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Upriver Studios LLC

RED HOOK · Media & Content · refined from filed group “Other”

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Upriver Studios LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$1.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
—
Latest step-up
Top 50%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jan 14 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Upriver Studios LLC 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 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 3.39× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Media & Content companies in 2019–2021 (89 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Upriver Studios 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
6.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $1.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 51% of Media & Content peers
Capital scale is ahead of 51% of Media & Content peers; modeled value is above 66% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2020: $1.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.0M on 2020-01-14.
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 Media & Content

Upriver Studios LLC is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from RED HOOK. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 51% 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
1
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2020-01-14
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2020-01-14 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$1.0M$21MPre-Seed2020

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$1.0M · 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
$20.8M
Base estimate est.
$600K
Conservative case
$235.9M
Upside case
$5.6M
Modeled post-money

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 media sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
media
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
—
Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
6.7 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
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)▼ 0.5× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 2.9× above median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 1.2× above median
This company$20.8M
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 51% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% 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 #2 of 89.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Night Dive Studios, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Light Media Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $19.6M (est)Orc Film, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $19.3M (est)Spotlight Media Labs Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $817K · modeled $17.0M (est)Ripple Music, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $16.6M (est)CLI Studios, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.7M · modeled $16.6M (est)Native Media B.V. · Pre-Seed Raised $775K · modeled $16.1M (est)Players Media Group, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $725K · modeled $15.1M (est)Left Right Studios Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $830K · modeled $14.9M (est)Stick & Hack Media, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $635K · modeled $13.2M (est)Vype Media, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $625K · modeled $13.0M (est)Upriver Studios LLC (this company) Raised $1.0M · modeled $20.8M (est)Upriver Studios LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Night Dive Studios, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.39×
Upriver Studios LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.0M$20.8M3.39×
Light Media Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$19.6M3.19×
Orc Film, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$19.3M3.15×
Spotlight Media Labs IncPre-Seed$817K$17.0M2.77×
Ripple Music, Inc.Pre-Seed$800K$16.6M2.71×
CLI Studios, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.7M$16.6M2.71×
Native Media B.V.Pre-Seed$775K$16.1M2.63×
Players Media Group, Inc.Pre-Seed$725K$15.1M2.46×
Left Right Studios Inc.Pre-Seed$830K$14.9M2.42×
Stick & Hack Media, LLCPre-Seed$635K$13.2M2.15×
Vype Media, LLCPre-Seed$625K$13.0M2.12×
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$1.0M2020-01-14$5.6M$20.8M90%
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$1.0M2020-01-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M–$2.6M
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Last step-up
—
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
Elizabeth Davenport——2020-01
Mary Stuart Masterson——2020-01
Registry & provenance

Upriver Studios 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
1800293
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Upriver Studios LLC raised?
Upriver Studios LLC has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Upriver Studios LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Upriver Studios LLC is approximately $20.8M (modeled range $600K–$235.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Upriver Studios LLC at?
Upriver Studios LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jan 14.
What does Upriver Studios LLC do and where is it based?
Upriver Studios LLC operates in the Media & Content sector, based in RED HOOK.
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