Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
American Aerogel Corp
American Aerogel Corp looks fair against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
American Aerogel Corp operates in Other, based in ROCHESTER.
Sector still resolves to a broad 'Other' bucket, so operating comparables below are weaker than for a tightly-classified peer.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
American Aerogel Corp has raised $174M in disclosed capital across 13 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series C (a $40M–$100M round).
Largest single filing: $78M on 2023-08-22.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2023-08-22.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models American Aerogel Corp at approximately $717M (range $302M–$1.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.34× the median modeled value of Series C Other companies in 2022–2024 (192 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (134% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 11 months.
Last raise 2.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
The last round stepped up 1.4× from the prior — scaling.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 98% of Other peers (25015 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 96% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Wild Type, Inc., Thingy Thing Inc., Intelycare, Inc., CertiK Global Ltd., Ivanhoe Electric Inc..
Peoplefiled
24 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Overdue for a raise versus sector norm — distress or bridge risk.
Broad sector classification weakens peer comparison.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.