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Hydro-Photon Inc

Blue Hill · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hydro-Photon Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.2M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 30%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Aug 11 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hydro-Photon Inc 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 technology 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 0.41× the median modeled value of Seed Other Technology companies in 2016–2018 (1024 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.9 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

Hydro-Photon Inc is one of 21292 Other Technology companies tracked from Blue Hill. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 71% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeed · 2008-11-26 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $67M (est)$2.0M$67MSeed2008Seed · 2015-04-03 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $121M (est)$3.5M$121MSeed2015Seed · 2015-04-03 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $102M (est)$3.0M$102MSeed2015Seed · 2016-08-11 Raised $700K (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)$700K$24MSeed2016+$3.5M+$3.0M+$700KCumulative $9.2M

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$2.0M · 2008
Seed extension$3.5M · 2015
Seed extension$3.0M · 2015
Seed extension$700K · 2016

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
$23.9M
Base estimate est.
$617K
Conservative case
$187.1M
Upside case
$3.5M
Modeled post-money

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

Seed · modeled $67.1M · 2008-11-262008Seed · modeled $121.0M · 2015-04-03Seed · modeled $102.2M · 2015-04-03Seed · modeled $23.9M · 2016-08-112016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
39%
Survival probability
18% low · 61% high
1.61×/yr
Annual markup
2.11×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
31 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.2M/yr
Capital velocity
17.6 yr
On record since
2008
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21292 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) 2.9× above median
This company$9.2M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$700K
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$23.9M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 71% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 40% 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 #882 of 1,024.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Modern Teacher LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)OneDine, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Pixobot, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $136.3M (est)SubVRsive, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Red Lambda, Inc. · Seed Raised $9.2M · modeled $136.3M (est)Lea, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Homebot, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Watershed Systems, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Bivarus, Inc. · Seed Raised $8.3M · modeled $136.3M (est)Salcido Enterprises, LLC · Seed Raised $5.1M · modeled $136.3M (est)RSV QOZB Rural, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $136.3M (est)Punchbowl, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.6M · modeled $136.3M (est)Hydro-Photon Inc (this company) Raised $9.2M · modeled $23.9M (est)Hydro-Photon Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Modern Teacher LLCSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
OneDine, LLCSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Pixobot, Inc.Seed$4.7M$136.3M2.36×
SubVRsive, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Red Lambda, Inc.Seed$9.2M$136.3M2.36×
Lea, LlcSeed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Homebot, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Watershed Systems, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Bivarus, Inc.Seed$8.3M$136.3M2.36×
Salcido Enterprises, LLCSeed$5.1M$136.3M2.36×
RSV QOZB Rural, Inc.Seed$4.0M$136.3M2.36×
Punchbowl, Inc.Seed$5.6M$136.3M2.36×
Hydro-Photon Inc this companySeed$9.2M$23.9M0.41×
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$2.0M2008-11-26$9.8M$67.1M90%
Seed$3.5M2015-04-03$17.8M$121.0M90%
Seed$3.0M2015-04-03$15.0M$102.2M90%
Seed$700K2016-08-11$3.5M$23.9M90%
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$2.0M2008-11-26
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$3.5M2015-04-03
    • Raised again after 76 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Seed$3.0M2015-04-03
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  4. Seed$700K2016-08-11
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~31mo cadence
$700K
Modeled next size est.range $700K$1.1M
0.2×
Last step-up
$1.2M/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
Steven Berger6 other2015-04
Edwin Lee1 other2016-08
Nick Wood1 other2015-04
Stephen Berger1 other2015-04
Brad Rendle2015-04
Edward A. Volkwein2008-11
Gary J. Loft2008-11
Gary Loft2015-04
James Kannry2015-04
James N. Kannry2008-11
Miles Maiden2015-04
Miles M. Maiden2008-11
Neil MacKay2015-04
Richard M. Gurin2008-11
Robert C. Marville2008-11
Registry & provenance

Hydro-Photon 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
1415371
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hydro-Photon Inc raised?
Hydro-Photon Inc has raised approximately $9.2M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hydro-Photon Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hydro-Photon Inc is approximately $23.9M (modeled range $617K–$187.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hydro-Photon Inc at?
Hydro-Photon Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Aug 11.
What does Hydro-Photon Inc do and where is it based?
Hydro-Photon Inc operates in the Other Technology sector, based in Blue Hill.
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