04Seed · modeled $47.0M · 2019-10-22Series A · modeled $232.2M · 2020-12-172020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
56%
Survival probability
31% low · 77% high
1.42×/yr
Annual markup
1.78×/yr upside case
5.5 yr
Elapsed time used
5.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
business services
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$4.9M/yr
Capital velocity
8.8 yr
On record since
2017
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2439 companies in Business Services. 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) 11× above median
This company$16.2M
Sector median$1.5M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.6× above median
This company$13.2M
Sector median$5.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 15× above median
This company$232.2M
Sector median$15.0M

Raised more than 88% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 93% 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 #2 of 45.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Tracking Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $248.2M (est)Bravely, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.0M · modeled $219.1M (est)Mars Center · Series A Raised $9.7M · modeled $201.3M (est)Post Pandemic Recovery. Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $197.5M (est)MotiveMetrics Inc. · Series A Raised $31.2M · modeled $179.2M (est)Taurus ESS Feeder LP · Series A Raised $10.6M · modeled $170.5M (est)TPEG Chief Investors LLC · Series A Raised $8.2M · modeled $169.3M (est)Kaskada Inc. · Series A Raised $9.8M · modeled $165.5M (est)Club Five Hundred LLP · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $163.5M (est)2U Laundry, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.8M · modeled $163.3M (est)Journeyfront, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.4M · modeled $157.2M (est)Sounding Board Labs, Inc. (this company) Raised $16.2M · modeled $232.2M (est)Sounding Board Labs, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Tracking Holdings, Inc.Series A$12.0M$248.2M2.40×
Sounding Board Labs, Inc. this companySeries A$16.2M$232.2M2.25×
Bravely, Inc.Series A$18.0M$219.1M2.12×
Mars CenterSeries A$9.7M$201.3M1.95×
Post Pandemic Recovery. Inc.Series A$12.0M$197.5M1.91×
MotiveMetrics Inc.Series A$31.2M$179.2M1.73×
Taurus ESS Feeder LPSeries A$10.6M$170.5M1.65×
TPEG Chief Investors LLCSeries A$8.2M$169.3M1.64×
Kaskada Inc.Series A$9.8M$165.5M1.60×
Club Five Hundred LLPSeries A$10.0M$163.5M1.58×
2U Laundry, Inc.Series A$10.8M$163.3M1.58×
Journeyfront, Inc.Series A$12.4M$157.2M1.52×
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$650K2017-08-31$3.6M$20.5M90%
Pre-Seed$500K2019-01-04$2.8M$15.8M90%
Seed$1.9M2019-10-22$9.3M$47.0M90%
Series A$13.2M2020-12-17$59.9M$232.2M90%
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$650K2017-08-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$500K2019-01-04
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Seed$1.9M2019-10-22
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$13.2M2020-12-17
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 11 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$39.6M
Modeled next size est.range $25.7M$63.3M
7.1×
Last step-up
$4.9M/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
Maha Ibrahim11 other2020-12
CHRISTINE TAO2017-08
LORI MAZAN2017-08
Registry & provenance

Sounding Board Labs, 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
1716631
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Sounding Board Labs, Inc. raised?
Sounding Board Labs, Inc. has raised approximately $16.2M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sounding Board Labs, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sounding Board Labs, Inc. is approximately $232.2M (modeled range $18.3M–$1.1B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sounding Board Labs, Inc. at?
Sounding Board Labs, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Dec 17.
What does Sounding Board Labs, Inc. do and where is it based?
Sounding Board Labs, Inc. operates in the Business Services sector, based in ALISO VIEJO.
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