Companies · Telecommunications

Vanu Coverage Co.

CAMBRIDGE · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Vanu Coverage Co. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.2M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 54%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Apr 17 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Vanu Coverage Co. 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 telecom 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 1.91× the median modeled value of Seed Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (53 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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

Vanu Coverage Co. is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from CAMBRIDGE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 47% 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 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$100MSeed · 2012-04-17 Raised $3.2M (real) Modeled valuation $68M (est)$3.2M$68MSeed2012

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$3.2M · 2012

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$68.3M
Base estimate est.
$2.8M
Conservative case
$535.7M
Upside case
$15.9M
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.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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
14.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
14.2 yr
On record since
2012
First round
1
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) 0.8× of median
This company$3.2M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.0× above median
This company$3.2M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.4× above median
This company$68.3M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 47% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 65% 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 #7 of 53.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Glt Enterra, Lp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $86.1M (est)Pavlov Media, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $86.1M (est)Genband Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $85.2M (est)Edgecore Networks, Inc. · Seed Raised $7.2M · modeled $77.5M (est)Evolveip Holdings, Llc · Seed Raised $7.0M · modeled $75.4M (est)SignalSet, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $74.5M (est)Cenoplex, LLC · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $64.6M (est)Turnip Truck II, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $64.6M (est)aXess america, LLC · Seed Raised $2.9M · modeled $62.4M (est)Network Management Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.4M · modeled $60.3M (est)Last Mile Inc · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $59.2M (est)Vanu Coverage Co. (this company) Raised $3.2M · modeled $68.3M (est)Vanu Coverage Co.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Glt Enterra, LpSeed$4.0M$86.1M2.41×
Pavlov Media, Inc.Seed$4.0M$86.1M2.41×
Genband Inc.Seed$4.0M$85.2M2.38×
Edgecore Networks, Inc.Seed$7.2M$77.5M2.17×
Evolveip Holdings, LlcSeed$7.0M$75.4M2.11×
SignalSet, Inc.Seed$3.5M$74.5M2.08×
Vanu Coverage Co. this companySeed$3.2M$68.3M1.91×
Cenoplex, LLCSeed$4.5M$64.6M1.81×
Turnip Truck II, LLCSeed$3.0M$64.6M1.81×
aXess america, LLCSeed$2.9M$62.4M1.75×
Network Management Holdings, LLCSeed$4.4M$60.3M1.69×
Last Mile IncSeed$4.5M$59.2M1.66×
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$3.2M2012-04-17$15.9M$68.3M90%
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$3.2M2012-04-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$5.1M
Modeled next size est.range $3.3M$8.1M
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
Andrew D Beard2012-04
Barry D West2012-04
Matthew D Christensen2012-04
Richard Biby2012-04
Vanu D Bose2012-04
Registry & provenance

Vanu Coverage Co. 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
1548899
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Vanu Coverage Co. raised?
Vanu Coverage Co. has raised approximately $3.2M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Vanu Coverage Co.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Vanu Coverage Co. is approximately $68.3M (modeled range $2.8M–$535.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Vanu Coverage Co. at?
Vanu Coverage Co.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Apr 17.
What does Vanu Coverage Co. do and where is it based?
Vanu Coverage Co. operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in CAMBRIDGE.
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