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Zeppelin Group, LLC

BROOKLYN · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Zeppelin Group, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$500K
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 84%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Dec 04 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zeppelin Group, LLC looks under-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 telecom sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.48× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Telecommunications companies in 2010–2012 (74 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Zeppelin Group, 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
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $400K across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 17% of Telecommunications peers
Capital scale is ahead of 17% of Telecommunications peers; modeled value is above 13% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2012: $400K across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $250K on 2012-07-25.
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.
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 Telecommunications

Zeppelin Group, LLC is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from BROOKLYN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 17% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $162K (est)$100K$162KPre-SeedPre-Seed · 2012-07-25 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $6.7M (est)$250K$6.7MPre-Seed2012Pre-Seed · 2012-12-04 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $4.0M (est)$150K$4.0MPre-Seed2012+$250K+$150KCumulative $500K

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$100K
Pre-Seed extension$250K · 2012
Pre-Seed extension$150K · 2012

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.0M
Base estimate est.
$97K
Conservative case
$45.5M
Upside case
$833K
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 telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $162K · Pre-Seed · modeled $6.7M · 2012-07-25Pre-Seed · modeled $4.0M · 2012-12-042012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 53% high
1.60×/yr
Annual markup
2.16×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
258 mo
Avg between rounds
$12K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
3
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) 0.1× of median
This company$500K
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$365K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$4.0M
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 17% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 13% 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 #63 of 74.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Phonetime Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $26.8M (est)Pivotshare Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1000K · modeled $26.8M (est)Movero Technology Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $992K · modeled $26.6M (est)Comtech International, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $25.8M (est)Wish Upon a Hero, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $950K · modeled $25.4M (est)Communications Acquisitions Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $24.1M (est)Blue Calypso Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $24.1M (est)ID8-Mobile, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $875K · modeled $23.4M (est)Cynergen, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $829K · modeled $22.2M (est)Mytek Network Solutions LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $21.4M (est)Himark Group Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $21.4M (est)Jumpedal Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $725K · modeled $19.4M (est)Zeppelin Group, LLC (this company) Raised $500K · modeled $4.0M (est)Zeppelin Group, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Phonetime IncPre-Seed$1.0M$26.8M3.23×
Pivotshare Inc.Pre-Seed$1000K$26.8M3.23×
Movero Technology IncPre-Seed$992K$26.6M3.20×
Comtech International, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.1M$25.8M3.11×
Wish Upon a Hero, LLCPre-Seed$950K$25.4M3.06×
Communications Acquisitions CorpPre-Seed$900K$24.1M2.90×
Blue Calypso Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$3.3M$24.1M2.90×
ID8-Mobile, LLCPre-Seed$875K$23.4M2.82×
Cynergen, Inc.Pre-Seed$829K$22.2M2.67×
Mytek Network Solutions LLCPre-Seed$800K$21.4M2.58×
Himark Group LlcPre-Seed$1.2M$21.4M2.58×
Jumpedal CorpPre-Seed$725K$19.4M2.34×
Zeppelin Group, LLC this companyPre-Seed$500K$4.0M0.48×
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$250K2012-07-25$1.4M$6.7M90%
Pre-Seed$150K2012-12-04$833K$4.0M90%
Pre-Seed$100K$556K$162K90%
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$250K2012-07-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$150K2012-12-04
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~10 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2034 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~258mo cadence
$150K
Modeled next size est.range $150K$240K
0.6×
Last step-up
$12K/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
Alexander Epshteyn1 other2012-07
Geoffrey Gelman1 other2012-07
Joshua Casner1 other2012-07
Jonathan Eva2012-07
Registry & provenance

Zeppelin Group, 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
1555679
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Zeppelin Group, LLC raised?
Zeppelin Group, LLC has raised approximately $500K in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zeppelin Group, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zeppelin Group, LLC is approximately $4.0M (modeled range $97K–$45.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zeppelin Group, LLC at?
Zeppelin Group, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Dec 04.
What does Zeppelin Group, LLC do and where is it based?
Zeppelin Group, LLC operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in BROOKLYN.
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