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U S Precious Metals Inc

Califon · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on U S Precious Metals Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.2M
Total raised · real
20
Rounds
4.6×
Latest step-up
Top 25%
Sector rank · raised
Recurring offerings
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Feb 25 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

U S Precious Metals Inc has raised $9.2M over 20 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Program ended
  • Last raise 11.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • For a recurring offering issuer, long silence usually means the offering program is inactive or ended; it is not proof the legal entity is defunct.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Recurring offering issuermedium confidence

U S Precious Metals Inc behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Program-like
Frequent filings and follow-ons read more like a securities offering program than discrete startup rounds.
Lifecycle
17.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2014 with $2.3M across 5 filings.
Market position
ahead of 76% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 76% of Other peers; modeled value is above 60% 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
Lower 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • 20 dated financing filings, averaging about 4 months apart.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2014: $2.3M across 5 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.4M on 2015-02-25.
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.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
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

U S Precious Metals Inc is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from Califon. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 76% 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
Amount raised vs valuation, by year

This issuer has a dense recurring filing history, so the chart groups filings by year. Solid bars are annual reported capital reported; hatched bars show the latest modeled value est. observed in that year. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Annual capital raised · realLatest value in year · estCumulative funded · real

Dense history compressed: 20 filings shown as 6 yearly buckets. Hover a bucket for filing count, annual capital, and latest modeled value.

$0$13M$25M$38M$50M2009: 3 filings Raised $530K total (real) Latest modeled valuation $2.3M (est)20093 filings2010: 2 filings Raised $1.6M total (real) Latest modeled valuation $5.3M (est)20102 filings2011: 2 filings Raised $1.3M total (real) Latest modeled valuation $20M (est)20112 filings2013: 4 filings Raised $1.3M total (real) Latest modeled valuation $6.5M (est)20134 filings2014: 5 filings Raised $2.3M total (real) Latest modeled valuation $11M (est)20145 filings2015: 4 filings Raised $2.2M total (real) Latest modeled valuation $26M (est)20154 filings+$1.6M+$1.3M+$1.3M+$2.3M+$2.2MCumulative $9.2M

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

This looks like a recurring offering series, so a VC stage ladder would be misleading. Showing the filed offering sequence instead.

Initial offering$100K · 2009
Follow-on offering$330K · 2009
Follow-on offering$100K · 2009
Follow-on offering$1.4M · 2010
Follow-on offering$228K · 2010
Follow-on offering$200K · 2011
Follow-on offering$1.1M · 2011
Follow-on offering$200K · 2013
Follow-on offering$100K · 2013
Follow-on offering$605K · 2013
Follow-on offering$350K · 2013
Follow-on offering$155K · 2014
Follow-on offering$494K · 2014
Follow-on offering$567K · 2014
Follow-on offering$500K · 2014
Follow-on offering$575K · 2014
Follow-on offering$238K · 2015
Follow-on offering$317K · 2015
Follow-on offering$300K · 2015
Follow-on offering$1.4M · 2015
Modeled valuation trajectory
$25.6M
Base estimate est.
$1.2M
Conservative case
$200.9M
Upside case
$6.9M
Modeled post-money

This issuer files recurring offerings, so the model treats stage labels as a loose sizing heuristic, not a clean VC ladder. The estimate anchors on reported filing amounts and dates, then applies benchmark dilution, survival, and markup assumptions. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.3M · 2009-03-132009Pre-Seed · modeled $7.6M · 2009-03-13Pre-Seed · modeled $2.3M · 2009-10-20Seed · modeled $25.1M · 2010-02-26Pre-Seed · modeled $5.3M · 2010-02-26Seed · modeled $3.7M · 2011-12-10Seed · modeled $20.0M · 2011-12-10Seed · modeled $3.7M · 2013-07-17Seed · modeled $1.9M · 2013-07-17Seed · modeled $11.2M · 2013-07-17Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2013-07-17Seed · modeled $2.9M · 2014-04-08Seed · modeled $9.2M · 2014-08-26Seed · modeled $10.5M · 2014-08-26Seed · modeled $9.3M · 2014-12-18Seed · modeled $10.7M · 2014-12-18Seed · modeled $4.4M · 2015-02-12Seed · modeled $5.9M · 2015-02-12Seed · modeled $5.6M · 2015-02-25Seed · modeled $25.6M · 2015-02-252015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.5M/yr
Capital velocity
17.3 yr
On record since
2009
First round
20
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 4.5× above median
This company$9.2M
Sector median$2.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.5× above median
This company$25.6M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 76% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 60% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

