Companies · Telecommunications

WHPFAC Ventures, LLC

MALIBU · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on WHPFAC Ventures, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.2M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.1×
Latest step-up
Top 72%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon May 07 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

WHPFAC Ventures, LLC 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 telecom 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 Seed Telecommunications companies in 2016–2018 (37 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (77% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

WHPFAC Ventures, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
8.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $2.5M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 29% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 29% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 46% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Normal applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2018: $2.5M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.3M on 2018-07-01.
  • Filing rows sum to $2.5M, while canonical raised total is $1.2M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Telecommunications

WHPFAC Ventures, LLC is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from MALIBU. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 29% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2018
Year incorporated
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$50MSeed · 2018-05-07 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $26M (est)$1.2M$26MSeed2018Seed · 2018-07-01 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $28M (est)$1.3M$28MSeed2018+$1.3MCumulative $2.5M

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$1.2M · 2018
Seed extension$1.3M · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-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
$25.6M
Base estimate est.
$1.0M
Conservative case
$201.0M
Upside case
$6.0M
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $25.6M · 2018-05-072018Seed · modeled $28.0M · 2018-07-012018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 60% high
1.49×/yr
Annual markup
1.96×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
2 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.2 yr
On record since
2018
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.9× of median
This company$25.6M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 29% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #25 of 37.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Light Beam Capital, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $86.1M (est)Tilson Technology Management, Inc. · Seed Raised $9.4M · modeled $75.4M (est)NetSapiens, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $71.4M (est)Exfo Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $70.0M (est)Vertical Communications Holdco Inc · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $65.8M (est)Freedom Telecom Services, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.9M · modeled $64.6M (est)Pacific Dataport Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $63.9M (est)Partyslate, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $60.3M (est)Carenote Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $53.8M (est)Kaleyra S.p.A. · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $50.7M (est)Kwikbit Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $50.0M (est)Designinc.com Corp · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $49.7M (est)WHPFAC Ventures, LLC (this company) Raised $1.2M · modeled $25.6M (est)WHPFAC Ventures, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Light Beam Capital, LLCSeed$4.0M$86.1M2.58×
Tilson Technology Management, Inc.Seed$9.4M$75.4M2.26×
NetSapiens, Inc.Seed$3.3M$71.4M2.14×
Exfo Inc.Seed$3.3M$70.0M2.10×
Vertical Communications Holdco IncSeed$3.1M$65.8M1.97×
Freedom Telecom Services, Inc.Seed$4.9M$64.6M1.94×
Pacific Dataport Inc.Seed$3.0M$63.9M1.92×
Partyslate, Inc.Seed$2.8M$60.3M1.81×
Carenote Inc.Seed$2.5M$53.8M1.61×
Kaleyra S.p.A.Seed$2.4M$50.7M1.52×
Kwikbit Inc.Seed$6.0M$50.0M1.50×
Designinc.com CorpSeed$2.3M$49.7M1.49×
WHPFAC Ventures, LLC this companySeed$1.2M$25.6M0.77×
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.
Seed$1.2M2018-05-07$6.0M$25.6M90%
Seed$1.3M2018-07-01$6.5M$28.0M90%
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. Seed$1.2M2018-05-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 18 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.3M2018-07-01
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~2mo cadence
$1.4M
Modeled next size est.range $1.3M$2.3M
1.1×
Last step-up
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
Lawrence Meli1 other2018-05
Registry & provenance

WHPFAC Ventures, LLC 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
1737411
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has WHPFAC Ventures, LLC raised?
WHPFAC Ventures, LLC has raised approximately $1.2M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is WHPFAC Ventures, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for WHPFAC Ventures, LLC is approximately $25.6M (modeled range $1.0M–$201.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is WHPFAC Ventures, LLC at?
WHPFAC Ventures, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon May 07.
What does WHPFAC Ventures, LLC do and where is it based?
WHPFAC Ventures, LLC operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in MALIBU.
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