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Starhost

South Africa · web hosting service · founded 2022 · https://mystarhost.com/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Starhost — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
Total raised · real
0
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Latest stage · inferred

Starhost: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

South African company. Sector: web hosting service.

web hosting service
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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.

No round amounts on record to chart.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps

No staged rounds to sequence.

Modeled valuation trajectory
Base estimate est.
Conservative case
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Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
On record since
First round
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Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4 companies in web hosting service. 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)
This company
Sector median
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

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.
No rounds recorded.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
Modeled next size est.
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.

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
Coolhostweb hosting servicesame sector
NETZFABRIKweb hosting servicesame sector
Xneeloweb hosting servicesame sector
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Coolhost
South African company, based in Cape Town. Sector: web hosting service.
web hosting service83%
StarSat
South African company, based in Woodmead. Sector: television.
television75%
Hostsharing eG
German company, based in Hamburg. Sector: Internet industry.
Internet industry73%
Starfish Guest Lodge
South African company.
72%
NETZFABRIK
German company. Sector: web hosting service.
web hosting service72%
Zwavelpoort Guesthouse
South African company.
Hospitality / Travel71%
Agros Guest House
South African company.
Agtech / Foodtech70%
Star Air Cargo
South African company, based in South Africa.
70%
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What does Starhost do and where is it based?
Starhost operates in the web hosting service sector, based in South Africa. South African company. Sector: web hosting service.
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