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Lightning Motors Corp

SAN JOSE · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Lightning Motors Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.3M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 49%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jul 16 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Lightning Motors Corp 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 manufacturing 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 0.65× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2019–2021 (134 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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

Lightning Motors Corp is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from SAN JOSE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 52% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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
1
Investors (latest)
2019-07-16
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2015-12-28 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$1.3M$16MSeed2015Seed · 2019-07-16 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$1.0M$12MSeed2019+$1.0MCumulative $2.3M

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 · 2015
Seed extension$1.0M · 2019

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
$12.3M
Base estimate est.
$918K
Conservative case
$96.2M
Upside case
$5.0M
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 manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $15.5M · 2015-12-282015Seed · modeled $12.3M · 2019-07-162019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
43 mo
Avg between rounds
$638K/yr
Capital velocity
10.5 yr
On record since
2015
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 1.1× above median
This company$2.3M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.0× above median
This company$12.3M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 52% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 51% 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 #103 of 134.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Go Africa LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Alpen High Performance Products, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Rhino Health Inc. · Seed Raised $7.0M · modeled $46.8M (est)DCG Lounger Growth, LLC · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $45.1M (est)Mile High Bioscience, LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $43.5M (est)Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.9M · modeled $42.9M (est)RADCO Ventures LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.9M (est)Pinewell RF LP · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.6M (est)Lianluo Smart Ltd · Seed Raised $8.1M · modeled $42.1M (est)Zinc-Polymer Investor Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $42.0M (est)Otto Aviation Group, LLC · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $39.5M (est)CyH.COM LLC · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $38.6M (est)Lightning Motors Corp (this company) Raised $2.3M · modeled $12.3M (est)Lightning Motors Corp
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Go Africa LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.61×
Alpen High Performance Products, Inc.Seed$4.0M$49.1M2.61×
Rhino Health Inc.Seed$7.0M$46.8M2.50×
DCG Lounger Growth, LLCSeed$3.7M$45.1M2.41×
Mile High Bioscience, LLCSeed$3.5M$43.5M2.32×
Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc.Seed$4.9M$42.9M2.29×
RADCO Ventures LLCSeed$3.5M$42.9M2.29×
Pinewell RF LPSeed$3.5M$42.6M2.27×
Lianluo Smart LtdSeed$8.1M$42.1M2.24×
Zinc-Polymer Investor Holdings, LLCSeed$3.4M$42.0M2.24×
Otto Aviation Group, LLCSeed$3.9M$39.5M2.10×
CyH.COM LLCSeed$3.1M$38.6M2.06×
Lightning Motors Corp this companySeed$2.3M$12.3M0.65×
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$1.3M2015-12-28$6.3M$15.5M85%
Seed$1.0M2019-07-16$5.0M$12.3M90%
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$1.3M2015-12-28
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Seed$1.0M2019-07-16
    • Raised again after 43 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~43mo cadence
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$1.6M
0.8×
Last step-up
$638K/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
Jojo Hatfield2015-12
Richard Hatfield2015-12
Registry & provenance

Lightning Motors 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
1646406
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Lightning Motors Corp raised?
Lightning Motors Corp has raised approximately $2.3M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Lightning Motors Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Lightning Motors Corp is approximately $12.3M (modeled range $918K–$96.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Lightning Motors Corp at?
Lightning Motors Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jul 16.
What does Lightning Motors Corp do and where is it based?
Lightning Motors Corp operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in SAN JOSE.
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