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Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc

HALEIWA · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$175K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 96%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Aug 08 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hawaii Renewable Fuels 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 energy 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 0.58× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Energy companies in 2016–2018 (83 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.9 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

Hawaii Renewable Fuels 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
9.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $275K across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 5% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 5% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 14% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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: $275K across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $175K on 2016-08-08.
  • Filing rows sum to $275K, while canonical raised total is $175K; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Energy

Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from HALEIWA. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 5% 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.

climate/cleantech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2016-08-08
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 · 2016-08-08 Raised $175K (real) Modeled valuation $2.8M (est)$175K$2.8MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2016-08-08 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $1.6M (est)$100K$1.6MPre-Seed2016+$100KCumulative $275K

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$175K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$100K · 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
$2.8M
Base estimate est.
$111K
Conservative case
$32.0M
Upside case
$972K
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 energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.8M · 2016-08-082016Pre-Seed · modeled $1.6M · 2016-08-082016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.47×/yr
Annual markup
2.00×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2049 companies in Other Energy. 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$175K
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$100K
Sector median$373K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$2.8M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 5% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 14% 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 #63 of 83.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Summit Ridge Wind Holdings, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $16.1M (est)A.A. Industries Inc. Of Tampa · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $16.1M (est)Nextech Batteries, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $16.1M (est)IMPACTPPA Ltd · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $16.1M (est)Urban Electric Power Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.4M · modeled $16.1M (est)Tag Power Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $14.5M (est)New Energy Spirit Biomass Refinery LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $843K · modeled $13.6M (est)STARS Technology Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $826K · modeled $13.3M (est)Prospector Resources Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $765K · modeled $12.3M (est)MT CB VS Skybridge, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $710K · modeled $11.5M (est)Quichapa 2, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $708K · modeled $11.4M (est)Gridless Power Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $11.3M (est)Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc (this company) Raised $175K · modeled $2.8M (est)Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Summit Ridge Wind Holdings, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$16.1M3.30×
A.A. Industries Inc. Of TampaPre-Seed$1.0M$16.1M3.30×
Nextech Batteries, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$16.1M3.30×
IMPACTPPA LtdPre-Seed$1.0M$16.1M3.30×
Urban Electric Power IncPre-Seed$1.4M$16.1M3.29×
Tag Power LlcPre-Seed$900K$14.5M2.97×
New Energy Spirit Biomass Refinery LLCPre-Seed$843K$13.6M2.78×
STARS Technology CorpPre-Seed$826K$13.3M2.72×
Prospector Resources Corp.Pre-Seed$765K$12.3M2.52×
MT CB VS Skybridge, LLCPre-Seed$710K$11.5M2.34×
Quichapa 2, LLCPre-Seed$708K$11.4M2.33×
Gridless Power CorpPre-Seed$1.2M$11.3M2.31×
Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc this companyPre-Seed$175K$2.8M0.58×
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.
Pre-Seed$175K2016-08-08$972K$2.8M90%
Pre-Seed$100K2016-08-08$556K$1.6M85%
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$175K2016-08-08
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$100K2016-08-08
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$100K
Modeled next size est.range $100K$160K
0.6×
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
Todd Owen1 other2016-08
ALIKA WATTS2016-08
DAVID SMOOT2016-08
SID HIGA2016-08
WILLIAM WYLAND2016-08
Registry & provenance

Hawaii Renewable Fuels 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
1682445
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc raised?
Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc has raised approximately $175K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc is approximately $2.8M (modeled range $111K–$32.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc at?
Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Aug 08.
What does Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc do and where is it based?
Hawaii Renewable Fuels Llc operates in the Other Energy sector, based in HALEIWA.
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