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IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP

NEW YORK · Space / Aerospace · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$145.6M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 6%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Dec 18 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP has raised $146M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the space/aerospace sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Dormant
  • Last raise 7.5 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

IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP 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
7.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $145.6M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 95% of Space / Aerospace peers
Capital scale is ahead of 95% of Space / Aerospace peers; modeled value is above 98% 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 2018: $145.6M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $145.6M on 2018-12-18.
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 Space / Aerospace

IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP is one of 133 Space / Aerospace companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 95% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
6
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2018-12-18
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$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries D+ · 2018-12-18 Raised $146M (real) Modeled valuation $3.8B (est)$146M$3.8BSeries D+2018

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
Series D+$145.6M · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.8B
Base estimate est.
$701.3M
Conservative case
$8.3B
Upside case
$1.2B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the space/aerospace sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
72%
Survival probability
58% low · 80% high
1.28×/yr
Annual markup
1.43×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
space/aerospace
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
7.5 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 133 companies in Space / Aerospace. 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) 31× above median
This company$145.6M
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$145.6M
Sector median$117.1M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 99× above median
This company$3.8B
Sector median$38.2M

Raised more than 95% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

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.
Series D+$145.6M2018-12-18$1.2B$3.8B90%
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. Series D+$145.6M2018-12-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$233.0M
Modeled next size est.range $151.4M$372.7M
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
Gregory J. Smith3 other2018-12
Benjamin Booker2 other2018-12
Stephen Tiller2 other2018-12
Registry & provenance

IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP 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
1764508
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP raised?
IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP has raised approximately $145.6M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP is approximately $3.8B (modeled range $701.3M–$8.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP at?
IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Dec 18.
What does IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP do and where is it based?
IA Aviation Pipelines Holding (UA-AIE) LP operates in the Space / Aerospace sector, based in NEW YORK.
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