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Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc

PEKIN · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$193.4M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jun 18 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc 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 0.00× the median modeled value of Series D+ Other Energy companies in 2013–2015 (12 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.0 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

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc 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
13.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $255.4M across 4 filings.
Market position
ahead of 97% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 97% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 5% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2012: $255.4M across 4 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $162.3M on 2012-09-24.
  • Filing rows sum to $255.6M, while canonical raised total is $193.4M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from PEKIN. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% 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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries D+ · 2012-09-24 Raised $162M (real) Modeled valuation $2.0B (est)$162M$2.0BSeries D+2012Series D+ · 2012-10-15 Raised $31M (real) Modeled valuation $374M (est)$31M$374MSeries D+2012Series D+ · 2012-10-15 Raised $31M (real) Modeled valuation $374M (est)$31M$374MSeries D+2012Series D+ · 2012-10-15 Raised $31M (real) Modeled valuation $374M (est)$31M$374MSeries D+2012Series D+ · 2013-06-18 Raised $119K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$119K$1.4MSeries D+2013Series D+ · 2013-06-18 Raised $119K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$119K$1.4MSeries D+2013+$31M+$31M+$31M+$119K+$119KCumulative $256M

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
Series D+$162.3M · 2012
Series D+ extension$31.0M · 2012
Series D+ extension$31.0M · 2012
Series D+ extension$31.0M · 2012
Series D+ extension$119K · 2013
Series D+ extension$119K · 2013

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.4M
Base estimate est.
$638K
Conservative case
$3.1M
Upside case
$988K
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series D+ · modeled $2.0B · 2012-09-242012Series D+ · modeled $374.1M · 2012-10-15Series D+ · modeled $374.1M · 2012-10-15Series D+ · modeled $374.1M · 2012-10-15Series D+ · modeled $1.4M · 2013-06-18Series D+ · modeled $1.4M · 2013-06-182013
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
81%
Survival probability
65% low · 89% high
1.10×/yr
Annual markup
1.24×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
2 mo
Avg between rounds
$264.6M/yr
Capital velocity
13.8 yr
On record since
2012
First round
6
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2049 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) 56× above median
This company$193.4M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$119K
Sector median$105.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 5% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 #12 of 12.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Mrc Global Inc. · Series D+ Raised $363.0M · modeled $4.4B (est)Greig Companies, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $250.0M · modeled $3.0B (est)Par Petroleum Corp/Co · Series D+ Raised $200.0M · modeled $2.4B (est)Ftai Energy Partners Llc · Series D+ Raised $191.0M · modeled $2.3B (est)Renewable Energy Trust Capital, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $256.8M · modeled $1.8B (est)POET Grain, LLC · Series D+ Raised $284.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)OFS Energy Fund III (Q), LP · Series D+ Raised $122.1M · modeled $1.5B (est)LJ Energy Services Holdings, LLC · Series D+ Raised $101.4M · modeled $1.2B (est)Wgl Holdings Inc · Series D+ Raised $449.0M · modeled $590.5M (est)Solarreserve, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $457.4M · modeled $233.7M (est)Gradient Resources Inc. · Series D+ Raised $388.8M · modeled $120.5M (est)Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc (this company) Raised $193.4M · modeled $1.4M (est)Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mrc Global Inc.Series D+$363.0M$4.4B2.76×
Greig Companies, Inc.Series D+$250.0M$3.0B1.90×
Par Petroleum Corp/CoSeries D+$200.0M$2.4B1.52×
Ftai Energy Partners LlcSeries D+$191.0M$2.3B1.45×
Renewable Energy Trust Capital, Inc.Series D+$256.8M$1.8B1.16×
POET Grain, LLCSeries D+$284.0M$1.7B1.07×
OFS Energy Fund III (Q), LPSeries D+$122.1M$1.5B0.93×
LJ Energy Services Holdings, LLCSeries D+$101.4M$1.2B0.77×
Wgl Holdings IncSeries D+$449.0M$590.5M0.37×
Solarreserve, Inc.Series D+$457.4M$233.7M0.15×
Gradient Resources Inc.Series D+$388.8M$120.5M0.08×
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc this companySeries D+$193.4M$1.4M0.00×
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.
Series D+$162.3M2012-09-24$1.4B$2.0B90%
Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15$258.7M$374.1M90%
Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15$258.7M$374.1M90%
Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15$258.7M$374.1M90%
Series D+$119K2013-06-18$988K$1.4M90%
Series D+$119K2013-06-18$988K$1.4M90%
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. Series D+$162.3M2012-09-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
  2. Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  4. Series D+$31.0M2012-10-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  5. Series D+$119K2013-06-18
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 261.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  6. Series D+$119K2013-06-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~2mo cadence
$119K
Modeled next size est.range $119K$190K
1.0×
Last step-up
$264.6M/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
Eugene Davis5 other2012-09
John Castle3 other2012-09
James Continenza1 other2013-06
Kip Horton1 other2012-09
Timothy Bernlohr1 other2012-09
Brian Steenhand2013-06
Brian Steenhard2012-10
Calvin Stewart2012-09
Chris Nichols2013-06
Christopher A. Nichols2012-10
Continenza James2012-09
Dennis A. Alt2012-10
Dennis Alt2013-06
Eric A. Hakmiller2012-10
James A. Continenza2012-10
Kip A. Horton2012-10
Mark Beemer2012-10
Registry & provenance

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc 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
1285043
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc raised?
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc has raised approximately $193.4M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc is approximately $1.4M (modeled range $638K–$3.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc at?
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jun 18.
What does Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc do and where is it based?
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc operates in the Other Energy sector, based in PEKIN.
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