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Hydro-Klean, LLC

DES MOINES · Business Services

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hydro-Klean, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$2.7M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 32%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 29 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hydro-Klean, LLC 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 business services 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 1.51× the median modeled value of Seed Business Services companies in 2016–2018 (62 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 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

Hydro-Klean, 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
8.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $2.7M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 69% of Business Services peers
Capital scale is ahead of 69% of Business Services peers; modeled value is above 83% 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 2017: $2.7M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.7M on 2017-12-29.
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 Business Services

Hydro-Klean, LLC is one of 2439 Business Services companies tracked from DES MOINES. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 69% 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
4
Investors (latest)
2017-12-29
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2017-12-29 Raised $2.7M (real) Modeled valuation $69M (est)$2.7M$69MSeed2017

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
Seed$2.7M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$68.7M
Base estimate est.
$2.5M
Conservative case
$538.7M
Upside case
$13.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the business services sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.52×/yr
Annual markup
2.00×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
business services
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
8.8 yr
On record since
2017
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2439 companies in Business Services. 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)▲ 1.8× above median
This company$2.7M
Sector median$1.5M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.6× above median
This company$2.7M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 4.6× above median
This company$68.7M
Sector median$15.0M

Raised more than 69% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 83% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #15 of 62.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Brightfield Strategies, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $101.6M (est)Anchor Worldwide Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $101.1M (est)We Quilt, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $99.9M (est)Centrifuge Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $96.7M (est)New Gen Holdings Inc · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $90.2M (est)Sense360 Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $88.9M (est)Auxilio Inc · Seed Raised $7.1M · modeled $88.0M (est)2018 Permian Basin JV · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $87.0M (est)SBS Pinhook IV LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $76.2M (est)SBS Pinhook III LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $76.2M (est)4Front Ventures, Inc. · Seed Raised $8.9M · modeled $76.2M (est)Tradiv, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $75.5M (est)Hydro-Klean, LLC (this company) Raised $2.7M · modeled $68.7M (est)Hydro-Klean, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Brightfield Strategies, LLCSeed$4.0M$101.6M2.24×
Anchor Worldwide Holdings LLCSeed$4.0M$101.1M2.23×
We Quilt, Inc.Seed$3.9M$99.9M2.20×
Centrifuge Inc.Seed$3.8M$96.7M2.13×
New Gen Holdings IncSeed$3.6M$90.2M1.99×
Sense360 Inc.Seed$3.5M$88.9M1.96×
Auxilio IncSeed$7.1M$88.0M1.94×
2018 Permian Basin JVSeed$3.4M$87.0M1.92×
SBS Pinhook IV LLCSeed$3.0M$76.2M1.68×
SBS Pinhook III LLCSeed$3.0M$76.2M1.68×
4Front Ventures, Inc.Seed$8.9M$76.2M1.68×
Tradiv, Inc.Seed$3.6M$75.5M1.66×
Hydro-Klean, LLC this companySeed$2.7M$68.7M1.51×
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.
Seed$2.7M2017-12-29$13.5M$68.7M90%
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. Seed$2.7M2017-12-29
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$4.3M
Modeled next size est.range $2.8M–$6.9M
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Last step-up
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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
Dennis Bailey—18 other2017-12
Jason DeStigter—17 other2017-12
John Flaugh—13 other2017-12
Registry & provenance

Hydro-Klean, 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
1726905
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hydro-Klean, LLC raised?
Hydro-Klean, LLC has raised approximately $2.7M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hydro-Klean, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hydro-Klean, LLC is approximately $68.7M (modeled range $2.5M–$538.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hydro-Klean, LLC at?
Hydro-Klean, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 29.
What does Hydro-Klean, LLC do and where is it based?
Hydro-Klean, LLC operates in the Business Services sector, based in DES MOINES.
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