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DotCal already raised $600K at a $15M valuation

David Matthews · #106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars · Mar 4, 2025 · at 25:57

David Matthews, founder of scheduling platform DotCal, defends his startup's valuation to investors on The Pitch.

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“We've already raised 600,000 dollars at a fifteen million dollar valuation.”

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The claim, plainly

DotCal has raised $600,000 at a $15 million valuation.

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Assessment

The claim asserts that Dotcal had raised $600,000 at a $15 million valuation at the time of the pitch. While public venture records and reporting confirm that Dotcal raised early-stage funding totaling between $850,000 (Wellfound) and $1.2 million (Unicorner Report, September 18, 2023) from investors including Soma Capital and Village Global, there are no SEC Form D filings or publicly disclosed valuation terms in venture databases (such as PitchBook) confirming the specific $600,000 milestone or the $15 million valuation cap. Because Dotcal is a privately held company and these detailed interim round terms are not available in public records, the specific valuation leg of the claim cannot be independently verified or settled with public information.

Searches of the SEC EDGAR database show no Form D filings for Dotcal or Dotcal, Inc.
PitchBook and Wellfound list early funding rounds (totaling $850,000 on Wellfound) without disclosing specific valuation caps or round valuations.
Unicorner Report (September 18, 2023) confirms total funding reached $1.2 million, but does not provide historical valuation terms for the interim $600,000 figure.
The $600,000 at a $15 million valuation figure originates solely from the founder's statements on The Pitch podcast.

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[1] pitchbook.com [2] pitchbook.com [3] pitchbook.com [4] wellfound.com [5] unicorner.news [6] thepitch.show [7] thepitch.show [8] youtube.com

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