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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Vertical Brands Media, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Vertical Brands Media, Inc. looks under-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 technology sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Vertical Brands Media, Inc. is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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.
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.
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.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series A — a $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 21292 companies in Other Technology. 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.
Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 51% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #693 of 789.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-Pixel | Series A | $19.4M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Exostar Corp | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| FoundationDB, Inc. | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| iDevices, LLC | Series A | $25.7M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Liaison Technologies, Inc. | Series A | $25.9M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| ikaSystems Corp | Series A | $27.5M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Rage Frameworks, Inc. | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Zafin Global Holdings Corp. | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Olapic, Inc. | Series A | $21.3M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Lavu Inc | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Vormetric Inc | Series A | $15.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| BlueData Software, Inc. | Series A | $19.0M | $416.1M | 2.73× |
| Vertical Brands Media, Inc. this company | Series A | $20.0M | $38.0M | 0.25× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $15.0M | 2013-11-19 | $68.2M | $416.1M | 90% |
| Series A | $3.7M | 2013-12-16 | $16.6M | $101.4M | 90% |
| Series A | $1.4M | 2014-12-31 | $6.2M | $38.0M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Christopher Herndon | — | — | 2013-11 |
| Dana Christopher Stalder | — | — | 2013-12 |
| John Douglas Kobs II | — | — | 2013-11 |
| Josh Christopher Hannah | — | — | 2013-12 |
Vertical Brands Media, 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.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
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