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Zense-Life Inc

CARLSBAD · Biotechnology

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$2.7M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
—
Latest step-up
Top 69%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 03 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zense-Life 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 biotech 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 1.71× the median modeled value of Seed Biotechnology companies in 2016–2018 (175 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Biotechnology

Zense-Life Inc is one of 4293 Biotechnology companies tracked from CARLSBAD. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 32% 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
4
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2018-12-03
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeed · 2018-12-03 Raised $2.7M (real) Modeled valuation $121M (est)$2.7M$121MSeed2018

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$2.7M · 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
$121.4M
Base estimate est.
$2.0M
Conservative case
$952.8M
Upside case
$13.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the biotech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
32%
Survival probability
14% low · 50% high
1.74×/yr
Annual markup
2.28×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
biotech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
—
Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
7.8 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4293 companies in Biotechnology. 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)▼ 0.4× of median
This company$2.7M
Sector median$7.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.6× above median
This company$2.7M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 1.9× above median
This company$121.4M
Sector median$64.2M

Raised more than 32% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 62% 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 #33 of 175.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Mimedx Group, Inc. · Seed Raised $8.2M · modeled $177.6M (est)Kenjockety Biotechnology, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $177.6M (est)Helocyte, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $177.5M (est)CytoDel, INC. · Seed Raised $4.1M · modeled $173.4M (est)Finch Therapeutics, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $165.8M (est)Cordex Systems, Inc · Seed Raised $6.4M · modeled $164.2M (est)Viking Therapeutics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $162.3M (est)Escalier Biosciences B.V. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $155.4M (est)Corino Therapeutics, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $154.3M (est)Captozyme Inc. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $151.0M (est)BluDiagnostics, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $151.0M (est)FORGE Life Science, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $149.5M (est)Zense-Life Inc (this company) Raised $2.7M · modeled $121.4M (est)Zense-Life Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mimedx Group, Inc.Seed$8.2M$177.6M2.50×
Kenjockety Biotechnology, LLCSeed$4.0M$177.6M2.50×
Helocyte, Inc.Seed$4.0M$177.5M2.50×
CytoDel, INC.Seed$4.1M$173.4M2.44×
Finch Therapeutics, Inc.Seed$4.5M$165.8M2.33×
Cordex Systems, IncSeed$6.4M$164.2M2.31×
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.Seed$3.7M$162.3M2.28×
Escalier Biosciences B.V.Seed$3.5M$155.4M2.19×
Corino Therapeutics, Inc.Seed$3.5M$154.3M2.17×
Captozyme Inc.Seed$3.4M$151.0M2.12×
BluDiagnostics, Inc.Seed$4.5M$151.0M2.12×
FORGE Life Science, LLCSeed$3.6M$149.5M2.10×
Zense-Life Inc this companySeed$2.7M$121.4M1.71×
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$2.7M2018-12-03$13.7M$121.4M90%
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$2.7M2018-12-03
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$4.4M
Modeled next size est.range $2.8M–$7.0M
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Last step-up
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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
Adam Lin—2 other2018-12
Jane Conner—1 other2018-12
LEIF BOWMAN—1 other2018-12
Huashi Zhang——2018-12
Robert Boock——2018-12
Registry & provenance

Zense-Life 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
1761412
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Semantically similar

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Zense-Life Inc raised?
Zense-Life Inc has raised approximately $2.7M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zense-Life Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zense-Life Inc is approximately $121.4M (modeled range $2.0M–$952.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zense-Life Inc at?
Zense-Life Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 03.
What does Zense-Life Inc do and where is it based?
Zense-Life Inc operates in the Biotechnology sector, based in CARLSBAD.
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