London · South Africa · founded 1998 · https://virginactive.co.za/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Virgin Active — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Virgin Active: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
South African company, based in London.
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.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. 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 96% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% of peers (estimate).
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No rounds recorded. | |||||
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 and directors named in public records reported, grouped by stated role. Each links to their operator profile and other companies they're tied to.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Branson | Founder | 2 other | — |
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Active | — | — | — | — | network1 shared operator |
| Virgin Active | — | — | — | — | network1 shared operator |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Active Australian company, based in London. | — | — | — | 94% |
| Virgin Active Namibian company, based in London. | — | — | — | 93% |
| Virgin Mobile South Africa South African company, based in South Africa. Sector: telecommunications. | telecommunications | — | — | 79% |
| Office London South African company. | — | — | — | 79% |
| The Natal Mercury South African company, based in Durban. | — | — | — | 75% |
| La Residence South African company. | — | — | — | 74% |
| Windsor Self Catering Apartments South African company. | Proptech / Real Estate | — | — | 74% |
| Queens Hotel South African company. | Hospitality / Travel | — | — | 74% |
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