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KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.

Houston · Energy / Climate · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$75.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Dec 20 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. has raised $75M 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 energy 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 9.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Energy / Climate

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. is one of 235 Energy / Climate companies tracked from Houston. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% 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
4
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2016-12-20
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries C · 2016-12-20 Raised $75M (real) Modeled valuation $1.1B (est)$75M$1.1BSeries C2016

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 C$75.0M · 2016

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.1B
Base estimate est.
$269.7M
Conservative case
$2.8B
Upside case
$500.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
73%
Survival probability
54% low · 84% high
1.20×/yr
Annual markup
1.37×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.5 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 235 companies in Energy / Climate. 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) 15× above median
This company$75.0M
Sector median$5.0M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$75.0M
Sector median$58.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 56× above median
This company$1.1B
Sector median$19.0M

Raised more than 97% 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 C$75.0M2016-12-20$500.0M$1.1B90%
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 C$75.0M2016-12-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series C.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$120.0M
Modeled next size est.range $78.0M$192.0M
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
Charles O. Buckner1 other2016-12
Douglas W. York2016-12
Edward C. Kovalik2016-12
Gary C. Hanna2016-12
Gizman R. Abbas2016-12
Gregory R. Dow2016-12
Tiffany J. Thom2016-12
Registry & provenance

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. 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
1659122
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. raised?
KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. has raised approximately $75.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. is approximately $1.1B (modeled range $269.7M–$2.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. at?
KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Dec 20.
What does KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. do and where is it based?
KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. operates in the Energy / Climate sector, based in Houston.
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