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Handl Defense LLC

PRESTON · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Handl Defense LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$160K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 94%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 15 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Handl Defense LLC looks under-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. Valuation uses the manufacturing sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.46× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (231 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Handl Defense 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
10.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $160K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 7% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 7% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 17% 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 2016: $160K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $160K on 2016-04-15.
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.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
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 Manufacturing

Handl Defense LLC is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from PRESTON. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 7% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2016-04-15 Raised $160K (real) Modeled valuation $2.4M (est)$160K$2.4MPre-Seed2016

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$160K · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.4M
Base estimate est.
$109K
Conservative case
$27.7M
Upside case
$889K
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 manufacturing 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.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
10.2 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$160K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$160K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 7% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 17% 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 #182 of 231.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Thorp Lane, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Southwood Holding Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)WholeMe, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Harvest Soul, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Elevate Accessories, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $15.3M (est)SAC Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Dannijo, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Breakthrough Golf Technology LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Peachicana Products Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Safeguard Equipment Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $15.3M (est)Handl Defense LLC (this company) Raised $160K · modeled $2.4M (est)Handl Defense LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Thorp Lane, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Southwood Holding Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
WholeMe, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CorpPre-Seed$2.0M$15.3M2.86×
Harvest Soul, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Elevate Accessories, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$15.3M2.86×
SAC IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Dannijo, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Breakthrough Golf Technology LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Peachicana Products Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Safeguard Equipment Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$15.3M2.86×
Handl Defense LLC this companyPre-Seed$160K$2.4M0.46×
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$160K2016-04-15$889K$2.4M90%
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$160K2016-04-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$256K
Modeled next size est.range $166K$410K
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
Bill Miller1 other2016-04
Frank Plumb2016-04
Registry & provenance

Handl Defense 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
1670671
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Handl Defense LLC raised?
Handl Defense LLC has raised approximately $160K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Handl Defense LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Handl Defense LLC is approximately $2.4M (modeled range $109K–$27.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Handl Defense LLC at?
Handl Defense LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 15.
What does Handl Defense LLC do and where is it based?
Handl Defense LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in PRESTON.
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