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Zindi, Inc.

EBENE · AI / ML · refined from filed group “Other Technology · founded 2018

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Zindi, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.9M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.1×
Latest step-up
Top 26%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Feb 18 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zindi, Inc. 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 ai/ml 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 1.05× the median modeled value of Seed AI / ML companies in 2022–2024 (73 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (105% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

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

1 Investor+4 more named people

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in AI / ML

Zindi, Inc. is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from EBENE, on record since 2018. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 75% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

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

SA’s Zindi raises $1m seed round to expand professional network of data scientists 0 By Tom Jackson on February 18, 2022 News , Southern Africa South African startup Zindi, a professional network of data scientists, has raised a US$1 million seed funding round to help it build on its impressive early growth. Launched in 2018 by Celina Lee, Megan Yates, and Ekow Duker around the belief that data science should be accessible to everyone, Zindi hosts a community of over 34,000 data scientists solving some of the world’s most pressing business and social challenges using machine learning and AI.

SA’s Zindi raises $1m seed round to expand professional network of data scientists 0 By Tom Jackson on February 18, 2022 News , Southern Africa South African startup Zindi, a professional network of data scientists, has raised a US$1 million seed funding round to help it build on its impressive early growth. Launched in 2018 by Celina Lee, Megan Yates, and Ekow Duker around the belief that data science should be accessible to everyone, Zindi hosts a community of over 34,000 data scientists solving some of the world’s most pressing business and social challenges using machine learning and AI.

ai/ml

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2021
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$50MPre-Seed · 2021-10-20 Raised $950K (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$950K$24MPre-Seed2021Seed · 2022-02-18 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$1.0M$19MSeed2022+$1.0MCumulative $1.9M

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$950K · 2021
Seed$1.0M · 2022

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$19.0M
Base estimate est.
$882K
Conservative case
$95.6M
Upside case
$5.0M
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 ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $24.4M · 2021-10-202021Seed · modeled $19.0M · 2022-02-182022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.68×/yr
Annual markup
2.20×/yr upside case
4.4 yr
Elapsed time used
4.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
ai/ml
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$5.9M/yr
Capital velocity
4.7 yr
On record since
2021
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. 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$1.9M
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$1.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$19.0M
Sector median$27.9M

Raised more than 75% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 78% 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 #34 of 73.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)MD.ai, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Edge AI Solutions Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $61.5M (est)Operative Intelligence Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $55.4M (est)Bookend AI Inc. · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $50.9M (est)Globus AI, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $47.2M (est)Subterra AI, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $43.0M (est)VERB AI Inc. · Seed Raised $4.3M · modeled $42.1M (est)Stella Automotive AI, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $40.5M (est)Invoke AI, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $36.3M (est)Themis AI Inc · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $34.6M (est)Adaya AI, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $33.7M (est)DeTech.ai Inc. · Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $32.6M (est)Zindi, Inc. (this company) Raised $1.9M · modeled $19.0M (est)Zindi, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
MD.ai, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M4.12×
Edge AI Solutions Inc.Seed$4.0M$61.5M3.41×
Operative Intelligence Holdings Inc.Seed$3.7M$55.4M3.07×
Bookend AI Inc.Seed$3.1M$50.9M2.82×
Globus AI, Inc.Seed$4.0M$47.2M2.62×
Subterra AI, Inc.Seed$2.2M$43.0M2.38×
VERB AI Inc.Seed$4.3M$42.1M2.33×
Stella Automotive AI, Inc.Seed$4.0M$40.5M2.24×
Invoke AI, Inc.Seed$3.7M$36.3M2.01×
Themis AI IncSeed$2.8M$34.6M1.92×
Adaya AI, Inc.Seed$2.0M$33.7M1.87×
DeTech.ai Inc.Seed$2.2M$32.6M1.80×
Zindi, Inc. this companySeed$1.9M$19.0M1.05×
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$950K2021-10-20$5.3M$24.4M90%
Seed$1.0M2022-02-18$5.0M$19.0M45%
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$950K2021-10-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.0M2022-02-18
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$1.7M
1.1×
Last step-up
$5.9M/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
Celina Lee2021-10
Dan Zigmond2021-10
Ekow Duker2021-10
Karim Beguir2021-10
Registry & provenance

Zindi, 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
1891170
SEC CIK
2021
Incorporated
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Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Launch Africa VenturesSeed55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Zindi, Inc. raised?
Zindi, Inc. has raised approximately $1.9M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zindi, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zindi, Inc. is approximately $19.0M (modeled range $882K–$95.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zindi, Inc. at?
Zindi, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Feb 18.
What does Zindi, Inc. do and where is it based?
Zindi, Inc. operates in the AI / ML sector, based in EBENE. SA’s Zindi raises $1m seed round to expand professional network of data scientists 0 By Tom Jackson on February 18, 2022 News , Southern Africa South African startup Zindi, a professional network of data scientists, has raised a US$1 million seed funding round to help it build on its impressive early growth. Launched in 2018 by Celina Lee, Megan Yates, and Ekow Duker around the belief that data science should be accessible to everyone, Zindi hosts a community of over 34,000 data scientists solving some of the world’s most pressing business and social challenges using machine learning and AI.
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