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VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp

San Jose · Computers

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$87.1M
Total raised · real
7
Rounds
0.9×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Sep 24 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp looks fair 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 software/compute sector profile.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.14× the median modeled value of Series B Computers companies in 2013–2015 (16 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (114% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Computers

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp is one of 1370 Computers companies tracked from San Jose. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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.

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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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries A · 2009-07-23 Raised $6.0M (real) Modeled valuation $198M (est)Series A2009Series A · 2009-09-02 Raised $3.8M (real) Modeled valuation $126M (est)Series A2009Series A · 2010-05-14 Raised $7.4M (real) Modeled valuation $246M (est)Series A2010Series B · 2010-10-14 Raised $22M (real) Modeled valuation $797M (est)Series B2010Series B · 2012-09-14 Raised $28M (real) Modeled valuation $1.0B (est)Series B2012Series B · 2014-09-24 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $387M (est)Series B2014Series B · 2014-09-24 Raised $10.0M (real) Modeled valuation $365M (est)Series B2014+$3.8M+$7.4M+$22M+$28M+$11M+$10.0MCumulative $87M

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
Series A$6.0M · 2009
Series A extension$3.8M · 2009
Series A extension$7.4M · 2010
Series B$21.9M · 2010
Series B extension$27.5M · 2012
Series B extension$10.6M · 2014
Series B extension$10.0M · 2014

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$386.9M
Base estimate est.
$26.5M
Conservative case
$1.5B
Upside case
$58.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the software/compute sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $198.0M · 2009-07-232009Series A · modeled $126.2M · 2009-09-02Series A · modeled $245.6M · 2010-05-14Series B · modeled $797.2M · 2010-10-14Series B · modeled $1.0B · 2012-09-14Series B · modeled $386.9M · 2014-09-24Series B · modeled $364.7M · 2014-09-242014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
68%
Survival probability
45% low · 83% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
software/compute
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$16.8M/yr
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
7
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1370 companies in Computers. 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) 46× above median
This company$87.1M
Sector median$1.9M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$10.0M
Sector median$20.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 12× above median
This company$386.9M
Sector median$33.0M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #8 of 16.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)InAuth,Inc. · Series B Raised $53.4M · modeled $1.1B (est)Diamond Topco Ltd · Series B Raised $27.9M · modeled $1.0B (est)Nervana Systems, Inc. · Series B Raised $24.4M · modeled $748.0M (est)Seven Lakes Enterprises, Inc. · Series B Raised $20.0M · modeled $729.4M (est)Xi3, Inc. · Series B Raised $29.6M · modeled $692.9M (est)iTOK, Inc. · Series B Raised $17.8M · modeled $647.8M (est)Ocz Technology Group Inc · Series B Raised $82.3M · modeled $477.7M (est)AppNeta, Inc. · Series B Raised $23.8M · modeled $291.8M (est)Nuventix Inc · Series B Raised $46.9M · modeled $182.3M (est)N-Trig Inc · Series B Raised $47.0M · modeled $164.1M (est)Dialogic Inc. · Series B Raised $61.0M · modeled $127.3M (est)VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp (this company) Raised $87.1M · modeled $386.9M (est)VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
InAuth,Inc.Series B$53.4M$1.1B3.22×
Diamond Topco LtdSeries B$27.9M$1.0B3.00×
Nervana Systems, Inc.Series B$24.4M$748.0M2.20×
Seven Lakes Enterprises, Inc.Series B$20.0M$729.4M2.15×
Xi3, Inc.Series B$29.6M$692.9M2.04×
iTOK, Inc.Series B$17.8M$647.8M1.91×
Ocz Technology Group IncSeries B$82.3M$477.7M1.41×
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp this companySeries B$87.1M$386.9M1.14×
AppNeta, Inc.Series B$23.8M$291.8M0.86×
Nuventix IncSeries B$46.9M$182.3M0.54×
N-Trig IncSeries B$47.0M$164.1M0.48×
Dialogic Inc.Series B$61.0M$127.3M0.38×
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.
Series A$6.0M2009-07-23$27.1M$198.0M90%
Series A$3.8M2009-09-02$17.3M$126.2M90%
Series A$7.4M2010-05-14$33.6M$245.6M90%
Series B$21.9M2010-10-14$121.4M$797.2M90%
Series B$27.5M2012-09-14$152.8M$1.0B90%
Series B$10.6M2014-09-24$58.9M$386.9M90%
Series B$10.0M2014-09-24$55.6M$364.7M90%
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. Series A$6.0M2009-07-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Series A$3.8M2009-09-02
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series A$7.4M2010-05-14
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  4. Series B$21.9M2010-10-14
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  5. Series B$27.5M2012-09-14
    • Raised again after 23 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  6. Series B$10.6M2014-09-24
    • Raised again after 24 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  7. Series B$10.0M2014-09-24
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$10.0M
Modeled next size est.range $10.0M$16.0M
0.9×
Last step-up
$16.8M/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
Michael Marks19 other2009-09
John Thompson12 other2009-09
John W. Thompson4 other2010-05
Jeffrey T. Parks3 other2012-09
James A Davidson2 other2009-07
Michael E. Marks2 other2010-05
Christopher J. Schaepe1 other2012-09
Craig W. Hanson1 other2010-10
James I. Cash, Jr.1 other2014-09
Barry W. Cooks2014-09
Bo W. Barker2014-09
Chris I. Schaepe2014-09
Christopher W. Schaepe2010-10
Craig I. Hanson2014-09
Craig T. Hanson2012-09
Dennis Morrison2009-07
Eileen W. Murphy2014-09
George M. Harrington2012-09
George W. Harrington2014-09
Hemant W. Taneja2014-09
Hermant A. Taneja2012-09
James R. Davidson2010-05
Jeff I. Parks2014-09
Jim I. Davidson2014-09
Registry & provenance

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp 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
1455340
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp raised?
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp has raised approximately $87.1M in disclosed capital across 7 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp is approximately $386.9M (modeled range $26.5M–$1.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp at?
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Sep 24.
What does VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp do and where is it based?
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Corp operates in the Computers sector, based in San Jose.
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