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Spectrafluidics Inc

GOLETA · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Spectrafluidics Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.5M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
1.8×
Latest step-up
Top 56%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jan 10 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Spectrafluidics 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 technology 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 1.59× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Technology companies in 2010–2012 (1131 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Other Technology

Spectrafluidics Inc is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from GOLETA. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 45% 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.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

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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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2009-09-25 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$500K$21MPre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-09-25 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$500K$21MPre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2010-04-30 Raised $600K (real) Modeled valuation $25M (est)$600K$25MPre-Seed2010Pre-Seed · 2010-06-29 Raised $553K (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)$553K$23MPre-Seed2010Pre-Seed · 2011-02-04 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$300K$13MPre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2012-01-10 Raised $550K (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)$550K$23MPre-Seed2012+$500K+$600K+$553K+$300K+$550KCumulative $3.0M

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$500K · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$500K · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$600K · 2010
Pre-Seed extension$553K · 2010
Pre-Seed extension$300K · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$550K · 2012

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$23.3M
Base estimate est.
$359K
Conservative case
$264.2M
Upside case
$3.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $21.2M · 2009-09-252009Pre-Seed · modeled $21.2M · 2009-09-25Pre-Seed · modeled $25.4M · 2010-04-30Pre-Seed · modeled $23.4M · 2010-06-29Pre-Seed · modeled $12.7M · 2011-02-04Pre-Seed · modeled $23.3M · 2012-01-102012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 54% high
1.72×/yr
Annual markup
2.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
5 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.1M/yr
Capital velocity
16.8 yr
On record since
2009
First round
6
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) 0.8× of median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.5× above median
This company$550K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$23.3M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 45% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 40% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #317 of 1,131.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Direct Grid Technologies Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)HiringThing, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Prototype Productions, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Mediamogul, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $42.4M (est)Media Chaperone, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)SG Ventures, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Piqqual, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Redux Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Blue Tornado, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Panelfly, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $42.4M (est)Cenzic Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Io Semiconductor Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Spectrafluidics Inc (this company) Raised $2.5M · modeled $23.3M (est)Spectrafluidics Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Direct Grid Technologies LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
HiringThing, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Prototype Productions, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Mediamogul, LlcPre-Seed$1.5M$42.4M2.90×
Media Chaperone, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
SG Ventures, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Piqqual, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$42.4M2.90×
Redux IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Blue Tornado, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Panelfly, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.2M$42.4M2.90×
Cenzic IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Io Semiconductor IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.90×
Spectrafluidics Inc this companyPre-Seed$2.5M$23.3M1.59×
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$500K2009-09-25$2.8M$21.2M90%
Pre-Seed$500K2009-09-25$2.8M$21.2M90%
Pre-Seed$600K2010-04-30$3.3M$25.4M90%
Pre-Seed$553K2010-06-29$3.1M$23.4M90%
Pre-Seed$300K2011-02-04$1.7M$12.7M90%
Pre-Seed$550K2012-01-10$3.1M$23.3M90%
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$500K2009-09-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$500K2009-09-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Pre-Seed$600K2010-04-30
    • Came back fast: 7 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  4. Pre-Seed$553K2010-06-29
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  5. Pre-Seed$300K2011-02-04
    • Came back fast: 7 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  6. Pre-Seed$550K2012-01-10
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2012 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~5mo cadence
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $655K$1.6M
1.8×
Last step-up
$1.1M/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
Robert Balch3 other2010-04
Philip Strong1 other2010-04
Carl Meinhart2010-04
Carl Richard Meinhart2009-09
Craig Richard Cummings2009-09
Registry & provenance

Spectrafluidics 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
1448392
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Spectrafluidics Inc raised?
Spectrafluidics Inc has raised approximately $2.5M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Spectrafluidics Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Spectrafluidics Inc is approximately $23.3M (modeled range $359K–$264.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Spectrafluidics Inc at?
Spectrafluidics Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jan 10.
What does Spectrafluidics Inc do and where is it based?
Spectrafluidics Inc operates in the Other Technology sector, based in GOLETA.
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