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WaterplayUSA, Inc.

Wilmington · Tourism and Travel Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on WaterplayUSA, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$758K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
2.8×
Latest step-up
Top 63%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Feb 28 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

WaterplayUSA, Inc. looks over-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 travel sector profile.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.09× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Tourism and Travel Services companies in 2013–2015 (12 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 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 Tourism and Travel Services

WaterplayUSA, Inc. is one of 172 Tourism and Travel Services companies tracked from Wilmington. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 38% 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
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2012-02-10 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $1.8M (est)$200K$1.8MPre-Seed2012Pre-Seed · 2014-02-28 Raised $558K (real) Modeled valuation $5.0M (est)$558K$5.0MPre-Seed2014+$558KCumulative $758K

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$200K · 2012
Pre-Seed extension$558K · 2014

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.0M
Base estimate est.
$331K
Conservative case
$56.4M
Upside case
$3.1M
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 travel sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.8M · 2012-02-102012Pre-Seed · modeled $5.0M · 2014-02-282014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 49% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.83×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
travel
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
25 mo
Avg between rounds
$370K/yr
Capital velocity
14.4 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 172 companies in Tourism and Travel 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) 0.6× of median
This company$758K
Sector median$1.3M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$558K
Sector median$400K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.9× of median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$5.5M

Raised more than 38% 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 (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 #3 of 12.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Asia Travel Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $5.6M (est)Luxury Link Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $625K · modeled $5.6M (est)RVspotfinder.com, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $907K · modeled $4.9M (est)Paradine, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $405K · modeled $3.6M (est)San Lotus Holding Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $333K · modeled $3.0M (est)Safarious, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $200K · modeled $1.8M (est)Hotelzilla, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $198K · modeled $1.8M (est)BachWeekend, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $191K · modeled $1.7M (est)Island Windjammers, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $1.6M (est)Legacy Travel Club Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $892K (est)Lanier Family B&B Network, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $892K (est)WaterplayUSA, Inc. (this company) Raised $758K · modeled $5.0M (est)WaterplayUSA, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Asia Travel CorpPre-Seed$1.1M$5.6M2.36×
Luxury Link LlcPre-Seed$625K$5.6M2.34×
WaterplayUSA, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$758K$5.0M2.09×
RVspotfinder.com, LLCPre-Seed$907K$4.9M2.06×
Paradine, Inc.Pre-Seed$405K$3.6M1.52×
San Lotus Holding IncPre-Seed$333K$3.0M1.25×
Safarious, Inc.Pre-Seed$200K$1.8M0.75×
Hotelzilla, Inc.Pre-Seed$198K$1.8M0.74×
BachWeekend, Inc.Pre-Seed$191K$1.7M0.72×
Island Windjammers, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$1.6M0.66×
Legacy Travel Club IncPre-Seed$100K$892K0.38×
Lanier Family B&B Network, LLCPre-Seed$100K$892K0.38×
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.
Pre-Seed$200K2012-02-10$1.1M$1.8M90%
Pre-Seed$558K2014-02-28$3.1M$5.0M90%
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$200K2012-02-10
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$558K2014-02-28
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~25mo cadence
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$2.5M
2.8×
Last step-up
$370K/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
William J Smith1 other2012-02
Michael A Duncan2012-02
Walton W Smith2012-02
Registry & provenance

WaterplayUSA, 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
1565593
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has WaterplayUSA, Inc. raised?
WaterplayUSA, Inc. has raised approximately $758K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is WaterplayUSA, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for WaterplayUSA, Inc. is approximately $5.0M (modeled range $331K–$56.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is WaterplayUSA, Inc. at?
WaterplayUSA, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Feb 28.
What does WaterplayUSA, Inc. do and where is it based?
WaterplayUSA, Inc. operates in the Tourism and Travel Services sector, based in Wilmington.
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