Companies · Telecommunications

Clearwire Corp /DE

KIRKLAND · Telecommunications

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Clearwire Corp /DE — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$1.1B
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
—
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 13 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Clearwire Corp /DE 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 telecom 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 Growth/Late Telecommunications companies in 2007–2009 (5 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 10 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 Telecommunications

Clearwire Corp /DE is one of 929 Telecommunications companies tracked from KIRKLAND. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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
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$12.5B$25.0B$37.5B$50.0BGrowth/Late · 2009-11-13 Raised $1.1B (real) Modeled valuation $21.8B (est)$1.1B$21.8BGrowth/Late2009

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
Growth/Late$1.1B · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$21.8B
Base estimate est.
$8.0B
Conservative case
$39.2B
Upside case
$10.6B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Late — a round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the telecom sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
87%
Survival probability
76% low · 94% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.26×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
telecom
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
—
Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 929 companies in Telecommunications. 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)▲ 267× above median
This company$1.1B
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.6× above median
This company$1.1B
Sector median$667.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 768× above median
This company$21.8B
Sector median$28.3M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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 #3 of 5.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0B$100.0B$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0BCapital raised (log)Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/ · Growth/Late Raised $1.7B · modeled $34.2B (est)Clearwire Communications Llc · Growth/Late Raised $1.1B · modeled $21.8B (est)Verizon Communications Inc · Growth/Late Raised $10.1B · modeled $20.6B (est)Integra Telecom, Inc · Growth/Late Raised $617.0M · modeled $12.7B (est)Clearwire Corp /DE (this company) Raised $1.1B · modeled $21.8B (est)Clearwire Corp /DE
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/Growth/Late$1.7B$34.2B1.57×
Clearwire Communications LlcGrowth/Late$1.1B$21.8B1.00×
Clearwire Corp /DE this companyGrowth/Late$1.1B$21.8B1.00×
Verizon Communications IncGrowth/Late$10.1B$20.6B0.95×
Integra Telecom, IncGrowth/Late$617.0M$12.7B0.58×
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.
Growth/Late$1.1B2009-11-13$10.6B$21.8B90%
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. Growth/Late$1.1B2009-11-13
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$1.7B
Modeled next size est.range $1.1B–$2.7B
—
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
John W. Stanton—5 other2009-11
BENJAMIN G. WOLFF—4 other2009-11
Craig O McCaw—2 other2009-11
G. MICHAEL SIEVERT—2 other2009-11
Peter L. S. Currie—2 other2009-11
R. Gerard Salemme—2 other2009-11
Steven L. Elfman—2 other2009-11
Barry G. West—1 other2009-11
Brian P. McAndrews—1 other2009-11
Broady R. Hodder—1 other2009-11
Daniel R. Hesse—1 other2009-11
David D. Maquera—1 other2009-11
Dennis S. Hersch—1 other2009-11
Erik E. Prusch—1 other2009-11
Frank W. Ianna—1 other2009-11
Hope F. Cochran—1 other2009-11
John E. Saw—1 other2009-11
Jose A. Collazo—1 other2009-11
Keith O. Cowan—1 other2009-11
Kevin T. Hart—1 other2009-11
Laurent J. Bentitou—1 other2009-11
Scott A. Hopper—1 other2009-11
Sean A. Maloney—1 other2009-11
Teresa L. Elder—1 other2009-11
Registry & provenance

Clearwire Corp /DE 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
1442505
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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Clearwire Communications LlcTelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$1.1B$21.8Bnetwork26 shared operators · same sector · same stage
LB Spectrum Holdings, LLCTelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$928.0M$19.1Bsame sector · same stage
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) LTDOtherSeries A$8.4M$127.6Mnetwork3 shared operators
WorldVu Satellites LtdTelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$1.5B$10.7Bsame sector · same stage
Lts Group Holdings LlcTelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$1.7B$3.8Bsame sector · same stage
Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/TelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$1.7B$34.2Bsame sector · same stage
Integra Telecom, IncTelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$617.0M$12.7Bsame sector · same stage
GTT Communications, Inc.TelecommunicationsGrowth/Late$592.6M$85.8Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Clearwire Corp /DE raised?
Clearwire Corp /DE has raised approximately $1.1B in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Clearwire Corp /DE's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Clearwire Corp /DE is approximately $21.8B (modeled range $8.0B–$39.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Clearwire Corp /DE at?
Clearwire Corp /DE's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 13.
What does Clearwire Corp /DE do and where is it based?
Clearwire Corp /DE operates in the Telecommunications sector, based in KIRKLAND.
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