Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Kior Inc
Kior Inc looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Kior Inc operates in Other Energy, based in PASADENA.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Kior Inc has raised $150M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $110M on 2010-04-16.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2010-04-16.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Kior Inc at approximately $1.3B (range $592M–$2.9B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 0.76× the median modeled value of Series D+ Other Energy companies in 2010–2012 (8 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (76% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Last raise 16.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 2.8× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 96% of Other Energy peers (2049 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 98% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Vantage Energy II, LLC, Inergy Midstream, L.P., California Ridge Wind Energy LLC, Sunpower Corp, Crosstex Energy Lp.
Peoplefiled
3 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.