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ANI Energy, LLC

CARMEL · Energy / Climate · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on ANI Energy, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.5M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.4×
Latest step-up
Top 68%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Oct 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

ANI Energy, LLC looks over-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the energy 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 2.38× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Energy / Climate companies in 2022–2024 (18 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.7 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.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

ANI Energy, 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
5.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2021 with $968K across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 33% of Energy / Climate peers
Capital scale is ahead of 33% of Energy / Climate peers; modeled value is above 27% 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 2021: $968K across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $618K on 2021-03-22.
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 Energy / Climate

ANI Energy, LLC is one of 235 Energy / Climate companies tracked from CARMEL. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 33% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2020
Year incorporated
2022-10-13
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2021-03-22 Raised $618K (real) Modeled valuation $8.7M (est)$618K$8.7MPre-Seed2021Pre-Seed · 2021-11-03 Raised $350K (real) Modeled valuation $3.8M (est)$350K$3.8MPre-Seed2021Pre-Seed · 2022-10-13 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $3.7M (est)$500K$3.7MPre-Seed2022+$350K+$500KCumulative $1.5M

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$618K · 2021
Pre-Seed extension$350K · 2021
Pre-Seed extension$500K · 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
$3.7M
Base estimate est.
$310K
Conservative case
$20.8M
Upside case
$2.8M
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 energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $8.7M · 2021-03-222021Pre-Seed · modeled $3.8M · 2021-11-03Pre-Seed · modeled $3.7M · 2022-10-132022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 51% high
1.52×/yr
Annual markup
2.06×/yr upside case
3.7 yr
Elapsed time used
3.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$940K/yr
Capital velocity
5.3 yr
On record since
2021
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 235 companies in Energy / Climate. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$5.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$500K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$3.7M
Sector median$19.0M

Raised more than 33% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 27% 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 #5 of 18.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Dynamo Energy Hub, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $6.8M (est)Li-FT Power Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $773K · modeled $5.2M (est)Quauntum Green Energy Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $4.2M (est)MCF Energy Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $4.0M (est)LNG Energy Group Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $380K · modeled $2.3M (est)K-9 Power Products, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $548K · modeled $2.0M (est)NeoGreen Hydrogen Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $232K · modeled $1.7M (est)PureWave Hydrogen Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $455K · modeled $1.6M (est)Peak Thermal, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $300K · modeled $1.5M (est)Arctic Hunter Energy Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $627K · modeled $1.5M (est)Carbon-Ion Energy, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $175K · modeled $1.4M (est)ANI Energy, LLC (this company) Raised $1.5M · modeled $3.7M (est)ANI Energy, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Dynamo Energy Hub, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$6.8M4.42×
Li-FT Power Ltd.Pre-Seed$773K$5.2M3.36×
Quauntum Green Energy IncPre-Seed$500K$4.2M2.75×
MCF Energy Ltd.Pre-Seed$600K$4.0M2.60×
ANI Energy, LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.5M$3.7M2.38×
LNG Energy Group Inc.Pre-Seed$380K$2.3M1.52×
K-9 Power Products, Inc.Pre-Seed$548K$2.0M1.29×
NeoGreen Hydrogen Corp.Pre-Seed$232K$1.7M1.12×
PureWave Hydrogen Corp.Pre-Seed$455K$1.6M1.03×
Peak Thermal, IncPre-Seed$300K$1.5M0.97×
Arctic Hunter Energy Inc.Pre-Seed$627K$1.5M0.97×
Carbon-Ion Energy, Inc.Pre-Seed$175K$1.4M0.91×
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$618K2021-03-22$3.4M$8.7M90%
Pre-Seed$350K2021-11-03$1.9M$3.8M90%
Pre-Seed$500K2022-10-13$2.8M$3.7M90%
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$618K2021-03-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$350K2021-11-03
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$500K2022-10-13
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$714K
Modeled next size est.range $500K$1.1M
1.4×
Last step-up
$940K/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
Brady Evan Burns2 other2021-03
Brady Evans Burns2022-10
Daniel Evan Fine2021-03
Joshua Evan Richards2021-03
Warren Evan Lentz2021-11
Warrent Evan Lentz2021-03
Registry & provenance

ANI Energy, 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
1867303
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has ANI Energy, LLC raised?
ANI Energy, LLC has raised approximately $1.5M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is ANI Energy, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for ANI Energy, LLC is approximately $3.7M (modeled range $310K–$20.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is ANI Energy, LLC at?
ANI Energy, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Oct 13.
What does ANI Energy, LLC do and where is it based?
ANI Energy, LLC operates in the Energy / Climate sector, based in CARMEL.
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