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World View Enterprises Inc.

TUCSON · Defense · refined from filed group “Other Technology · https://www.worldview.space/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on World View Enterprises Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.6B
Total raised · real
6
Rounds
345.3×
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Thu May 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

World View Enterprises Inc. has raised $2.6B over 6 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the defense sector profile.

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

Active
  • Last raise 14 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.
Leadership

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

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Where it sits in Defense

World View Enterprises Inc. is one of 61 Defense companies tracked from TUCSON. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via high-altitude balloons. Offering remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings.

World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via high-altitude balloons. Offering remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings. World View is the leader in high-altitude balloon remote sensing and persistent observation. We expand that stratospheric advantage by connecting additional domains and sensor modalities through an interconnected intelligence hub. Now teams can move faster from data to decisions. Today’s missions demand more than isolated data feeds. World View connects platforms, sensors, and workflows into decision-grade intelligence. All delivered at operational tempo. Orchestrate sensing across air, stratosphere, and space to match the mission, not the platform. Combine complementary modalities (EO/FMV, IR, SAR, hyperspectral and more) to detect, corroborate, and track what matters. Reduce seams between data sources and accelerate decisions with fully integrated workflows compiled into a single pane of glass. World View’s stratospheric heritage established a foundation for persistent observation and mission execution. Today, we're applying that operational disci

defensehardware/semispace/aerospace
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Trades publicly as World View.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
12
Investors (latest)
2025-05-08
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$12.5B$25.0B$37.5B$50.0BSeed · 2013-10-22 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $38M (est)Seed2013Seed · 2013-10-22 Raised $1.6M (real) Modeled valuation $55M (est)Seed2013Series A · 2014-11-05 Raised $7.2M (real) Modeled valuation $200M (est)Series A2014Series A · 2016-02-19 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $282M (est)Series A2016Series A · 2016-02-19 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $416M (est)Series A2016Series B · 2018-03-26 Raised $25M (real) Modeled valuation $765M (est)Series B2018Series B · 2019-09-10 Raised $7.5M (real) Modeled valuation $228M (est)Series B2019Growth/Late · 2025-05-08 Raised $2.6B (real) Modeled valuation $30.6B (est)Growth/Late2025+$1.6M+$7.2M+$10M+$15M+$25M+$7.5M+$2.6BCumulative $2.6B

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$1.1M · 2013
Seed extension$1.6M · 2013
Series A$7.2M · 2014
Series A extension$10.1M · 2016
Series A extension$14.9M · 2016
Series B$25.0M · 2018
Series B extension$7.5M · 2019
Growth/Late$2.6B · 2025no Series C / Series D+ on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 57%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$30.6B
Base estimate est.
$20.9B
Conservative case
$35.4B
Upside case
$25.7B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the defense sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $37.7M · 2013-10-222013Seed · modeled $54.8M · 2013-10-22Series A · modeled $200.1M · 2014-11-05Series A · modeled $281.6M · 2016-02-19Series A · modeled $415.7M · 2016-02-19Series B · modeled $765.3M · 2018-03-26Series B · modeled $228.2M · 2019-09-10Growth/Late · modeled $30.6B · 2025-05-082025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
94%
Survival probability
81% low · 98% high
1.23×/yr
Annual markup
1.34×/yr upside case
1.1 yr
Elapsed time used
1.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
defense
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
20 mo
Avg between rounds
$227.9M/yr
Capital velocity
12.7 yr
On record since
2013
First round
8
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 61 companies in Defense. 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) 405× above median
This company$2.6B
Sector median$6.5M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.6× above median
This company$2.6B
Sector median$981.1M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 617× above median
This company$30.6B
Sector median$49.6M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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.

Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
World View Enterprises Inc. this companyGrowth/Late$2.6B$30.6B1.69×
Sierra Space CorpGrowth/Late$2.0B$5.5B0.31×
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$1.1M2013-10-22$5.5M$37.7M85%
Seed$1.6M2013-10-22$8.0M$54.8M85%
Series A$7.2M2014-11-05$32.6M$200.1M85%
Series A$10.1M2016-02-19$45.9M$281.6M85%
Series A$14.9M2016-02-19$67.8M$415.7M85%
Series B$25.0M2018-03-26$138.9M$765.3M90%
Series B$7.5M2019-09-10$41.4M$228.2M90%
Growth/Late$2.6B2025-05-08$25.7B$30.6B90%
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$1.1M2013-10-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.6M2013-10-22
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 15 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$7.2M2014-11-05
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$10.1M2016-02-19
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$14.9M2016-02-19
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 21 investors on this round.
  6. Series B$25.0M2018-03-26
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  7. Series B$7.5M2019-09-10
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  8. Growth/Late$2.6B2025-05-08
    • Raised again after 68 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 345.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 12 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~20mo cadence
$7.7B
Modeled next size est.range $5.0B$12.4B
345.3×
Last step-up
$227.9M/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
SAMEER GANDHI16 other2019-09
Vab Goel5 other2016-02
Deepak Kamra4 other2016-02
Alan Stern2 other2013-10
Ryan Hartman1 other2019-09
Sameer Ghandi1 other2018-03
Taber MacCallum1 other2013-10
Charlie Precourt2025-05
David Jourdan2013-10
Dennis A. Muilenburg2025-05
Don Tringali2013-10
Grant Anderson2013-10
Jane Poynter2013-10
Jon Piatt2025-05
Ken Dorushka2013-10
Lyndon Lea2025-05
Matteo Genna2019-09
Ron Garan2019-09
Stephen A. Wideman2025-05
Thomas Riboud-Seydoux Fornier De Clausonne2014-11
Tom Ingersoll2016-02
Tony Di Bona2018-03
Registry & provenance

World View Enterprises 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
1590472
SEC CIK
Recent activityActive

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Frequently asked
How much funding has World View Enterprises Inc. raised?
World View Enterprises Inc. has raised approximately $2.6B in disclosed capital across 6 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is World View Enterprises Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for World View Enterprises Inc. is approximately $30.6B (modeled range $20.9B–$35.4B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is World View Enterprises Inc. at?
World View Enterprises Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu May 08.
What does World View Enterprises Inc. do and where is it based?
World View Enterprises Inc. operates in the Defense sector, based in TUCSON. World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via high-altitude balloons. Offering remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings.
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