Companies · Media & Content

Sunburst Film Production, LLC

WESTLAKE VILLAGE · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sunburst Film Production, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.5M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jul 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sunburst Film Production, LLC looks over-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the media 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 1.74× the median modeled value of Seed Media & Content companies in 2022–2024 (73 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Sunburst Film Production, 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
3.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $3.5M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 67% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 67% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 64% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2023: $3.5M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $3.5M on 2023-07-10.
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.
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 Media & Content

Sunburst Film Production, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from WESTLAKE VILLAGE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% 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
$1M–$5M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
2023
Year incorporated
2023-07-10
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2023-07-10 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$3.5M$19MSeed2023

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
Seed$3.5M · 2023

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$19.0M
Base estimate est.
$2.8M
Conservative case
$66.0M
Upside case
$17.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
36%
Survival probability
16% low · 56% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
3.0 yr
Elapsed time used
3.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
3.0 yr
On record since
2023
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. 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) 1.6× above median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.8× above median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$2.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.1× above median
This company$19.0M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 64% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #8 of 73.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Duluth Pictures Llc · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $29.8M (est)Dreamcatcher Entertainment Group, Llc · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $27.1M (est)Equal Entertainment LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $26.0M (est)Speedvision Media Group, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $26.0M (est)Wonder Works Studio Inc. · Seed Raised $5.5M · modeled $24.8M (est)Ad Fontes Media, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.2M · modeled $21.2M (est)Gun Media Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $20.6M (est)Crypthulhu Studios Inc. · Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $19.0M (est)Two Daughters Entertainment Ltd · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $18.9M (est)LuckySky Film Project, LLC · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $17.7M (est)First Time Media Inc. · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $17.4M (est)Sunburst Film Production, LLC (this company) Raised $3.5M · modeled $19.0M (est)Sunburst Film Production, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Duluth Pictures LlcSeed$3.5M$29.8M2.73×
Dreamcatcher Entertainment Group, LlcSeed$3.7M$27.1M2.48×
Equal Entertainment LLCSeed$3.2M$26.0M2.38×
Speedvision Media Group, Inc.Seed$3.3M$26.0M2.38×
Wonder Works Studio Inc.Seed$5.5M$24.8M2.27×
Ad Fontes Media, Inc.Seed$5.2M$21.2M1.94×
Gun Media Holdings, Inc.Seed$3.7M$20.6M1.89×
Sunburst Film Production, LLC this companySeed$3.5M$19.0M1.74×
Crypthulhu Studios Inc.Seed$2.1M$19.0M1.74×
Two Daughters Entertainment LtdSeed$3.4M$18.9M1.73×
LuckySky Film Project, LLCSeed$2.0M$17.7M1.62×
First Time Media Inc.Seed$2.4M$17.4M1.59×
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.
Seed$3.5M2023-07-10$17.5M$19.0M90%
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. Seed$3.5M2023-07-10
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$5.6M
Modeled next size est.range $3.6M$9.0M
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.

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
Christopher C Retts2023-07
Mark E Wilson2023-07
Registry & provenance

Sunburst Film Production, 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
1985545
SEC CIK
2023
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
Duluth Pictures LlcMedia & ContentSeed$3.5M$29.8Msame sector · same stage
Two Daughters Entertainment LtdMedia & ContentSeed$3.4M$18.9Msame sector · same stage
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Neoglyphic Entertainment, Inc.Media & ContentSeed$3.3M$15.3Msame sector · same stage
Dreamcatcher Entertainment Group, LlcMedia & ContentSeed$3.7M$27.1Msame sector · same stage
Strada Media, IncMedia & ContentSeed$3.3M$9.5Msame sector · same stage
Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd.Media & ContentSeed$3.7M$4.8Msame sector · same stage
Gun Media Holdings, Inc.Media & ContentSeed$3.7M$20.6Msame sector · same stage
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
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Sunburst Film Production, LLC raised?
Sunburst Film Production, LLC has raised approximately $3.5M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sunburst Film Production, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sunburst Film Production, LLC is approximately $19.0M (modeled range $2.8M–$66.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sunburst Film Production, LLC at?
Sunburst Film Production, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jul 10.
What does Sunburst Film Production, LLC do and where is it based?
Sunburst Film Production, LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in WESTLAKE VILLAGE.
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