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Aquatech Bioenergy Llc

SIOUX FALLS · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Aquatech Bioenergy Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$13.1M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 27%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon May 14 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Aquatech Bioenergy 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 energy 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 0.25× the median modeled value of Series A Other Energy companies in 2010–2012 (78 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Aquatech Bioenergy 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 Undated with $12.3M across 4 filings.
Market position
ahead of 74% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 74% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 44% 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 Undated: $12.3M across 4 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $4.5M on .
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 Other Energy

Aquatech Bioenergy Llc is one of 2048 Other Energy companies tracked from SIOUX FALLS. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 74% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $6.7M (est)$3.5M$6.7MSeedSeries A · Raised $4.5M (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$4.5M$11MSeries APre-Seed · Raised $700K (real) Modeled valuation $1.1M (est)$700K$1.1MPre-SeedSeed · Raised $3.6M (real) Modeled valuation $6.8M (est)$3.6M$6.8MSeedPre-Seed · 2012-05-14 Raised $845K (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)$845K$14MPre-Seed2012+$4.5M+$700K+$3.6M+$845KCumulative $13M

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
Seed$3.5M
Series A$4.5M
Bridge · Series A-stage$700Ksmaller follow-on
Bridge · Series A-stage$3.6Msmaller follow-on
Bridge · Series A-stage$845K · 2012smaller follow-on

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$13.6M
Base estimate est.
$535K
Conservative case
$154.6M
Upside case
$4.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $6.7M · Series A · modeled $10.7M · Pre-Seed · modeled $1.1M · Seed · modeled $6.8M · Pre-Seed · modeled $13.6M · 2012-05-142012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.47×/yr
Annual markup
2.00×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
127 mo
Avg between rounds
$310K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2048 companies in Other Energy. 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) 3.8× above median
This company$13.1M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$845K
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$13.6M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 74% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 44% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #70 of 78.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Great Plains Sand, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $158.5M (est)INEOS New Planet Bioenergy LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $158.5M (est)Torqued Up Energy Services Inc · Series A Raised $20.5M · modeled $158.5M (est)Advanced Energy Industries Inc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $158.5M (est)A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. · Series A Raised $14.8M · modeled $155.9M (est)Hydro Ex Acquisition, LLC · Series A Raised $14.6M · modeled $154.0M (est)Brigus Gold Corp. · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $133.6M (est)Sindicatum Carbon Capital Group Ltd · Series A Raised $11.6M · modeled $122.8M (est)Recast Energy LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $116.4M (est)Bridge Energy Group, Inc. · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $116.3M (est)Agni Corp (Cayman Islands) · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $115.7M (est)Tauber Terminals LP · Series A Raised $10.8M · modeled $113.9M (est)Aquatech Bioenergy Llc (this company) Raised $13.1M · modeled $13.6M (est)Aquatech Bioenergy Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Great Plains Sand, LLCSeries A$15.0M$158.5M2.93×
INEOS New Planet Bioenergy LLCSeries A$15.0M$158.5M2.93×
Torqued Up Energy Services IncSeries A$20.5M$158.5M2.93×
Advanced Energy Industries IncSeries A$15.0M$158.5M2.93×
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd.Series A$14.8M$155.9M2.88×
Hydro Ex Acquisition, LLCSeries A$14.6M$154.0M2.85×
Brigus Gold Corp.Series A$14.0M$133.6M2.47×
Sindicatum Carbon Capital Group LtdSeries A$11.6M$122.8M2.27×
Recast Energy LLCSeries A$15.0M$116.4M2.15×
Bridge Energy Group, Inc.Series A$11.0M$116.3M2.15×
Agni Corp (Cayman Islands)Series A$10.9M$115.7M2.14×
Tauber Terminals LPSeries A$10.8M$113.9M2.11×
Aquatech Bioenergy Llc this companySeries A$13.1M$13.6M0.25×
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$845K2012-05-14$4.7M$13.6M90%
Seed$3.5M$17.5M$6.7M90%
Series A$4.5M$20.5M$10.7M90%
Pre-Seed$700K$3.9M$1.1M90%
Seed$3.6M$18.0M$6.8M90%
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$845K2012-05-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~127mo cadence
$845K
Modeled next size est.range $845K$1.4M
0.2×
Last step-up
$310K/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
TONY HAGEN2 other2012-05
CHAD SCHLECHTER
DALE L. ELLENS
IVAR KAARDAL2012-05
IVAR M KAARDAL
JAMES MCCAIN
JERRY L. COZAD
KEVIN M. BAUM
LORRE L. COLBURN
MIKE L. BROSNAN
SEAN KAUFHOLD2012-05
Registry & provenance

Aquatech Bioenergy 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
1491795
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Aquatech Bioenergy Llc raised?
Aquatech Bioenergy Llc has raised approximately $13.1M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Aquatech Bioenergy Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Aquatech Bioenergy Llc is approximately $13.6M (modeled range $535K–$154.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Aquatech Bioenergy Llc at?
Aquatech Bioenergy Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon May 14.
What does Aquatech Bioenergy Llc do and where is it based?
Aquatech Bioenergy Llc operates in the Other Energy sector, based in SIOUX FALLS.
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