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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Surface Design Solutions, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Surface Design Solutions, 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 technology sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Surface Design Solutions, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from PITTSBURGH. 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.
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.
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.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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.
Raised more than 15% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 8% of peers (estimate).
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 #406 of 975.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InRev, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $18.8M | 6.78× |
| Positiv.ly LLC | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $18.6M | 6.72× |
| SmashNet INC | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | $18.4M | 6.65× |
| RealConnex Holdings Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $18.2M | 6.59× |
| Pm-Ordr, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $2.0M | $17.5M | 6.33× |
| Couplr, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $17.3M | 6.24× |
| Tonic Development Ltd | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $17.1M | 6.19× |
| Scratch Engine Llc | Pre-Seed | $920K | $16.6M | 6.00× |
| Callypso Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $16.5M | 5.95× |
| Humetrix | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $16.1M | 5.81× |
| RRC Washington, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $15.8M | 5.69× |
| Clouds USA Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $15.6M | 5.64× |
| Surface Design Solutions, Inc. this company | Pre-Seed | $410K | $3.4M | 1.24× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $410K | 2023-06-30 | $2.3M | $3.4M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes H?rmann | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Lars Pastewka | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Luke Thimons | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Tevis Jacobs | — | — | 2023-06 |
Surface Design Solutions, 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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Pantry LLC | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $400K | $3.5M | same sector · same stage |
| L'Avant Collective, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $400K | $3.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Olumo Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $400K | $3.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Seqnc, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $400K | $3.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Numberless, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $400K | $3.1M | same sector · same stage |
| RennStaff, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $425K | $3.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Curio Legacy Ventures, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $435K | $3.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Quasar Markets Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $385K | $3.0M | same sector · same stage |
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Surfaces Inc. | Other Technology | Seed | $4.3M | 91% |
| Solution Design Group Inc | Other Technology | Series A | $135.4M | 88% |
| Adaptive Surface Technologies, Inc. | Software / Tech | Seed | $59.6M | 87% |
| Canvas Solutions Inc | Other Technology | Series A | $166.4M | 86% |
| Surface Acquisition Corp. | Other | Seed | $9.3M | 86% |
| Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $20.9M | 86% |
| Slate Solutions, Inc. | Other Technology | Series A | $87.1M | 85% |
| CountertopSmart, Inc. | Other Technology | Seed | $9.2M | 84% |
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