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Brilliant Light Power, Inc

CRANBURY · Energy / Climate · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Brilliant Light Power, Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$34.0M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
1.8×
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Sun Jul 31 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Brilliant Light Power, Inc 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 energy 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 1.00× the median modeled value of Series B Energy / Climate companies in 2016–2018 (9 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Energy / Climate

Brilliant Light Power, Inc is one of 235 Energy / Climate companies tracked from CRANBURY. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
45
Investors (latest)
2016-07-31
First sale
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeries A · 2009-11-11 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $137M (est)$11M$137MSeries A2009Series A · 2012-04-30 Raised $4.5M (real) Modeled valuation $56M (est)$4.5M$56MSeries A2012Series A · 2014-06-26 Raised $120K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)$120K$1.5MSeries A2014Series B · 2016-07-01 Raised $25M (real) Modeled valuation $342M (est)$25M$342MSeries B2016Series A · 2016-07-31 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $128M (est)$10M$128MSeries A2016Series B · 2016-07-31 Raised $18M (real) Modeled valuation $251M (est)$18M$251MSeries B2016+$4.5M+$120K+$25M+$10M+$18MCumulative $69M

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 A$11.0M · 2009
Series A extension$4.5M · 2012
Series A extension$120K · 2014
Series B$25.0M · 2016
Bridge · Series B-stage$10.3M · 2016smaller follow-on
Series B extension$18.3M · 2016

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, 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
$251.0M
Base estimate est.
$42.6M
Conservative case
$966.0M
Upside case
$101.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $136.8M · 2009-11-112009Series A · modeled $56.3M · 2012-04-30Series A · modeled $1.5M · 2014-06-26Series B · modeled $342.2M · 2016-07-01Series A · modeled $128.4M · 2016-07-31Series B · modeled $251.0M · 2016-07-312016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
63%
Survival probability
42% low · 77% high
1.25×/yr
Annual markup
1.52×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$5.1M/yr
Capital velocity
16.6 yr
On record since
2009
First round
6
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 235 companies in Energy / Climate. 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) 6.8× above median
This company$34.0M
Sector median$5.0M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× above median
This company$18.3M
Sector median$17.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 13× above median
This company$251.0M
Sector median$19.0M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 93% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #5 of 9.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)WCI - Power Investments, LLC · Series B Raised $32.4M · modeled $443.0M (est)Achates Power Inc · Series B Raised $53.1M · modeled $408.2M (est)Power Design Holdings, LLC · Series B Raised $41.9M · modeled $405.5M (est)Kingdom Wireless Power II, LLC · Series B Raised $21.5M · modeled $294.4M (est)MTPV Power Corp · Series B Raised $37.4M · modeled $245.0M (est)Brigade Energy Holdings LLC · Series B Raised $15.6M · modeled $213.8M (est)ViZn Energy Systems, Inc · Series B Raised $39.3M · modeled $104.8M (est)Seek Thermal, Inc. · Series B Raised $39.2M · modeled $28.5M (est)Brilliant Light Power, Inc (this company) Raised $34.0M · modeled $251.0M (est)Brilliant Light Power, Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
WCI - Power Investments, LLCSeries B$32.4M$443.0M1.76×
Achates Power IncSeries B$53.1M$408.2M1.63×
Power Design Holdings, LLCSeries B$41.9M$405.5M1.62×
Kingdom Wireless Power II, LLCSeries B$21.5M$294.4M1.17×
Brilliant Light Power, Inc this companySeries B$34.0M$251.0M1.00×
MTPV Power CorpSeries B$37.4M$245.0M0.98×
Brigade Energy Holdings LLCSeries B$15.6M$213.8M0.85×
ViZn Energy Systems, IncSeries B$39.3M$104.8M0.42×
Seek Thermal, Inc.Series B$39.2M$28.5M0.11×
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 A$11.0M2009-11-11$49.9M$136.8M85%
Series A$4.5M2012-04-30$20.5M$56.3M85%
Series A$120K2014-06-26$545K$1.5M85%
Series B$25.0M2016-07-01$138.9M$342.2M85%
Series A$10.3M2016-07-31$46.8M$128.4M85%
Series B$18.3M2016-07-31$101.9M$251.0M90%
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 A$11.0M2009-11-11
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 31 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$4.5M2012-04-30
    • Raised again after 30 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 21 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$120K2014-06-26
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 37.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 2 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$25.0M2016-07-01
    • Raised again after 24 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 208.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(c) (was Rule 506(b)).
  5. Series A$10.3M2016-07-31
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 506(c)).
    • 26 investors on this round.
  6. Series B$18.3M2016-07-31
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 45 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$32.7M
Modeled next size est.range $21.2M$52.2M
1.8×
Last step-up
$5.1M/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
James K. Sims2 other2009-11
George A. Sawyer1 other2009-11
Jeffrey C. Petherick1 other2012-04
John R. Miller1 other2009-11
Merrill A. McPeak1 other2009-11
Scott C. Penwell1 other2009-11
William R. Good1 other2009-11
Barbara A. Nabial2009-11
David S. Buzby2016-07
Gardner H. McIntyre2012-04
James A. Canty2016-07
James T. Lenehan2009-11
John J. Gillen2012-04
McIntyre H. Gardner2016-07
Michael H. Jordan2009-11
Neil R. Moskowitz2009-11
Randell L. Mills2009-11
Scott W. Doyle2012-04
Shelby T. Brewer2009-11
Sverre J. Prytz2012-04
Registry & provenance

Brilliant Light Power, 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
1035531
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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
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Power-Sonic Holdings LLCEnergy / ClimateSeries B$40.4M$53.3Msame sector · same stage
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Black Swan Power LLCEnergy / ClimatePre-Seed$19.0M86%
Solid Power Inc.Energy / ClimateSeries D+$1.9B85%
Noon Energy Inc.Energy / ClimateSeries B$219.5M85%
Optimum Energy LLCEnergy / ClimateSeries A$37.4M85%
Solstice Power Technologies, Inc.Energy / ClimateSeed$48.0M84%
Power Design Holdings, LLCEnergy / ClimateSeries B$405.5M84%
Basic Power, Inc.Energy / ClimatePre-Seed$7.1M84%
Bright Power, Inc.Other EnergySeries B$14.6M83%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Brilliant Light Power, Inc raised?
Brilliant Light Power, Inc has raised approximately $34.0M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Brilliant Light Power, Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Brilliant Light Power, Inc is approximately $251.0M (modeled range $42.6M–$966.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Brilliant Light Power, Inc at?
Brilliant Light Power, Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sun Jul 31.
What does Brilliant Light Power, Inc do and where is it based?
Brilliant Light Power, Inc operates in the Energy / Climate sector, based in CRANBURY.
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