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Wake, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO · Business Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Wake, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.1M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 26%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Sep 22 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Wake, 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 business services sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.17× the median modeled value of Seed Business Services companies in 2016–2018 (62 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports $0–$1M revenue while modeled below niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.8 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 Business Services

Wake, Inc. is one of 2439 Business Services companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 75% 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
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
8
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2017-09-22
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2015-04-14 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $52M (est)$2.0M$52MSeed2015Seed · 2015-04-14 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $52M (est)$2.0M$52MSeed2015Seed · 2015-04-14 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $52M (est)$2.0M$52MSeed2015Pre-Seed · 2015-04-14 Raised $750K (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$750K$24MPre-Seed2015Seed · 2016-03-14 Raised $1.8M (real) Modeled valuation $46M (est)$1.8M$46MSeed2016Seed · 2017-09-22 Raised $295K (real) Modeled valuation $7.5M (est)$295K$7.5MSeed2017+$2.0M+$2.0M+$750K+$1.8M+$295KCumulative $9.0M

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$2.0M · 2015
Seed extension$2.0M · 2015
Seed extension$2.0M · 2015
Bridge · Seed-stage$750K · 2015smaller follow-on
Seed extension$1.8M · 2016
Seed extension$295K · 2017

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.5M
Base estimate est.
$270K
Conservative case
$58.7M
Upside case
$1.5M
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 business services sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $52.1M · 2015-04-142015Seed · modeled $52.1M · 2015-04-14Seed · modeled $52.1M · 2015-04-14Pre-Seed · modeled $23.7M · 2015-04-14Seed · modeled $45.7M · 2016-03-14Seed · modeled $7.5M · 2017-09-222017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.52×/yr
Annual markup
2.00×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
business services
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
6 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.7M/yr
Capital velocity
11.2 yr
On record since
2015
First round
6
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2439 companies in Business Services. 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) 2.8× above median
This company$4.1M
Sector median$1.5M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$295K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$7.5M
Sector median$15.0M

Raised more than 75% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 48% 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 #59 of 62.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Brightfield Strategies, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $101.6M (est)Anchor Worldwide Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $101.1M (est)We Quilt, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $99.9M (est)Centrifuge Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $96.7M (est)New Gen Holdings Inc · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $90.2M (est)Sense360 Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $88.9M (est)Auxilio Inc · Seed Raised $7.1M · modeled $88.0M (est)2018 Permian Basin JV · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $87.0M (est)SBS Pinhook IV LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $76.2M (est)SBS Pinhook III LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $76.2M (est)4Front Ventures, Inc. · Seed Raised $8.9M · modeled $76.2M (est)Tradiv, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $75.5M (est)Wake, Inc. (this company) Raised $4.1M · modeled $7.5M (est)Wake, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Brightfield Strategies, LLCSeed$4.0M$101.6M2.24×
Anchor Worldwide Holdings LLCSeed$4.0M$101.1M2.23×
We Quilt, Inc.Seed$3.9M$99.9M2.20×
Centrifuge Inc.Seed$3.8M$96.7M2.13×
New Gen Holdings IncSeed$3.6M$90.2M1.99×
Sense360 Inc.Seed$3.5M$88.9M1.96×
Auxilio IncSeed$7.1M$88.0M1.94×
2018 Permian Basin JVSeed$3.4M$87.0M1.92×
SBS Pinhook IV LLCSeed$3.0M$76.2M1.68×
SBS Pinhook III LLCSeed$3.0M$76.2M1.68×
4Front Ventures, Inc.Seed$8.9M$76.2M1.68×
Tradiv, Inc.Seed$3.6M$75.5M1.66×
Wake, Inc. this companySeed$4.1M$7.5M0.17×
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$2.0M2015-04-14$10.3M$52.1M85%
Seed$2.0M2015-04-14$10.3M$52.1M85%
Seed$2.0M2015-04-14$10.3M$52.1M85%
Pre-Seed$750K2015-04-14$4.2M$23.7M85%
Seed$1.8M2016-03-14$9.0M$45.7M90%
Seed$295K2017-09-22$1.5M$7.5M90%
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. Seed$2.0M2015-04-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$2.0M2015-04-14
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 04.2).
    • 16 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$2.0M2015-04-14
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$750K2015-04-14
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 04.2 (was Rule 506(b)).
    • 10 investors on this round.
  5. Seed$1.8M2016-03-14
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Revenue band moved No revenue → $0–$1M.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 04.2).
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Seed$295K2017-09-22
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 8 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~6mo cadence
$295K
Modeled next size est.range $295K$471K
0.2×
Last step-up
$1.7M/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
Christopher Kalani2015-04
Johan Bakken2015-04
Tobias Baeck2015-04
Registry & provenance

Wake, 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
1647303
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Wake, Inc. raised?
Wake, Inc. has raised approximately $4.1M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Wake, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Wake, Inc. is approximately $7.5M (modeled range $270K–$58.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Wake, Inc. at?
Wake, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Sep 22.
What does Wake, Inc. do and where is it based?
Wake, Inc. operates in the Business Services sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO.
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