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Associated Physics of America, LLC

GREENWOOD · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Associated Physics of America, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$362K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 84%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sat Aug 15 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Associated Physics of America, LLC 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 manufacturing 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 0.82× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2007–2009 (79 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (82% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Associated Physics of America, 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
16.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $362K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 17% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 17% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 33% 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 2009: $362K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $362K on 2009-08-15.
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 Manufacturing

Associated Physics of America, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from GREENWOOD. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 17% 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
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 · 2009-08-15 Raised $362K (real) Modeled valuation $5.5M (est)$362K$5.5MPre-Seed2009

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$362K · 2009

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.5M
Base estimate est.
$246K
Conservative case
$62.7M
Upside case
$2.0M
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 manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$362K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× above median
This company$362K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$5.5M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 17% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 33% 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 #45 of 79.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)CPC/Moss Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)ABM Office Solutions, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Tor Minerals International Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Waterlicious, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Java Brands, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $14.7M (est)Texas Memory Systems, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $961K · modeled $14.7M (est)Modular Sfc Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $944K · modeled $14.4M (est)Standex International Corp/De/ · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $13.7M (est)MET Tech Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $12.8M (est)Ceco Environmental Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $12.2M (est)Aerosonic Corp /De/ · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $12.2M (est)Associated Physics of America, LLC (this company) Raised $362K · modeled $5.5M (est)Associated Physics of America, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
CPC/Moss Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.25×
ABM Office Solutions, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.25×
Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.25×
Tor Minerals International IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.25×
Waterlicious, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.25×
Java Brands, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$14.7M2.17×
Texas Memory Systems, Inc.Pre-Seed$961K$14.7M2.16×
Modular Sfc IncPre-Seed$944K$14.4M2.12×
Standex International Corp/De/Pre-Seed$900K$13.7M2.02×
MET Tech IncPre-Seed$1.5M$12.8M1.89×
Ceco Environmental CorpPre-Seed$800K$12.2M1.80×
Aerosonic Corp /De/Pre-Seed$800K$12.2M1.80×
Associated Physics of America, LLC this companyPre-Seed$362K$5.5M0.82×
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$362K2009-08-15$2.0M$5.5M90%
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$362K2009-08-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$580K
Modeled next size est.range $377K$928K
Last step-up
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
Robert Miller13 other2009-08
Billy Hooper2009-08
Deon Potgieter2009-08
Donald Blackwood2009-08
Gordon Tupper2009-08
Mark Loftin2009-08
Mike Upchurch2009-08
Odie Baughman2009-08
Registry & provenance

Associated Physics of America, 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
1472191
SEC CIK
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Associated Physics of America, LLC raised?
Associated Physics of America, LLC has raised approximately $362K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Associated Physics of America, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Associated Physics of America, LLC is approximately $5.5M (modeled range $246K–$62.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Associated Physics of America, LLC at?
Associated Physics of America, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sat Aug 15.
What does Associated Physics of America, LLC do and where is it based?
Associated Physics of America, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in GREENWOOD.
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