This issuer files too frequently for VC stage labels to be meaningful, so rows are shown as initial/follow-on offerings est. instead of Pre-Seed/Seed/Series buckets.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Initial offering$100K2009-03-13$556K$2.3M90%
Follow-on offering$330K2009-03-13$1.8M$7.6M90%
Follow-on offering$100K2009-10-20$556K$2.3M90%
Follow-on offering$1.4M2010-02-26$6.8M$25.1M90%
Follow-on offering$228K2010-02-26$1.3M$5.3M90%
Follow-on offering$200K2011-12-10$1.0M$3.7M90%
Follow-on offering$1.1M2011-12-10$5.4M$20.0M90%
Follow-on offering$200K2013-07-17$1.0M$3.7M90%
Follow-on offering$100K2013-07-17$500K$1.9M90%
Follow-on offering$605K2013-07-17$3.0M$11.2M90%
Follow-on offering$350K2013-07-17$1.8M$6.5M90%
Follow-on offering$155K2014-04-08$775K$2.9M90%
Follow-on offering$494K2014-08-26$2.5M$9.2M90%
Follow-on offering$567K2014-08-26$2.8M$10.5M90%
Follow-on offering$500K2014-12-18$2.5M$9.3M90%
Follow-on offering$575K2014-12-18$2.9M$10.7M90%
Follow-on offering$238K2015-02-12$1.2M$4.4M90%
Follow-on offering$317K2015-02-12$1.6M$5.9M90%
Follow-on offering$300K2015-02-25$1.5M$5.6M90%
Follow-on offering$1.4M2015-02-25$6.9M$25.6M90%
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. Initial offering$100K2009-03-13
    • First recorded raise — entered as Initial offering.
  2. Follow-on offering$330K2009-03-13
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Follow-on offering$100K2009-10-20
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Follow-on offering$1.4M2010-02-26
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 13.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  5. Follow-on offering$228K2010-02-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  6. Follow-on offering$200K2011-12-10
    • Raised again after 21 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  7. Follow-on offering$1.1M2011-12-10
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  8. Follow-on offering$200K2013-07-17
    • Raised again after 19 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  9. Follow-on offering$100K2013-07-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  10. Follow-on offering$605K2013-07-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 6.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  11. Follow-on offering$350K2013-07-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  12. Follow-on offering$155K2014-04-08
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  13. Follow-on offering$494K2014-08-26
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  14. Follow-on offering$567K2014-08-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  15. Follow-on offering$500K2014-12-18
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  16. Follow-on offering$575K2014-12-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  17. Follow-on offering$238K2015-02-12
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  18. Follow-on offering$317K2015-02-12
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  19. Follow-on offering$300K2015-02-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  20. Follow-on offering$1.4M2015-02-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 4.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$4.1M
Modeled next size est.range $2.7M$6.6M
4.6×
Last step-up
$1.5M/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 Moon2 other2011-12
David Cutler2 other2011-12
Brian Russell1 other2009-03
Edgar Choueiri1 other2013-07
Brian Jack Russell2009-10
Chad Altieri2011-12
Daniel Luciano2011-12
Dave Burney2011-12
David Burney2009-03
David H Cutler2014-08
David Jack Burney2009-10
Gennaro Pane2009-03
Gerrano Jack Pane2009-10
Hans H Hertell2013-07
Jesus Jack Oliveras2009-10
Jesus Oliveras2009-03
John Gildea2011-12
Michael H Volkov2013-07
Michael Jack Kugler2009-03
Scott Hartman2014-12
Sheldon Baer2009-03
Sheldon Jack Baer2009-10
Registry & provenance

U S Precious Metals 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
1286181
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has U S Precious Metals Inc raised?
U S Precious Metals Inc has raised approximately $9.2M in disclosed capital across 20 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is U S Precious Metals Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for U S Precious Metals Inc is approximately $25.6M (modeled range $1.2M–$200.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is U S Precious Metals Inc at?
U S Precious Metals Inc shows a recurring offering pattern rather than a clean VC stage progression. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Feb 25.
What does U S Precious Metals Inc do and where is it based?
U S Precious Metals Inc operates in the Other sector, based in Califon.
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