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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Talents Arena — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Talents Arena 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 ai/ml sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
Talents Arena is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from Africa. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 70% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
Egyptian AI recruitment startup Talents Arena has raised a US$750,000 pre-seed round of funding to power its expansion into Saudi Arabia.
Egyptian AI recruitment startup Talents Arena has raised a US$750,000 pre-seed round of funding to power its expansion into Saudi Arabia.
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 ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. 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 70% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 72% 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 #8 of 85.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semiotic AI, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $21.4M | 7.92× |
| Strongest AI Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $19.1M | 7.07× |
| Quipus AI, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $14.2M | 5.26× |
| Fabrica AI Corp. | Pre-Seed | $850K | $9.9M | 3.67× |
| Ai Nutrition Corp. | Pre-Seed | $825K | $9.7M | 3.59× |
| Apt AI, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $750K | $7.4M | 2.74× |
| Chorus AI Inc. | Pre-Seed | $805K | $6.7M | 2.49× |
| Talents Arena this company | Pre-Seed | $750K | $6.7M | 2.47× |
| Artemis AI Investments LLC | Pre-Seed | $450K | $6.2M | 2.31× |
| ML Tech Holdings, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $6.1M | 2.28× |
| Evolve Media AI Corp | Pre-Seed | $818K | $5.9M | 2.19× |
| Industrial Intelligence,Inc | Pre-Seed | $919K | $5.8M | 2.13× |
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 | $750K | 2023-08-10 | $4.2M | $6.7M | 45% |
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.
Talents Arena 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apt AI, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $750K | $7.4M | same sector · same stage |
| FairBorrow.Ai, LLC | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $750K | $1.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Unitus.AI, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $758K | $1.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Land Intelligence, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $735K | $7.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Encant AI, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $730K | $3.1M | same sector · same stage |
| LexSet.ai LLC | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $705K | $6.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Jigo AI, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $700K | $4.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Chorus AI Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $805K | $6.7M | same sector · same stage |
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