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Soquel · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hitch Fire Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$880K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 69%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hitch Fire Inc. 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 manufacturing 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 4.14× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2025–2027 (49 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 16 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Manufacturing

Hitch Fire Inc. is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Soquel. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 32% 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
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
4
Investors (latest)
2025-02-18
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 · 2025-02-18 Raised $880K (real) Modeled valuation $2.5M (est)$880K$2.5MPre-Seed2025

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$880K · 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
$2.5M
Base estimate est.
$598K
Conservative case
$6.8M
Upside case
$4.9M
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
1.4 yr
Elapsed time used
1.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
1.4 yr
On record since
2025
First round
New
First-time filer
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 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) 0.4× of median
This company$880K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.5× above median
This company$880K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 32% 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 #2 of 49.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Txtur LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $2.6M (est)ESS Tech, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $2.2M (est)Twenty-Two Desserts, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $2.1M (est)Dozy Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $1.9M (est)Cottonsie Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $1.9M (est)ADI East LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $1.6M (est)TNP InvestCo LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $660K · modeled $1.4M (est)Texas Water ELP, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $525K · modeled $1.3M (est)Kent Automation Systems LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $1.3M (est)Chococeuticals, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $505K · modeled $1.3M (est)Evolution Enterprises, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $1.2M (est)Hitch Fire Inc. (this company) Raised $880K · modeled $2.5M (est)Hitch Fire Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Txtur LLCPre-Seed$1.3M$2.6M4.43×
Hitch Fire Inc. this companyPre-Seed$880K$2.5M4.14×
ESS Tech, Inc.Pre-Seed$900K$2.2M3.67×
Twenty-Two Desserts, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$2.1M3.51×
Dozy LlcPre-Seed$800K$1.9M3.16×
Cottonsie IncPre-Seed$900K$1.9M3.14×
ADI East LLCPre-Seed$600K$1.6M2.76×
TNP InvestCo LLCPre-Seed$660K$1.4M2.35×
Texas Water ELP, Inc.Pre-Seed$525K$1.3M2.25×
Kent Automation Systems LLCPre-Seed$500K$1.3M2.18×
Chococeuticals, IncPre-Seed$505K$1.3M2.18×
Evolution Enterprises, LLCPre-Seed$500K$1.2M1.95×
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$880K2025-02-18$4.9M$2.5M90%
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$880K2025-02-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.4M
Modeled next size est.range $915K$2.3M
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
Evan Currid2025-02
Registry & provenance

Hitch Fire 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
1880163
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hitch Fire Inc. raised?
Hitch Fire Inc. has raised approximately $880K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hitch Fire Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hitch Fire Inc. is approximately $2.5M (modeled range $598K–$6.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hitch Fire Inc. at?
Hitch Fire Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 18.
What does Hitch Fire Inc. do and where is it based?
Hitch Fire Inc. operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Soquel.
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