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Waagu, Inc.

CUPERTINO · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Waagu, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.4M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 67%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Aug 30 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Waagu, Inc. 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 technology 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 0.77× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Technology companies in 2019–2021 (1021 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (77% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Other Technology

Waagu, Inc. is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from CUPERTINO. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 34% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2019-08-30
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 · 2016-03-09 Raised $275K (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$275K$12MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2017-02-16 Raised $139K (real) Modeled valuation $5.9M (est)$139K$5.9MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2019-04-05 Raised $800K (real) Modeled valuation $34M (est)$800K$34MPre-Seed2019Pre-Seed · 2019-08-30 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $8.5M (est)$200K$8.5MPre-Seed2019+$139K+$800K+$200KCumulative $1.4M

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$275K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$139K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$800K · 2019
Pre-Seed extension$200K · 2019

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$8.5M
Base estimate est.
$131K
Conservative case
$96.1M
Upside case
$1.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $11.7M · 2016-03-092016Pre-Seed · modeled $5.9M · 2017-02-16Pre-Seed · modeled $33.9M · 2019-04-05Pre-Seed · modeled $8.5M · 2019-08-302019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 54% high
1.72×/yr
Annual markup
2.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$407K/yr
Capital velocity
10.3 yr
On record since
2016
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$200K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$8.5M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 34% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 21% 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 #627 of 1,021.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Rabbit Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $11.2M · modeled $221.9M (est)Happy Gears, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Cylogic Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Airzebra Holding Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Pegasystems Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Instaprotek, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)HR Soft Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Zurra, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Gravity Jack, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $42.4M (est)Humen, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $42.4M (est)Route4Me, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Emini Futures Day Trader LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Waagu, Inc. (this company) Raised $1.4M · modeled $8.5M (est)Waagu, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Rabbit Inc.Pre-Seed$11.2M$221.9M20.28×
Happy Gears, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Cylogic Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Airzebra Holding IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Pegasystems IncPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Instaprotek, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
HR Soft Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Zurra, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Gravity Jack, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$42.4M3.87×
Humen, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$42.4M3.87×
Route4Me, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Emini Futures Day Trader LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M3.87×
Waagu, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$1.4M$8.5M0.77×
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$275K2016-03-09$1.5M$11.7M85%
Pre-Seed$139K2017-02-16$772K$5.9M90%
Pre-Seed$800K2019-04-05$4.4M$33.9M90%
Pre-Seed$200K2019-08-30$1.1M$8.5M90%
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$275K2016-03-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$139K2017-02-16
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$800K2019-04-05
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$200K2019-08-30
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $200K$320K
0.3×
Last step-up
$407K/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
Nagesh Challa2 other2016-03
Venkata T. Gobburu1 other2016-03
Registry & provenance

Waagu, 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.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1669750
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Waagu, Inc. raised?
Waagu, Inc. has raised approximately $1.4M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Waagu, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Waagu, Inc. is approximately $8.5M (modeled range $131K–$96.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Waagu, Inc. at?
Waagu, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Aug 30.
What does Waagu, Inc. do and where is it based?
Waagu, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in CUPERTINO.
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