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Big Belly Solar, Inc.

NEEDHAM · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Big Belly Solar, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.2M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 42%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed May 06 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Big Belly Solar, Inc. looks over-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 manufacturing 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 1.82× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2007–2009 (42 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.2 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.
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

Big Belly Solar, Inc. is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from NEEDHAM. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 59% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2009-05-06 Raised $3.2M (real) Modeled valuation $39M (est)$3.2M$39MSeed2009

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$3.2M · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$39.2M
Base estimate est.
$2.9M
Conservative case
$307.2M
Upside case
$16.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). 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
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
17.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.2 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) 1.6× above median
This company$3.2M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.0× above median
This company$3.2M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 3.3× above median
This company$39.2M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 59% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 75% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #4 of 42.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Visioneering Inc · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $47.4M (est)S&A Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.9M (est)SonicScrubbers, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $41.3M (est)Infinity Cross Tie & Rail, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $34.8M (est)American Leather Inc · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $31.2M (est)AccuMED Innovative Technologies Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $30.7M (est)Superwinch Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $30.7M (est)Thomson Acquisition Inc · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $30.4M (est)Glasstech, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $28.8M (est)Ready Corp Worldwide · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $28.5M (est)JTL Enterprises Inc. · Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $27.1M (est)Big Belly Solar, Inc. (this company) Raised $3.2M · modeled $39.2M (est)Big Belly Solar, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Visioneering IncSeed$3.9M$47.4M2.21×
S&A Holdings LLCSeed$3.5M$42.9M2.00×
SonicScrubbers, Inc.Seed$3.4M$41.3M1.92×
Big Belly Solar, Inc. this companySeed$3.2M$39.2M1.82×
Infinity Cross Tie & Rail, Inc.Seed$3.0M$34.8M1.62×
American Leather IncSeed$2.5M$31.2M1.45×
AccuMED Innovative Technologies Inc.Seed$2.5M$30.7M1.43×
Superwinch Holdings LLCSeed$2.5M$30.7M1.43×
Thomson Acquisition IncSeed$2.5M$30.4M1.42×
Glasstech, Inc.Seed$2.4M$28.8M1.34×
Ready Corp WorldwideSeed$3.4M$28.5M1.33×
JTL Enterprises Inc.Seed$2.2M$27.1M1.26×
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.
Seed$3.2M2009-05-06$16.0M$39.2M90%
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. Seed$3.2M2009-05-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$5.1M
Modeled next size est.range $3.3M$8.2M
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
James Gordon3 other2009-05
James A. Poss1 other2009-05
Richard Cole1 other2009-05
Jack Kutner2009-05
Philip Helmes2009-05
Steven W Delaney2009-05
Registry & provenance

Big Belly Solar, 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
1343298
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 Big Belly Solar, Inc. raised?
Big Belly Solar, Inc. has raised approximately $3.2M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Big Belly Solar, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Big Belly Solar, Inc. is approximately $39.2M (modeled range $2.9M–$307.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Big Belly Solar, Inc. at?
Big Belly Solar, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed May 06.
What does Big Belly Solar, Inc. do and where is it based?
Big Belly Solar, Inc. operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in NEEDHAM.
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