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Springboard Education Holdings, Llc

NEW YORK · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Springboard Education Holdings, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.7M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 20%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 18 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Springboard Education Holdings, Llc 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 edtech 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 0.27× the median modeled value of Series A Edtech companies in 2016–2018 (15 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Springboard Education Holdings, 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
11.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2015 with $8.2M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 81% of Edtech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 81% of Edtech peers; modeled value is above 65% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2015: $8.2M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $8.2M on 2015-04-24.
  • Filing rows sum to $11.2M, while canonical raised total is $9.7M; 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 Edtech

Springboard Education Holdings, Llc is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 81% 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.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
8
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2017-12-18
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 · 2015-04-24 Raised $8.2M (real) Modeled valuation $129M (est)$8.2M$129MSeries A2015Series A · 2017-12-18 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$1.5M$24MSeries A2017Seed · 2017-12-18 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $29M (est)$1.5M$29MSeed2017+$1.5M+$1.5MCumulative $11M

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$8.2M · 2015
Series A extension$1.5M · 2017
Bridge · Series A-stage$1.5M · 2017smaller 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
$23.5M
Base estimate est.
$1.9M
Conservative case
$127.9M
Upside case
$6.8M
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 edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $128.7M · 2015-04-242015Series A · modeled $23.5M · 2017-12-18Seed · modeled $28.9M · 2017-12-182017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.73×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.7M/yr
Capital velocity
11.2 yr
On record since
2015
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. 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) 4.0× above median
This company$9.7M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.2× above median
This company$23.5M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 81% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 65% 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 #15 of 15.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Make School Inc. · Series A Raised $27.3M · modeled $235.2M (est)Calvert Education Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $208.9M (est)Grovo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $177.4M (est)MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $159.3M (est)Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLC · Series A Raised $8.4M · modeled $132.1M (est)Higher Learning Technologies Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $129.5M (est)Educational Products Holdings LLC · Series A Raised $6.1M · modeled $95.6M (est)QuickStart Learning Inc. · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.7M (est)Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding Llc · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.2M (est)Big Blue Swim School, Llc · Series A Raised $6.3M · modeled $78.4M (est)Quad Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $46.2M · modeled $75.2M (est)Triumph Higher Education Group, LLC · Series A Raised $30.1M · modeled $70.6M (est)Springboard Education Holdings, Llc (this company) Raised $9.7M · modeled $23.5M (est)Springboard Education Holdings, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Make School Inc.Series A$27.3M$235.2M2.71×
Calvert Education Services, LLCSeries A$13.3M$208.9M2.41×
Grovo Learning, Inc.Series A$12.8M$177.4M2.05×
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.Series A$10.9M$159.3M1.84×
Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLCSeries A$8.4M$132.1M1.52×
Higher Learning Technologies Inc.Series A$12.8M$129.5M1.49×
Educational Products Holdings LLCSeries A$6.1M$95.6M1.10×
QuickStart Learning Inc.Series A$5.5M$86.7M1.00×
Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding LlcSeries A$5.5M$86.2M0.99×
Big Blue Swim School, LlcSeries A$6.3M$78.4M0.90×
Quad Learning, Inc.Series A$46.2M$75.2M0.87×
Triumph Higher Education Group, LLCSeries A$30.1M$70.6M0.81×
Springboard Education Holdings, Llc this companySeries A$9.7M$23.5M0.27×
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$8.2M2015-04-24$37.3M$128.7M85%
Series A$1.5M2017-12-18$6.8M$23.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2017-12-18$7.5M$28.9M90%
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$8.2M2015-04-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$1.5M2017-12-18
    • Raised again after 32 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.5M2017-12-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 8 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $1.5M$2.4M
1.0×
Last step-up
$3.7M/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
John Rogers19 other2015-04
Kevin Flynn2 other2017-12
DON MILLER1 other2017-12
JOSEPH OLCHEFSKE2017-12
PHILIP NEWBOROUGH2017-12
STEVE MORRISON2017-12
Registry & provenance

Springboard Education Holdings, 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
1640606
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Springboard Education Holdings, Llc raised?
Springboard Education Holdings, Llc has raised approximately $9.7M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Springboard Education Holdings, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Springboard Education Holdings, Llc is approximately $23.5M (modeled range $1.9M–$127.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Springboard Education Holdings, Llc at?
Springboard Education Holdings, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 18.
What does Springboard Education Holdings, Llc do and where is it based?
Springboard Education Holdings, Llc operates in the Edtech sector, based in NEW YORK.
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