Companies · Telecommunications

Starry, Inc.

BOSTON · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Starry, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$130.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 7%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 08 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Starry, 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 telecom 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 0.90× the median modeled value of Series D+ Telecommunications companies in 2016–2018 (9 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (90% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 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 Telecommunications

Starry, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from BOSTON. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% 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
13
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2017-12-08
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries B · 2016-12-01 Raised $30M (real) Modeled valuation $577M (est)$30M$577MSeries B2016Series D+ · 2017-12-08 Raised $100M (real) Modeled valuation $2.0B (est)$100M$2.0BSeries D+2017Series B · 2017-12-08 Raised $31M (real) Modeled valuation $597M (est)$31M$597MSeries B2017+$100M+$31MCumulative $161M

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 B$30.0M · 2016
Series D+$100.0M · 2017no Series C on file
Bridge · Series D+-stage$31.0M · 2017smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.0B
Base estimate est.
$549.7M
Conservative case
$4.4B
Upside case
$833.3M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $577.3M · 2016-12-012016Series D+ · modeled $2.0B · 2017-12-08Series B · modeled $596.6M · 2017-12-082017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
83%
Survival probability
66% low · 91% high
1.20×/yr
Annual markup
1.34×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
6 mo
Avg between rounds
$127.6M/yr
Capital velocity
9.6 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 33× above median
This company$130.0M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$31.0M
Sector median$135.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 71× above median
This company$2.0B
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% 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 #7 of 9.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)IWG Holdings, LLC · Series D+ Raised $269.9M · modeled $5.4B (est)Trident Private Holdings III, LLC · Series D+ Raised $230.3M · modeled $4.6B (est)GTCR Onvoy Holdings LLC · Series D+ Raised $167.9M · modeled $3.2B (est)INFINERA Corp · Series D+ Raised $129.6M · modeled $2.6B (est)MIV Greeneden LP Holding SCA · Series D+ Raised $124.0M · modeled $2.2B (est)MTN Infrastructure TopCo, LP · Series D+ Raised $107.2M · modeled $2.1B (est)SmartSky Networks, LLC · Series D+ Raised $234.7M · modeled $860.7M (est)LTS Co-Invest Blocker II LLC · Series D+ Raised $181.4M · modeled $611.0M (est)Starry, Inc. (this company) Raised $130.0M · modeled $2.0B (est)Starry, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
IWG Holdings, LLCSeries D+$269.9M$5.4B2.43×
Trident Private Holdings III, LLCSeries D+$230.3M$4.6B2.07×
GTCR Onvoy Holdings LLCSeries D+$167.9M$3.2B1.44×
INFINERA CorpSeries D+$129.6M$2.6B1.17×
MIV Greeneden LP Holding SCASeries D+$124.0M$2.2B1.00×
MTN Infrastructure TopCo, LPSeries D+$107.2M$2.1B0.97×
Starry, Inc. this companySeries D+$130.0M$2.0B0.90×
SmartSky Networks, LLCSeries D+$234.7M$860.7M0.39×
LTS Co-Invest Blocker II LLCSeries D+$181.4M$611.0M0.28×
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 B$30.0M2016-12-01$166.7M$577.3M90%
Series D+$100.0M2017-12-08$833.3M$2.0B90%
Series B$31.0M2017-12-08$172.2M$596.6M90%
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 B$30.0M2016-12-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  2. Series D+$100.0M2017-12-08
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 26 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$31.0M2017-12-08
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~6mo cadence
$31.0M
Modeled next size est.range $31.0M$49.6M
0.3×
Last step-up
$127.6M/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
Amish Jani23 other2016-12
Lee Fixel19 other2016-12
Christopher Davies3 other2016-12
Chaitanya Kanojia1 other2016-12
James Chiddix2017-12
Joseph Lipowski2016-12
Kristen Thiede2016-12
Registry & provenance

Starry, 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
1692619
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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
INFINERA CorpTelecommunicationsSeries D+$129.6M$2.6Bsame sector · same stage
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Aicent Holdings CorpTelecommunicationsSeries D+$127.2M$2.5Bsame sector · same stage
Dialpad, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries D+$135.9M$2.6Bsame sector · same stage
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ExteNet Systems, IncTelecommunicationsSeries D+$137.7M$2.8Bsame sector · same stage
Lumos Networks Corp.TelecommunicationsSeries D+$150.0M$3.0Bsame sector · same stage
8X8 Inc /De/TelecommunicationsSeries D+$152.5M$1.8Bsame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

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CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Syndicately, Inc.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$1.3M80%
Relativity Networks, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeed$2.3M80%
Galaxy Media Partners LlcTelecommunicationsSeed$2.8M80%
Orion Labs, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries B$464.7M80%
Vidyo IncTelecommunicationsSeries B$233.4M80%
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc.TelecommunicationsPre-Seed$11.9M80%
Optisys, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries A$144.2M79%
Telescent, Inc.TelecommunicationsSeries A$156.1M79%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Starry, Inc. raised?
Starry, Inc. has raised approximately $130.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Starry, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Starry, Inc. is approximately $2.0B (modeled range $549.7M–$4.4B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Starry, Inc. at?
Starry, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 08.
What does Starry, Inc. do and where is it based?
Starry, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in BOSTON.
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