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Help Lightning, Inc.

BIRMINGHAM · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Help Lightning, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$16.8M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
1.5×
Latest step-up
Top 20%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 29 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Help Lightning, Inc. 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. Valuation uses the technology 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 2.08× the median modeled value of Series A Other Technology companies in 2019–2021 (992 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Technology

Help Lightning, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from BIRMINGHAM. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 81% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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
24
Investors (latest)
2020-07-29
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$125M$250M$375M$500MPre-Seed · 2012-08-29 Raised $850K (real) Modeled valuation $36M (est)$850K$36MPre-Seed2012Pre-Seed · 2013-09-06 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $4.2M (est)$100K$4.2MPre-Seed2013Seed · 2015-04-15 Raised $4.0M (real) Modeled valuation $136M (est)$4.0M$136MSeed2015Seed · 2016-08-26 Raised $829K (real) Modeled valuation $28M (est)$829K$28MSeed2016Series A · 2020-07-29 Raised $7.2M (real) Modeled valuation $194M (est)$7.2M$194MSeries A2020Series A · 2020-07-29 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $296M (est)$11M$296MSeries A2020+$100K+$4.0M+$829K+$7.2M+$11MCumulative $24M

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$850K · 2012
Pre-Seed extension$100K · 2013
Seed$4.0M · 2015
Seed extension$829K · 2016
Series A$7.2M · 2020
Series A extension$11.0M · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$296.0M
Base estimate est.
$14.7M
Conservative case
$1.6B
Upside case
$50.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $36.0M · 2012-08-292012Pre-Seed · modeled $4.2M · 2013-09-06Seed · modeled $136.3M · 2015-04-15Seed · modeled $28.3M · 2016-08-26Series A · modeled $193.7M · 2020-07-29Series A · modeled $296.0M · 2020-07-292020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
54%
Survival probability
29% low · 74% high
1.50×/yr
Annual markup
1.89×/yr upside case
5.9 yr
Elapsed time used
5.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
19 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.1M/yr
Capital velocity
13.8 yr
On record since
2012
First round
6
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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) 5.3× above median
This company$16.8M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.9× above median
This company$11.0M
Sector median$5.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 7.9× above median
This company$296.0M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 81% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 88% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #82 of 992.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Neighborhoods.com, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)tinyBuild Inc. · Series A Raised $18.8M · modeled $416.1M (est)DV01, Inc. · Series A Raised $28.4M · modeled $416.1M (est)NowSecure, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)Airbiquity Inc · Series A Raised $29.4M · modeled $416.1M (est)AnalyticsIQ Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $416.1M (est)MIXhalo Corp. · Series A Raised $14.7M · modeled $408.5M (est)Automation Hero, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.5M · modeled $402.2M (est)Bioz, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.5M · modeled $401.7M (est)Gamers Net, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $392.9M (est)PassiveLogic, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $389.1M (est)Stellar Aurora, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $388.5M (est)Help Lightning, Inc. (this company) Raised $16.8M · modeled $296.0M (est)Help Lightning, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Neighborhoods.com, LLCSeries A$15.0M$416.1M2.92×
tinyBuild Inc.Series A$18.8M$416.1M2.92×
DV01, Inc.Series A$28.4M$416.1M2.92×
NowSecure, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.92×
Airbiquity IncSeries A$29.4M$416.1M2.92×
AnalyticsIQ Holdings, Inc.Series A$15.0M$416.1M2.92×
MIXhalo Corp.Series A$14.7M$408.5M2.87×
Automation Hero, Inc.Series A$14.5M$402.2M2.82×
Bioz, Inc.Series A$14.5M$401.7M2.82×
Gamers Net, Inc.Series A$14.2M$392.9M2.76×
PassiveLogic, Inc.Series A$14.0M$389.1M2.73×
Stellar Aurora, Inc.Series A$14.0M$388.5M2.73×
Help Lightning, Inc. this companySeries A$16.8M$296.0M2.08×
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$850K2012-08-29$4.7M$36.0M85%
Pre-Seed$100K2013-09-06$556K$4.2M85%
Seed$4.0M2015-04-15$20.0M$136.3M85%
Seed$829K2016-08-26$4.1M$28.3M85%
Series A$7.2M2020-07-29$32.7M$193.7M90%
Series A$11.0M2020-07-29$50.0M$296.0M90%
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$850K2012-08-29
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$100K2013-09-06
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Seed$4.0M2015-04-15
    • Raised 19 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 40.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  4. Seed$829K2016-08-26
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$7.2M2020-07-29
    • Raised again after 47 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Series A$11.0M2020-07-29
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 24 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~19mo cadence
$16.8M
Modeled next size est.range $11.0M$26.9M
1.5×
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
Sig Mosley2 other2016-08
Bryson Stephens1 other2020-07
Gary York1 other2012-08
Bart Guthrie2020-07
Barton Guthrie2012-08
Drew Deaton2012-08
Neal Evans2020-07
Stan Graves2013-09
Stanley Graves2020-07
Registry & provenance

Help Lightning, Inc. 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
1558059
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Help Lightning, Inc. raised?
Help Lightning, Inc. has raised approximately $16.8M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Help Lightning, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Help Lightning, Inc. is approximately $296.0M (modeled range $14.7M–$1.6B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Help Lightning, Inc. at?
Help Lightning, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 29.
What does Help Lightning, Inc. do and where is it based?
Help Lightning, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in BIRMINGHAM.
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