Companies · Hardware / Semiconductors

Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.

SANTA CLARA · Hardware / Semiconductors · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.5M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 34%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jan 05 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. looks over-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 hardware/semi sector profile.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.84× the median modeled value of Seed Hardware / Semiconductors companies in 2022–2024 (8 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 3.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 16 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 Hardware / Semiconductors

Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. is one of 130 Hardware / Semiconductors companies tracked from SANTA CLARA. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 67% 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.

hardware/semi

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2023
Year incorporated
2023-01-05
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 · 2023-01-05 Raised $2.5M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$2.5M$19MSeed2023

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$2.5M · 2023

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
$18.6M
Base estimate est.
$2.1M
Conservative case
$74.0M
Upside case
$12.5M
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 hardware/semi sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.48×/yr
Annual markup
1.94×/yr upside case
3.5 yr
Elapsed time used
3.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
hardware/semi
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
3.5 yr
On record since
2023
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 130 companies in Hardware / Semiconductors. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$8.3M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$1.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$18.6M
Sector median$26.4M

Raised more than 67% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 68% 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 #2 of 8.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Radical Semiconductor, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.9M · modeled $30.3M (est)Silicon Vistas 113 LLC · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $15.1M (est)Cerebrum Sensor Technologies Inc. · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $10.5M (est)Gricd · Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $9.7M (est)Monitor APP IOT Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $1.8M · modeled $7.0M (est)CardoO · Seed Raised $660K · modeled $5.4M (est)Silicon Valley Exercise Analytics Inc. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $3.1M (est)Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. (this company) Raised $2.5M · modeled $18.6M (est)Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Radical Semiconductor, Inc.Seed$4.9M$30.3M3.00×
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. this companySeed$2.5M$18.6M1.84×
Silicon Vistas 113 LLCSeed$2.5M$15.1M1.49×
Cerebrum Sensor Technologies Inc.Seed$2.0M$10.5M1.04×
GricdSeed$1.5M$9.7M0.96×
Monitor APP IOT Holdings Inc.Seed$1.8M$7.0M0.69×
CardoOSeed$660K$5.4M0.53×
Silicon Valley Exercise Analytics Inc.Seed$3.4M$3.1M0.31×
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$2.5M2023-01-05$12.5M$18.6M90%
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$2.5M2023-01-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$4.0M
Modeled next size est.range $2.6M$6.4M
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
John C.C. Fan1 other2023-01
Boryeu C.C. Tsaur2023-01
Hong C.C. Choi2023-01
Kenneth C.C. Fan2023-01
Registry & provenance

Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. 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
1961838
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Silicon Vistas 113 LLCHardware / SemiconductorsSeed$2.5M$15.1Msame sector · same stage
Thrive Agritech, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$2.9M$58.4Msame sector · same stage
Buffalo Chip Global Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$2.0M$5.2Msame sector · same stage
Cerebrum Sensor Technologies Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$2.0M$10.5Msame sector · same stage
Bottomless, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$1.9M$38.7Msame sector · same stage
Silicon Valley Exercise Analytics Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$3.4M$3.1Msame sector · same stage
Monitor APP IOT Holdings Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$1.8M$7.0Msame sector · same stage
GricdHardware / SemiconductorsSeed$1.5M$9.7Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$10.8M89%
Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries C$659.4M85%
Advanced Silicon Group, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$14.6M84%
Silicon Derivatives Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$17.1M84%
IoT Networks INCHardware / SemiconductorsPre-Seed$8.2M83%
Lion Semiconductor Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$132.2M83%
Inspire Semiconductor, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$21.0M82%
Radical Semiconductor, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeed$30.3M82%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. raised?
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. has raised approximately $2.5M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. is approximately $18.6M (modeled range $2.1M–$74.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. at?
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jan 05.
What does Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. do and where is it based?
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc. operates in the Hardware / Semiconductors sector, based in SANTA CLARA.
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