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General Finance CORP

PASADENA · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on General Finance CORP — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$191.4M
Total raised · real
6
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 25 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

General Finance CORP looks over-valued 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.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.59× the median modeled value of Series C Other companies in 2016–2018 (135 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.8 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 Other

General Finance CORP is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from PASADENA. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% 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
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
4
Investors (latest)
2017-09-25
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries C · 2008-07-01 Raised $45M (real) Modeled valuation $772M (est)Series C2008Pre-Seed · 2008-07-01 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $2.3M (est)Pre-Seed2008Series C · 2008-07-01 Raised $50M (real) Modeled valuation $857M (est)Series C2008Series C · 2008-07-01 Raised $45M (real) Modeled valuation $772M (est)Series C2008Series A · 2008-07-01 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $227M (est)Series A2008Series C · 2009-02-13 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)Series C2009Seed · 2009-02-13 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)Seed2009Series C · 2017-09-25 Raised $80M (real) Modeled valuation $1.4B (est)Series C2017Series C · 2017-09-25 Raised $80M (real) Modeled valuation $1.4B (est)Series C2017+$100K+$50M+$45M+$15M+$1.3M+$1.2M+$80M+$80MCumulative $318M

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 C$45.0M · 2008
Bridge · Series C-stage$100K · 2008smaller follow-on
Series C extension$50.0M · 2008
Series C extension$45.0M · 2008
Bridge · Series C-stage$15.0M · 2008smaller follow-on
Series C extension$1.3M · 2009
Bridge · Series C-stage$1.2M · 2009smaller follow-on
Series C extension$80.0M · 2017
Series C extension$80.0M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 80%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.4B
Base estimate est.
$309.3M
Conservative case
$3.6B
Upside case
$533.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series C · modeled $771.6M · 2008-07-012008Pre-Seed · modeled $2.3M · 2008-07-01Series C · modeled $857.3M · 2008-07-01Series C · modeled $771.6M · 2008-07-01Series A · modeled $227.0M · 2008-07-01Series C · modeled $22.2M · 2009-02-13Seed · modeled $22.6M · 2009-02-13Series C · modeled $1.4B · 2017-09-25Series C · modeled $1.4B · 2017-09-252017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
78%
Survival probability
58% low · 90% high
1.22×/yr
Annual markup
1.40×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$20.7M/yr
Capital velocity
18.0 yr
On record since
2008
First round
9
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 94× above median
This company$191.4M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.6× above median
This company$80.0M
Sector median$50.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 78× above median
This company$1.4B
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 #18 of 135.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)C.K. Futures, Llc · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Corey Moffitt Trust · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Blockvest LLC · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Mel Investment Holdings, Llc · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Nash Holdings, Inc. (Robert Nash, President) · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Endries Holdings LLC · Series C Raised $99.5M · modeled $1.7B (est)West Star Aviation Holdings LLC · Series C Raised $99.3M · modeled $1.7B (est)DTI Management, LLC · Series C Raised $96.6M · modeled $1.7B (est)American Global Logistics Investment, LLC · Series C Raised $96.1M · modeled $1.6B (est)Zena Holdings, LLC · Series C Raised $95.9M · modeled $1.6B (est)Antenna79, Inc. · Series C Raised $114.4M · modeled $1.6B (est)Bird Rides, Inc. · Series C Raised $94.7M · modeled $1.6B (est)General Finance CORP (this company) Raised $191.4M · modeled $1.4B (est)General Finance CORP
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
C.K. Futures, LlcSeries C$100.0M$1.7B1.98×
Corey Moffitt TrustSeries C$100.0M$1.7B1.98×
Blockvest LLCSeries C$100.0M$1.7B1.98×
Mel Investment Holdings, LlcSeries C$100.0M$1.7B1.98×
Nash Holdings, Inc. (Robert Nash, President)Series C$100.0M$1.7B1.98×
Endries Holdings LLCSeries C$99.5M$1.7B1.97×
West Star Aviation Holdings LLCSeries C$99.3M$1.7B1.97×
DTI Management, LLCSeries C$96.6M$1.7B1.92×
American Global Logistics Investment, LLCSeries C$96.1M$1.6B1.91×
Zena Holdings, LLCSeries C$95.9M$1.6B1.90×
Antenna79, Inc.Series C$114.4M$1.6B1.88×
Bird Rides, Inc.Series C$94.7M$1.6B1.88×
General Finance CORP this companySeries C$191.4M$1.4B1.59×
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 C$45.0M2008-07-01$300.0M$771.6M85%
Pre-Seed$100K2008-07-01$556K$2.3M85%
Series C$50.0M2008-07-01$333.3M$857.3M85%
Series C$45.0M2008-07-01$300.0M$771.6M85%
Series A$15.0M2008-07-01$68.2M$227.0M85%
Series C$1.3M2009-02-13$8.6M$22.2M85%
Seed$1.2M2009-02-13$6.1M$22.6M85%
Series C$80.0M2017-09-25$533.3M$1.4B90%
Series C$80.0M2017-09-25$533.3M$1.4B90%
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 C$45.0M2008-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series C.
  2. Pre-Seed$100K2008-07-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 450.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series C$50.0M2008-07-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 500.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  4. Series C$45.0M2008-07-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  5. Series A$15.0M2008-07-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  6. Series C$1.3M2009-02-13
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 11.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  7. Seed$1.2M2009-02-13
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 14 investors on this round.
  8. Series C$80.0M2017-09-25
    • Raised again after 103 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 65.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 4 investors on this round.
  9. Series C$80.0M2017-09-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • Switched to Rule 506(c) (was Rule 506(b)).
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$80.0M
Modeled next size est.range $80.0M$128.0M
1.0×
Last step-up
$20.7M/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
Christopher A. Wilson4 other2008-07
Ronald F. Valenta2 other2008-07
Charles E. Barrantes2008-07
David A. Connell2009-02
David Connell2008-07
James A. Roszak2009-02
James Roszak2008-07
Jeffrey A. Kluckman2017-09
Jody E. Miller2017-09
John O. Johnson2008-07
Lawrence A. Glascott2009-02
Lawrence Glascott2008-07
Manuel A. Marrero2009-02
Manuel Marrero2008-07
Ronald L. Havner Jr.2008-07
Susan L Harris2009-02
Registry & provenance

General Finance CORP 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
1342287
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has General Finance CORP raised?
General Finance CORP has raised approximately $191.4M in disclosed capital across 6 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is General Finance CORP's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for General Finance CORP is approximately $1.4B (modeled range $309.3M–$3.6B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is General Finance CORP at?
General Finance CORP's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 25.
What does General Finance CORP do and where is it based?
General Finance CORP operates in the Other sector, based in PASADENA.
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