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Top This Media, LLC

BIRMINGHAM · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Top This Media, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$928K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 53%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Mar 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Top This Media, 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 2.23× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Media & Content companies in 2022–2024 (100 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.3 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

Top This Media, 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
3.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $1.8M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 48% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 48% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 43% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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: $1.8M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.0M on 2023-02-17.
  • Filing rows sum to $1.9M, while canonical raised total is $928K; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Top This Media, LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from BIRMINGHAM. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 48% 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
10
Investors (latest)
2022
Year incorporated
2023-03-01
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2022-08-26 Raised $173K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$173K$1.4MPre-Seed2022Pre-Seed · 2023-02-17 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$1.0M$6.6MPre-Seed2023Pre-Seed · 2023-03-01 Raised $755K (real) Modeled valuation $4.9M (est)$755K$4.9MPre-Seed2023+$1.0M+$755KCumulative $1.9M

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$173K · 2022
Pre-Seed extension$1.0M · 2023
Pre-Seed extension$755K · 2023

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.9M
Base estimate est.
$453K
Conservative case
$24.7M
Upside case
$4.2M
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 media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.4M · 2022-08-262022Pre-Seed · modeled $6.6M · 2023-02-17Pre-Seed · modeled $4.9M · 2023-03-012023
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 50% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
3.3 yr
Elapsed time used
3.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
3 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.8M/yr
Capital velocity
3.9 yr
On record since
2022
First round
3
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) 0.4× of median
This company$928K
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.2× above median
This company$755K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$4.9M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 48% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 43% 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 #23 of 100.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Kai Media, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $9.3M (est)Year Between Film LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $8.9M (est)String Music Thoroughbred Investments 2022, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $8.3M (est)WTL Productions, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $950K · modeled $8.2M (est)One Door Studios, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Second One Films, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Amnesia Media Co · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $7.3M (est)Music Tech Works, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $7.1M (est)Harmony Music Events LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $630K · modeled $6.6M (est)Ice Time Productions, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $6.2M (est)FansUnite Entertainment Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $6.2M (est)Global Air Entertainment Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $6.0M (est)Top This Media, LLC (this company) Raised $928K · modeled $4.9M (est)Top This Media, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Kai Media, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$9.3M4.24×
Year Between Film LLCPre-Seed$850K$8.9M4.06×
String Music Thoroughbred Investments 2022, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$8.3M3.78×
WTL Productions, LLCPre-Seed$950K$8.2M3.74×
One Door Studios, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.57×
Second One Films, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.56×
Amnesia Media CoPre-Seed$1.5M$7.3M3.34×
Music Tech Works, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.1M$7.1M3.26×
Harmony Music Events LLCPre-Seed$630K$6.6M3.00×
Ice Time Productions, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$6.2M2.84×
FansUnite Entertainment Inc.Pre-Seed$1.6M$6.2M2.84×
Global Air Entertainment IncPre-Seed$1.0M$6.0M2.72×
Top This Media, LLC this companyPre-Seed$928K$4.9M2.23×
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$173K2022-08-26$958K$1.4M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M2023-02-17$5.6M$6.6M90%
Pre-Seed$755K2023-03-01$4.2M$4.9M90%
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. Pre-Seed$173K2022-08-26
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 11 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$1.0M2023-02-17
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Pre-Seed$755K2023-03-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 10 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~3mo cadence
$755K
Modeled next size est.range $755K$1.2M
0.8×
Last step-up
$1.8M/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
Jeffrey M SLoan13 other2022-08
Registry & provenance

Top This Media, 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
1966112
SEC CIK
2022
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Top This Media, LLC raised?
Top This Media, LLC has raised approximately $928K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Top This Media, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Top This Media, LLC is approximately $4.9M (modeled range $453K–$24.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Top This Media, LLC at?
Top This Media, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Mar 01.
What does Top This Media, LLC do and where is it based?
Top This Media, LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in BIRMINGHAM.
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