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Sunset Digital Communications, Inc.

DUFFIELD · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$445K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 86%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 15 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sunset Digital Communications, 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 1.25× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Telecommunications companies in 2016–2018 (40 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (125% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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

Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from DUFFIELD. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 15% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
5
Investors (latest)
2016-04-15
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$20MPre-Seed · 2016-04-15 Raised $445K (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$445K$12MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2016-04-15 Raised $420K (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$420K$11MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2016-04-15 Raised $220K (real) Modeled valuation $5.9M (est)$220K$5.9MPre-Seed2016+$420K+$220KCumulative $1.1M

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$445K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$420K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$220K · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$11.9M
Base estimate est.
$288K
Conservative case
$135.1M
Upside case
$2.5M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $11.9M · 2016-04-152016Pre-Seed · modeled $11.2M · 2016-04-15Pre-Seed · modeled $5.9M · 2016-04-152016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 53% high
1.60×/yr
Annual markup
2.16×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
10.2 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) 0.1× of median
This company$445K
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$220K
Sector median$365K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$11.9M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 15% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 29% 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 #16 of 40.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)OneLink, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Imagination Unwired LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Tap Resources, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Virtual Network Communications Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)CTH Partners, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $24.1M (est)Digerati Technologies, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $840K · modeled $22.5M (est)ConnectQuest, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $21.4M (est)STS Global, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $745K · modeled $19.9M (est)World Communications Group Services, Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $709K · modeled $19.0M (est)Freemo Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $690K · modeled $18.5M (est)Gen Mobile, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $685K · modeled $18.3M (est)Telepath Networks, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $650K · modeled $17.4M (est)Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. (this company) Raised $445K · modeled $11.9M (est)Sunset Digital Communications, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
OneLink, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M2.81×
Imagination Unwired LLCPre-Seed$2.0M$26.8M2.81×
Tap Resources, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M2.81×
Virtual Network Communications Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M2.81×
CTH Partners, LLCPre-Seed$900K$24.1M2.53×
Digerati Technologies, Inc.Pre-Seed$840K$22.5M2.36×
ConnectQuest, LLCPre-Seed$3.0M$21.4M2.25×
STS Global, Inc.Pre-Seed$745K$19.9M2.10×
World Communications Group Services, Ltd.Pre-Seed$709K$19.0M2.00×
Freemo Inc.Pre-Seed$690K$18.5M1.94×
Gen Mobile, Inc.Pre-Seed$685K$18.3M1.93×
Telepath Networks, Inc.Pre-Seed$650K$17.4M1.83×
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$445K$11.9M1.25×
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$445K2016-04-15$2.5M$11.9M90%
Pre-Seed$420K2016-04-15$2.3M$11.2M85%
Pre-Seed$220K2016-04-15$1.2M$5.9M85%
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$445K2016-04-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$420K2016-04-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$220K2016-04-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 5 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$220K
Modeled next size est.range $220K$352K
0.5×
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
Nicholas Wilkin2016-04
Paul Elwisck2016-04
Robert Daniel Wells2016-04
Ryan Elswick2016-04
Registry & provenance

Sunset Digital Communications, 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
1673730
SEC CIK
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Semantically similar

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. raised?
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. has raised approximately $445K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sunset Digital Communications, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. is approximately $11.9M (modeled range $288K–$135.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. at?
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 15.
What does Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. do and where is it based?
Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in DUFFIELD.
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