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Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC

Birmingham · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.9M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 45%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sun May 17 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Birmingham Motorcycle Co 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 0.79× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2007–2009 (42 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (79% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.1 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

Birmingham Motorcycle Co 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
17.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $2.9M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 56% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 56% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 61% 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: $2.9M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.4M on 2009-05-17.
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

Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from Birmingham. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 56% 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 · 2009-05-17 Raised $1.4M (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)$1.4M$17MSeed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-05-17 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$1.0M$15MPre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-05-17 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $7.6M (est)$500K$7.6MPre-Seed2009+$1.0M+$500KCumulative $2.9M

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$1.4M · 2009
Bridge · Seed-stage$1.0M · 2009smaller follow-on
Bridge · Seed-stage$500K · 2009smaller 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
$16.9M
Base estimate est.
$1.3M
Conservative case
$132.3M
Upside case
$6.9M
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.

Seed · modeled $16.9M · 2009-05-172009Pre-Seed · modeled $15.3M · 2009-05-17Pre-Seed · modeled $7.6M · 2009-05-172009
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
17.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.1 yr
On record since
2009
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 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) 1.4× above median
This company$2.9M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$500K
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.4× above median
This company$16.9M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 56% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 61% 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 #26 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)Big Belly Solar, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $39.2M (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)Superwinch Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $30.7M (est)AccuMED Innovative Technologies Inc. · 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)Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC (this company) Raised $2.9M · modeled $16.9M (est)Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC
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.Seed$3.2M$39.2M1.82×
Infinity Cross Tie & Rail, Inc.Seed$3.0M$34.8M1.62×
American Leather IncSeed$2.5M$31.2M1.45×
Superwinch Holdings LLCSeed$2.5M$30.7M1.43×
AccuMED Innovative Technologies Inc.Seed$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×
Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC this companySeed$2.9M$16.9M0.79×
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$1.4M2009-05-17$6.9M$16.9M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M2009-05-17$5.6M$15.3M90%
Pre-Seed$500K2009-05-17$2.8M$7.6M90%
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$1.4M2009-05-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$1.0M2009-05-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Pre-Seed$500K2009-05-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$500K
Modeled next size est.range $500K$800K
0.5×
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
Lee A. Conn2 other2009-05
C. Brian Case2009-05
David L. Morgan2009-05
Garrick L. Stotser2009-05
Glenn C. Goedecke2009-05
Tye Randall Warren2009-05
Registry & provenance

Birmingham Motorcycle Co 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
1464700
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC raised?
Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC has raised approximately $2.9M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC is approximately $16.9M (modeled range $1.3M–$132.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC at?
Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sun May 17.
What does Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC do and where is it based?
Birmingham Motorcycle Co LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Birmingham.
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