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Gold Candle Ltd.

TORONTO · Mining & Resources · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Gold Candle Ltd. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.8M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 54%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jan 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Gold Candle Ltd. looks over-valued 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 extractive sector profile.

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 3.02× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Mining & Resources companies in 2025–2027 (85 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 17 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector 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 Mining & Resources

Gold Candle Ltd. is one of 701 Mining & Resources companies tracked from TORONTO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 47% 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.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2025-01-17
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2024-03-01 Raised $993K (real) Modeled valuation $2.8M (est)$993K$2.8MPre-Seed2024Pre-Seed · 2025-01-17 Raised $831K (real) Modeled valuation $1.9M (est)$831K$1.9MPre-Seed2025+$831KCumulative $1.8M

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$993K · 2024
Pre-Seed extension$831K · 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
$1.9M
Base estimate est.
$527K
Conservative case
$5.3M
Upside case
$4.6M
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 extractive sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.8M · 2024-03-012024Pre-Seed · modeled $1.9M · 2025-01-172025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.27×/yr
Annual markup
1.72×/yr upside case
1.4 yr
Elapsed time used
1.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
extractive
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
11 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.1M/yr
Capital velocity
2.3 yr
On record since
2024
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 701 companies in Mining & Resources. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$2.3M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 3.1× above median
This company$831K
Sector median$271K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$2.5M

Raised more than 47% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #3 of 85.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Silver Creek Investors, LLC /WI/ · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $2.0M (est)Viridian Metals Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $919K · modeled $1.9M (est)Argenta Silver Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $931K · modeled $1.8M (est)Relevant Gold Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $1.8M (est)North Shore Uranium Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $1.8M (est)Premier American Uranium Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $952K · modeled $1.7M (est)ISS Mining 1, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $898K · modeled $1.6M (est)Kingfisher Metals Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $1.6M (est)Yukon Metals Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $707K · modeled $1.5M (est)Copper Giant Resources Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $891K · modeled $1.4M (est)Sanu Gold Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $694K · modeled $1.3M (est)Gold Candle Ltd. (this company) Raised $1.8M · modeled $1.9M (est)Gold Candle Ltd.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Silver Creek Investors, LLC /WI/Pre-Seed$900K$2.0M3.20×
Viridian Metals Inc.Pre-Seed$919K$1.9M3.10×
Gold Candle Ltd. this companyPre-Seed$1.8M$1.9M3.02×
Argenta Silver Corp.Pre-Seed$931K$1.8M2.95×
Relevant Gold Corp.Pre-Seed$2.0M$1.8M2.86×
North Shore Uranium Ltd.Pre-Seed$1.3M$1.8M2.85×
Premier American Uranium Inc.Pre-Seed$952K$1.7M2.69×
ISS Mining 1, LLCPre-Seed$898K$1.6M2.65×
Kingfisher Metals Corp.Pre-Seed$2.6M$1.6M2.62×
Yukon Metals Corp.Pre-Seed$707K$1.5M2.43×
Copper Giant Resources Corp.Pre-Seed$891K$1.4M2.25×
Sanu Gold Corp.Pre-Seed$694K$1.3M2.04×
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$993K2024-03-01$5.5M$2.8M90%
Pre-Seed$831K2025-01-17$4.6M$1.9M90%
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$993K2024-03-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$831K2025-01-17
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2025 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~11mo cadence
$831K
Modeled next size est.range $831K$1.3M
0.8×
Last step-up
$2.1M/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 Burns3 other2024-03
Mark Wellings3 other2024-03
Ethan Benovitz2 other2024-03
G. Michael Hobart1 other2024-03
Eberhard Scherkus2024-03
Geoffrey Belsher2025-01
George Michael Hobart2025-01
Hannes Portmann2025-01
Jaime Hartman2024-03
James Berns2025-01
Leon LeBlanc2024-03
Louise Grondin2025-01
Michael Berns2024-03
Michael Jalonen2025-01
Ross Sherlock2024-03
Registry & provenance

Gold Candle Ltd. 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
2014690
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Gold Candle Ltd. raised?
Gold Candle Ltd. has raised approximately $1.8M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Gold Candle Ltd.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Gold Candle Ltd. is approximately $1.9M (modeled range $527K–$5.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Gold Candle Ltd. at?
Gold Candle Ltd.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jan 17.
What does Gold Candle Ltd. do and where is it based?
Gold Candle Ltd. operates in the Mining & Resources sector, based in TORONTO.
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