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Thoughtful Media Group, Inc.

SHERMAN OAKS · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$20.1M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
9.5×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jun 08 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. looks over-valued 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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.48× the median modeled value of Series A Other Technology companies in 2016–2018 (815 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Other Technology

Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from SHERMAN OAKS. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeed · 2014-05-02 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $102M (est)$3.0M$102MSeed2014Seed · 2015-01-30 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $43M (est)$1.3M$43MSeed2015Seed · 2015-01-30 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $51M (est)$1.5M$51MSeed2015Series A · 2016-06-08 Raised $14M (real) Modeled valuation $397M (est)$14M$397MSeries A2016+$1.3M+$1.5M+$14MCumulative $20M

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$3.0M · 2014
Seed extension$1.3M · 2015
Seed extension$1.5M · 2015
Series A$14.3M · 2016

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$396.9M
Base estimate est.
$19.1M
Conservative case
$2.2B
Upside case
$65.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $102.2M · 2014-05-022014Seed · modeled $43.4M · 2015-01-30Seed · modeled $51.1M · 2015-01-30Series A · modeled $396.9M · 2016-06-082016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
54%
Survival probability
29% low · 74% high
1.50×/yr
Annual markup
1.89×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
8 mo
Avg between rounds
$9.6M/yr
Capital velocity
12.2 yr
On record since
2014
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 6.3× above median
This company$20.1M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.5× above median
This company$14.3M
Sector median$5.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 11× above median
This company$396.9M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #22 of 815.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Celect, Inc. · Series A Raised $30.1M · modeled $416.1M (est)VictorOps, Inc. · Series A Raised $36.3M · modeled $416.1M (est)Ephesoft Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Resilinc Corp · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Kaarya LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)DiCentral Corp · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Stay Alfred, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Rubica, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.6M · modeled $416.1M (est)PocketWatch, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.8M · modeled $416.1M (est)MobileCause, Inc. · Series A Raised $24.6M · modeled $416.1M (est)DynamicAction Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Bench Accounting, Inc. · Series A Raised $29.9M · modeled $416.1M (est)Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. (this company) Raised $20.1M · modeled $396.9M (est)Thoughtful Media Group, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Celect, Inc.Series A$30.1M$416.1M2.60×
VictorOps, Inc.Series A$36.3M$416.1M2.60×
Ephesoft Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
Resilinc CorpSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
Kaarya LLCSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
DiCentral CorpSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
Stay Alfred, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
Rubica, Inc.Series A$16.6M$416.1M2.60×
PocketWatch, Inc.Series A$16.8M$416.1M2.60×
MobileCause, Inc.Series A$24.6M$416.1M2.60×
DynamicAction Holdings, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.60×
Bench Accounting, Inc.Series A$29.9M$416.1M2.60×
Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. this companySeries A$20.1M$396.9M2.48×
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$3.0M2014-05-02$15.0M$102.2M90%
Seed$1.3M2015-01-30$6.4M$43.4M90%
Seed$1.5M2015-01-30$7.5M$51.1M90%
Series A$14.3M2016-06-08$65.0M$396.9M90%
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$3.0M2014-05-02
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.3M2015-01-30
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Seed$1.5M2015-01-30
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  4. Series A$14.3M2016-06-08
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 9.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~8mo cadence
$42.9M
Modeled next size est.range $27.9M$68.7M
9.5×
Last step-up
$9.6M/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
Daniel C Goldstein2016-06
Daniel C Thorman2016-06
Daniel Thorman2014-05
David C Salzman2016-06
David Salzman2014-05
Jak C Severson2016-06
Jak Severson2014-05
Jon C Cohen2016-06
Registry & provenance

Thoughtful Media Group, 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
1606726
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. raised?
Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. has raised approximately $20.1M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Thoughtful Media Group, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. is approximately $396.9M (modeled range $19.1M–$2.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. at?
Thoughtful Media Group, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jun 08.
What does Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. do and where is it based?
Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in SHERMAN OAKS.
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