Companies · Manufacturing / Industrial

JKL Equipment LLC

Hammondsport · Manufacturing / Industrial · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on JKL Equipment LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$155K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 24%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue May 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

JKL Equipment LLC looks fair 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 manufacturing sector profile.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.88× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing / Industrial companies in 2016–2018 (12 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (88% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

JKL Equipment 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
9.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $400K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 77% of Manufacturing / Industrial peers
Capital scale is ahead of 77% of Manufacturing / Industrial peers; modeled value is above 79% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2017: $400K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $400K on 2017-07-01.
  • Filing rows sum to $655K, while canonical raised total is $155K; 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 Manufacturing / Industrial

JKL Equipment LLC is one of 629 Manufacturing / Industrial companies tracked from Hammondsport. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 77% 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
2
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2018-05-01
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2017-07-01 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $6.1M (est)$400K$6.1MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2018-05-01 Raised $155K (real) Modeled valuation $2.4M (est)$155K$2.4MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2018-05-01 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)$100K$1.5MPre-Seed2018+$155K+$100KCumulative $655K

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$400K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$155K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$100K · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.4M
Base estimate est.
$105K
Conservative case
$26.8M
Upside case
$861K
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.

Pre-Seed · modeled $6.1M · 2017-07-012017Pre-Seed · modeled $2.4M · 2018-05-01Pre-Seed · modeled $1.5M · 2018-05-012018
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
5 mo
Avg between rounds
$186K/yr
Capital velocity
9.0 yr
On record since
2017
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 629 companies in Manufacturing / Industrial. 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) 0.0× of median
This company$155K
Sector median$4.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$100K
Sector median$466K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$14.1M

Raised more than 77% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 79% 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 #8 of 12.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Atomic Corporate Industries, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $922K · modeled $14.1M (est)Brite Industries, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $863K · modeled $13.2M (est)Consolidated National Industries, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $12.2M (est)Quantum Industrial Development Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $808K · modeled $7.6M (est)RMR Industrials, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $325K · modeled $5.0M (est)KSG Urology Equipment Services, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $180K · modeled $2.7M (est)Luxor Industrial Corp /Fi · Pre-Seed Raised $174K · modeled $2.6M (est)L&K Manufacturing, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $300K · modeled $2.3M (est)Emblem Industries, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $150K · modeled $2.3M (est)Ag Manufacturing, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $1.5M (est)Electric Dream Factory, SPC · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $1.5M (est)JKL Equipment LLC (this company) Raised $155K · modeled $2.4M (est)JKL Equipment LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Atomic Corporate Industries, Inc.Pre-Seed$922K$14.1M5.21×
Brite Industries, Inc.Pre-Seed$863K$13.2M4.88×
Consolidated National Industries, Inc.Pre-Seed$800K$12.2M4.52×
Quantum Industrial Development CorpPre-Seed$808K$7.6M2.83×
RMR Industrials, Inc.Pre-Seed$325K$5.0M1.84×
KSG Urology Equipment Services, LLCPre-Seed$180K$2.7M1.02×
Luxor Industrial Corp /FiPre-Seed$174K$2.6M0.98×
JKL Equipment LLC this companyPre-Seed$155K$2.4M0.88×
L&K Manufacturing, Inc.Pre-Seed$300K$2.3M0.85×
Emblem Industries, Inc.Pre-Seed$150K$2.3M0.85×
Ag Manufacturing, LlcPre-Seed$100K$1.5M0.57×
Electric Dream Factory, SPCPre-Seed$100K$1.5M0.57×
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$400K2017-07-01$2.2M$6.1M90%
Pre-Seed$155K2018-05-01$861K$2.4M90%
Pre-Seed$100K2018-05-01$556K$1.5M90%
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$400K2017-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$155K2018-05-01
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$100K2018-05-01
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~5mo cadence
$100K
Modeled next size est.range $100K$160K
0.6×
Last step-up
$186K/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
Joseph R. Sorrentino1 other2018-05
Joseph Sorrentino2017-07
Kara Mackey-Dopman2017-07
Registry & provenance

JKL Equipment 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
1717699
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has JKL Equipment LLC raised?
JKL Equipment LLC has raised approximately $155K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is JKL Equipment LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for JKL Equipment LLC is approximately $2.4M (modeled range $105K–$26.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is JKL Equipment LLC at?
JKL Equipment LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue May 01.
What does JKL Equipment LLC do and where is it based?
JKL Equipment LLC operates in the Manufacturing / Industrial sector, based in Hammondsport.
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