Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Whale Shark Media, Inc.
Whale Shark Media, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Whale Shark Media, Inc. operates in Other, based in AUSTIN.
Sector still resolves to a broad 'Other' bucket, so operating comparables below are weaker than for a tightly-classified peer.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Whale Shark Media, Inc. has raised $381M in disclosed capital across 6 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $150M on 2011-10-28.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2011-10-28.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Whale Shark Media, Inc. at approximately $2.6B (range $850M–$5.7B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.00× the median modeled value of Series D+ Other companies in 2010–2012 (92 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 5 months.
Last raise 14.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round stepped up 8.3× from the prior — scaling.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of Other peers (25015 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 99% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Wizard Parent LLC, VMP Holding Co II, LLC, Camp Global Holdings, Llc, Maple Leaf Foods Inc, IronCo. LLC.
Peoplefiled
21 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
Broad sector classification weakens peer comparison.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.