Companies · Telecommunications

TUPL, Inc.

BELLEVUE · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on TUPL, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$7.2M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 38%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Mar 03 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

TUPL, 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 0.98× the median modeled value of Seed Telecommunications companies in 2019–2021 (21 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (98% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 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 Telecommunications

TUPL, Inc. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from BELLEVUE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 63% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
29
Investors (latest)
2020-03-03
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$25M$50M$75M$100MPre-Seed · 2014-10-17 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $2.7M (est)$100K$2.7MPre-Seed2014Seed · 2016-06-29 Raised $1.4M (real) Modeled valuation $30M (est)$1.4M$30MSeed2016Seed · 2017-03-16 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$1.0M$22MSeed2017Seed · 2017-07-17 Raised $3.1M (real) Modeled valuation $67M (est)$3.1M$67MSeed2017Seed · 2020-03-03 Raised $1.6M (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)$1.6M$34MSeed2020+$1.4M+$1.0M+$3.1M+$1.6MCumulative $7.2M

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$100K · 2014
Seed$1.4M · 2016
Seed extension$1.0M · 2017
Seed extension$3.1M · 2017
Seed extension$1.6M · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$33.9M
Base estimate est.
$1.4M
Conservative case
$266.0M
Upside case
$7.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.7M · 2014-10-172014Seed · modeled $30.1M · 2016-06-29Seed · modeled $21.5M · 2017-03-16Seed · modeled $67.1M · 2017-07-17Seed · modeled $33.9M · 2020-03-032020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 60% high
1.49×/yr
Annual markup
1.96×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.3M/yr
Capital velocity
11.7 yr
On record since
2014
First round
5
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) 1.8× above median
This company$7.2M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× of median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.2× above median
This company$33.9M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 63% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 53% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #12 of 21.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Textel CX Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $81.0M (est)Hh Ventures, Llc · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $70.0M (est)Connected Analytics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $66.4M (est)Waterleaf International LLC · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $50.6M (est)Chronometriq Inc. · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $45.1M (est)Ifiber Communications Corp · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $43.1M (est)Helicore, LLC · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $43.1M (est)CurtCo Media, LLC · Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $43.0M (est)Quirk FYI Inc · Seed Raised $1.7M · modeled $36.4M (est)Arcadian Infracom, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.8M · modeled $34.8M (est)JetSpring LLC · Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $34.4M (est)TUPL, Inc. (this company) Raised $7.2M · modeled $33.9M (est)TUPL, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Textel CX Inc.Seed$4.0M$81.0M2.35×
Hh Ventures, LlcSeed$4.5M$70.0M2.03×
Connected Analytics, Inc.Seed$3.9M$66.4M1.93×
Waterleaf International LLCSeed$2.4M$50.6M1.47×
Chronometriq Inc.Seed$4.7M$45.1M1.31×
Ifiber Communications CorpSeed$2.0M$43.1M1.25×
Helicore, LLCSeed$2.0M$43.1M1.25×
CurtCo Media, LLCSeed$2.1M$43.0M1.25×
Quirk FYI IncSeed$1.7M$36.4M1.06×
Arcadian Infracom, Inc.Seed$4.8M$34.8M1.01×
JetSpring LLCSeed$1.6M$34.4M1.00×
TUPL, Inc. this companySeed$7.2M$33.9M0.98×
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$100K2014-10-17$556K$2.7M85%
Seed$1.4M2016-06-29$7.0M$30.1M85%
Seed$1.0M2017-03-16$5.0M$21.5M90%
Seed$3.1M2017-07-17$15.6M$67.1M90%
Seed$1.6M2020-03-03$7.9M$33.9M90%
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$100K2014-10-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Seed$1.4M2016-06-29
    • Raised again after 20 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 14.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 26 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.0M2017-03-16
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  4. Seed$3.1M2017-07-17
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 37 investors on this round.
  5. Seed$1.6M2020-03-03
    • Raised again after 32 mo — slower than the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 29 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.6M$2.5M
0.5×
Last step-up
$1.3M/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
C. James Judson3 other2017-03
Armando Almeida2020-03
Pablo Tapia2014-10
Petri Hautakangas2016-06
Registry & provenance

TUPL, 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
1621345
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has TUPL, Inc. raised?
TUPL, Inc. has raised approximately $7.2M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is TUPL, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for TUPL, Inc. is approximately $33.9M (modeled range $1.4M–$266.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is TUPL, Inc. at?
TUPL, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Mar 03.
What does TUPL, Inc. do and where is it based?
TUPL, Inc. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in BELLEVUE.
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