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/Latea 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
16.6 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
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. Stanton5 other2009-11
BENJAMIN G. WOLFF4 other2009-11
Craig O McCaw2 other2009-11
G. MICHAEL SIEVERT2 other2009-11
Peter L. S. Currie2 other2009-11
R. Gerard Salemme2 other2009-11
Steven L. Elfman2 other2009-11
Barry G. West1 other2009-11
Brian P. McAndrews1 other2009-11
Broady R. Hodder1 other2009-11
Daniel R. Hesse1 other2009-11
David D. Maquera1 other2009-11
Dennis S. Hersch1 other2009-11
Erik E. Prusch1 other2009-11
Frank W. Ianna1 other2009-11
Hope F. Cochran1 other2009-11
John E. Saw1 other2009-11
Jose A. Collazo1 other2009-11
Keith O. Cowan1 other2009-11
Kevin T. Hart1 other2009-11
Laurent J. Bentitou1 other2009-11
Scott A. Hopper1 other2009-11
Sean A. Maloney1 other2009-11
Teresa L. Elder1 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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