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Clean Energy Sauce LLCNew on the radar

ANN ARBOR · Climate / Cleantech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Clean Energy Sauce LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$315K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 55%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sat Feb 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Clean Energy Sauce LLC looks fair against its niche peers and is quiet on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the climate/enviro 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 Pre-Seed Climate / Cleantech companies in 2025–2027 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Quiet
  • Last raise 17 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector 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

Clean Energy Sauce 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
1.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2025 with $315K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 46% of Climate / Cleantech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 46% of Climate / Cleantech peers; modeled value is above 44% 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 2025: $315K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $315K on 2025-02-01.
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.
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 Climate / Cleantech

Clean Energy Sauce LLC is one of 207 Climate / Cleantech companies tracked from ANN ARBOR. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 46% 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.

climate/cleantech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
5
Investors (latest)
2025-02-01
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$250K$500K$750K$1.0MPre-Seed · 2025-02-01 Raised $315K (real) Modeled valuation $999K (est)$315K$999KPre-Seed2025

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$315K · 2025

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$999K
Base estimate est.
$193K
Conservative case
$2.8M
Upside case
$1.8M
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 climate/enviro 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.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 51% high
1.67×/yr
Annual markup
2.27×/yr upside case
1.4 yr
Elapsed time used
1.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
climate/enviro
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
1.4 yr
On record since
2025
First round
New
First-time filer
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 207 companies in Climate / Cleantech. 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) 0.0× of median
This company$315K
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$315K
Sector median$393K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.0× of median
This company$999K
Sector median$59.7M

Raised more than 46% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 44% 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 #4 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Rana Energy · Pre-Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $6.6M (est)MazaoHub · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $4.6M (est)Global Battery Materials Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $705K · modeled $1.7M (est)Surge Battery Metals Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $353K · modeled $666K (est)SAVD Solar, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $200K · modeled $478K (est)Battery X Metals Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $109K · modeled $210K (est)Clean Energy Sauce LLC (this company) Raised $315K · modeled $999K (est)Clean Energy Sauce LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Rana EnergyPre-Seed$3.0M$6.6M6.59×
MazaoHubPre-Seed$2.0M$4.6M4.57×
Global Battery Materials Corp.Pre-Seed$705K$1.7M1.65×
Clean Energy Sauce LLC this companyPre-Seed$315K$999K1.00×
Surge Battery Metals Inc.Pre-Seed$353K$666K0.67×
SAVD Solar, Inc.Pre-Seed$200K$478K0.48×
Battery X Metals Inc.Pre-Seed$109K$210K0.21×
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$315K2025-02-01$1.8M$999K90%
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$315K2025-02-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 5 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$504K
Modeled next size est.range $328K$806K
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
Theodore Michael Volz II2025-02
Registry & provenance

Clean Energy Sauce 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
2056931
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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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Operant Solar CorpClimate / CleantechPre-Seed$300K$10.1Msame sector · same stage
Target Solar, LLCClimate / CleantechPre-Seed$300K$10.1Msame sector · same stage
Battery Electron Transport Associates, Inc.Climate / CleantechPre-Seed$347K$2.6Msame sector · same stage
Surge Battery Metals Inc.Climate / CleantechPre-Seed$353K$666Ksame sector · same stage
Climate Every Mountain Ltd Liability CoClimate / CleantechPre-Seed$250K$3.9Msame sector · same stage
Final Mile Solar, LLCClimate / CleantechPre-Seed$250K$8.4Msame sector · same stage
Solar Transport Systems Inc.Climate / CleantechPre-Seed$450K$1.7Msame sector · same stage
Patriot Battery Metals Inc.Climate / CleantechPre-Seed$207K$4.2Msame sector · same stage
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
Clean Energy Technology CoOther EnergyPre-Seed$2.3M87%
Complete Solar, Inc.Climate / CleantechSeries A$244.6M85%
Alternative Sustainability LLCOther EnergyPre-Seed$1.4M85%
ARC Clean Energy, Inc.Other EnergySeries A$7.6M85%
Clean Energy Technologies, Inc.Energy ConservationPre-Seed$8.8M85%
Juhl Clean Energy Assets, Inc.Other EnergySeries A$76.2M85%
ETC Solar, Inc.Other EnergyPre-Seed$8.1M85%
Meridian Clean Energy, LLCOther EnergySeries A$51.1M84%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Clean Energy Sauce LLC raised?
Clean Energy Sauce LLC has raised approximately $315K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Clean Energy Sauce LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Clean Energy Sauce LLC is approximately $999K (modeled range $193K–$2.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Clean Energy Sauce LLC at?
Clean Energy Sauce LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sat Feb 01.
What does Clean Energy Sauce LLC do and where is it based?
Clean Energy Sauce LLC operates in the Climate / Cleantech sector, based in ANN ARBOR.
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