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International WoodFuels LLC

SAN DIEGO · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on International WoodFuels LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$7.0M
Total raised · real
13
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 38%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Nov 06 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

International WoodFuels LLC 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 energy 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 0.07× the median modeled value of Seed Other Energy companies in 2010–2012 (94 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

International WoodFuels 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
16.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $5.0M across 7 filings.
Market position
ahead of 63% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 63% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 8% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2011: $5.0M across 7 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.5M on 2011-09-28.
  • Filing rows sum to $8.5M, while canonical raised total is $7.0M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Energy

International WoodFuels LLC is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from SAN DIEGO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 63% 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.

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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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2009-09-01 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)Seed2009Seed · 2010-05-14 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)Seed2010Seed · 2010-07-13 Raised $166K (real) Modeled valuation $2.2M (est)Seed2010Seed · 2010-11-04 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)Seed2010Seed · 2011-08-04 Raised $641K (real) Modeled valuation $8.3M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-08-04 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $3.2M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-08-04 Raised $310K (real) Modeled valuation $4.0M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-09-28 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-09-28 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-09-28 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2011-09-28 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $3.2M (est)Seed2011Seed · 2012-05-01 Raised $175K (real) Modeled valuation $2.3M (est)Seed2012Seed · 2012-05-01 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $2.6M (est)Seed2012Seed · 2012-11-06 Raised $128K (real) Modeled valuation $1.7M (est)Seed2012Cumulative $8.5M

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$1.3M · 2009
Seed extension$1.1M · 2010
Seed extension$166K · 2010
Seed extension$500K · 2010
Seed extension$641K · 2011
Seed extension$250K · 2011
Seed extension$310K · 2011
Seed extension$500K · 2011
Seed extension$1.5M · 2011
Seed extension$1.5M · 2011
Seed extension$250K · 2011
Seed extension$175K · 2012
Seed extension$200K · 2012
Seed extension$128K · 2012

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
$1.7M
Base estimate est.
$109K
Conservative case
$13.0M
Upside case
$640K
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 energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $17.1M · 2009-09-012009Seed · modeled $13.6M · 2010-05-14Seed · modeled $2.2M · 2010-07-13Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2010-11-04Seed · modeled $8.3M · 2011-08-04Seed · modeled $3.2M · 2011-08-04Seed · modeled $4.0M · 2011-08-04Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2011-09-28Seed · modeled $19.5M · 2011-09-28Seed · modeled $19.5M · 2011-09-28Seed · modeled $3.2M · 2011-09-28Seed · modeled $2.3M · 2012-05-01Seed · modeled $2.6M · 2012-05-01Seed · modeled $1.7M · 2012-11-062012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.80×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
3 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.2M/yr
Capital velocity
16.8 yr
On record since
2009
First round
14
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2049 companies in Other Energy. 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) 2.0× above median
This company$7.0M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$128K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.7M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 63% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 8% 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 #89 of 94.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Community Energy Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $51.9M (est)Gentry-Glori Energy Investment LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $46.9M (est)Phoenix Solar Holdings Corp. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $46.4M (est)MegaWatt Solar, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $45.2M (est)Allana Potash Corp. · Seed Raised $4.6M · modeled $42.2M (est)Tempronics · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $42.2M (est)SkyWest Energy Corp. · Seed Raised $5.0M · modeled $42.0M (est)Geosynfuels Llc · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $40.7M (est)Fuel-From-Waste 2 LLC · Seed Raised $5.8M · modeled $39.5M (est)Greenstart Investor Group, Llc · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $39.3M (est)Shasta Renewable Resources, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $39.0M (est)Menon International, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $38.9M (est)International WoodFuels LLC (this company) Raised $7.0M · modeled $1.7M (est)International WoodFuels LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Community Energy Holdings, Inc.Seed$4.0M$51.9M2.15×
Gentry-Glori Energy Investment LLCSeed$3.6M$46.9M1.94×
Phoenix Solar Holdings Corp.Seed$3.6M$46.4M1.92×
MegaWatt Solar, Inc.Seed$4.7M$45.2M1.87×
Allana Potash Corp.Seed$4.6M$42.2M1.75×
TempronicsSeed$3.9M$42.2M1.74×
SkyWest Energy Corp.Seed$5.0M$42.0M1.74×
Geosynfuels LlcSeed$3.1M$40.7M1.68×
Fuel-From-Waste 2 LLCSeed$5.8M$39.5M1.63×
Greenstart Investor Group, LlcSeed$3.0M$39.3M1.62×
Shasta Renewable Resources, LLCSeed$3.0M$39.0M1.61×
Menon International, Inc.Seed$3.0M$38.9M1.61×
International WoodFuels LLC this companySeed$7.0M$1.7M0.07×
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$1.3M2009-09-01$6.6M$17.1M90%
Seed$1.1M2010-05-14$5.3M$13.6M90%
Seed$166K2010-07-13$829K$2.2M90%
Seed$500K2010-11-04$2.5M$6.5M90%
Seed$641K2011-08-04$3.2M$8.3M90%
Seed$250K2011-08-04$1.3M$3.2M90%
Seed$310K2011-08-04$1.6M$4.0M90%
Seed$500K2011-09-28$2.5M$6.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2011-09-28$7.5M$19.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2011-09-28$7.5M$19.5M90%
Seed$250K2011-09-28$1.3M$3.2M90%
Seed$175K2012-05-01$875K$2.3M90%
Seed$200K2012-05-01$1.0M$2.6M90%
Seed$128K2012-11-06$640K$1.7M90%
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$1.3M2009-09-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.1M2010-05-14
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Seed$166K2010-07-13
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Seed$500K2010-11-04
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  5. Seed$641K2011-08-04
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  6. Seed$250K2011-08-04
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  7. Seed$310K2011-08-04
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  8. Seed$500K2011-09-28
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  9. Seed$1.5M2011-09-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  10. Seed$1.5M2011-09-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  11. Seed$250K2011-09-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 6.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  12. Seed$175K2012-05-01
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  13. Seed$200K2012-05-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  14. Seed$128K2012-11-06
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~3mo cadence
$128K
Modeled next size est.range $128K$205K
0.6×
Last step-up
$2.2M/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
ADAM DANIEL BARNARD2009-09
ALEXANDER JAY WALLING2009-09
SHAWN JAY LECHIEN2009-09
STEVEN JAY MUELLER2009-09
Registry & provenance

International WoodFuels 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
1444422
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has International WoodFuels LLC raised?
International WoodFuels LLC has raised approximately $7.0M in disclosed capital across 13 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is International WoodFuels LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for International WoodFuels LLC is approximately $1.7M (modeled range $109K–$13.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is International WoodFuels LLC at?
International WoodFuels LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Nov 06.
What does International WoodFuels LLC do and where is it based?
International WoodFuels LLC operates in the Other Energy sector, based in SAN DIEGO.
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