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M-Kopa, Llc

Kilimani, Nairobi · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on M-Kopa, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$76.5M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
8.1×
Latest step-up
Top 8%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Nov 28 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

M-Kopa, 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 energy 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 1.03× the median modeled value of Series C Other Energy companies in 2016–2018 (16 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (103% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

M-Kopa, 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
10.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $51.3M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 93% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 93% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 96% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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: $51.3M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $51.3M on 2017-11-28.
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.
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 Other Energy

M-Kopa, Llc is one of 2048 Other Energy companies tracked from Kilimani, Nairobi. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 93% 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
6
Investors (latest)
2017-11-28
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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries B · 2015-12-04 Raised $19M (real) Modeled valuation $219M (est)$19M$219MSeries B2015Series B · 2016-09-16 Raised $6.3M (real) Modeled valuation $74M (est)$6.3M$74MSeries B2016Series C · 2017-11-28 Raised $51M (real) Modeled valuation $614M (est)$51M$614MSeries C2017+$6.3M+$51MCumulative $76M

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 B$18.8M · 2015
Series B extension$6.3M · 2016
Series C$51.3M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 40%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$613.7M
Base estimate est.
$188.3M
Conservative case
$1.6B
Upside case
$341.7M
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.

Series B · modeled $218.7M · 2015-12-042015Series B · modeled $73.7M · 2016-09-16Series C · modeled $613.7M · 2017-11-282017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
74%
Survival probability
55% low · 86% high
1.16×/yr
Annual markup
1.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
12 mo
Avg between rounds
$38.5M/yr
Capital velocity
10.6 yr
On record since
2015
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2048 companies in Other Energy. 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) 22× above median
This company$76.5M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$51.3M
Sector median$47.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 36× above median
This company$613.7M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 93% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 16.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)WRH Associates, LLC · Series C Raised $100.0M · modeled $1.2B (est)Concessionaire CCNCM Transmission Line S.A.C. · Series C Raised $99.5M · modeled $1.2B (est)Clean Energy Fuels Corp. · Series C Raised $83.4M · modeled $998.7M (est)Stem, Inc. · Series C Raised $110.5M · modeled $978.1M (est)Mims Motors Corp · Series C Raised $76.0M · modeled $910.0M (est)Trinity Oaks Tyler, LLC · Series C Raised $72.0M · modeled $862.1M (est)IH Holdings International Ltd · Series C Raised $54.5M · modeled $652.2M (est)Nhet, Llc · Series C Raised $48.0M · modeled $574.7M (est)Modern Energy Group LLC · Series C Raised $42.4M · modeled $507.1M (est)Aquion Energy, Inc. · Series C Raised $181.2M · modeled $397.5M (est)Solazyme Inc · Series C Raised $140.3M · modeled $344.2M (est)M-Kopa, Llc (this company) Raised $76.5M · modeled $613.7M (est)M-Kopa, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
WRH Associates, LLCSeries C$100.0M$1.2B2.02×
Concessionaire CCNCM Transmission Line S.A.C.Series C$99.5M$1.2B2.01×
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.Series C$83.4M$998.7M1.68×
Stem, Inc.Series C$110.5M$978.1M1.65×
Mims Motors CorpSeries C$76.0M$910.0M1.53×
Trinity Oaks Tyler, LLCSeries C$72.0M$862.1M1.45×
IH Holdings International LtdSeries C$54.5M$652.2M1.10×
M-Kopa, Llc this companySeries C$76.5M$613.7M1.03×
Nhet, LlcSeries C$48.0M$574.7M0.97×
Modern Energy Group LLCSeries C$42.4M$507.1M0.85×
Aquion Energy, Inc.Series C$181.2M$397.5M0.67×
Solazyme IncSeries C$140.3M$344.2M0.58×
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 B$18.8M2015-12-04$104.7M$218.7M85%
Series B$6.3M2016-09-16$35.3M$73.7M85%
Series C$51.3M2017-11-28$341.7M$613.7M90%
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 B$18.8M2015-12-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 15 investors on this round.
  2. Series B$6.3M2016-09-16
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  3. Series C$51.3M2017-11-28
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~12mo cadence
$153.8M
Modeled next size est.range $99.9M$246.0M
8.1×
Last step-up
$38.5M/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
Colin Le Duc3 other2015-12
Arun Gore1 other2015-12
Chad Larson1 other2015-12
Elizabeth Littlefield1 other2017-11
Jesse Moore1 other2015-12
Jesse Zigmund1 other2017-11
Carl Thielk2017-11
David Gachwe Easton2017-11
Les Baillie2015-12
Mugo Kibati2016-09
Nicholas Hughes2015-12
Oliver Karius2015-12
Pauline Vaughan2017-11
Samuel Gachwe Kariuki2017-11
Susan Githuku2016-09
Yesse Oenga2017-11
Registry & provenance

M-Kopa, 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
1661585
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has M-Kopa, Llc raised?
M-Kopa, Llc has raised approximately $76.5M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is M-Kopa, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for M-Kopa, Llc is approximately $613.7M (modeled range $188.3M–$1.6B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is M-Kopa, Llc at?
M-Kopa, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Nov 28.
What does M-Kopa, Llc do and where is it based?
M-Kopa, Llc operates in the Other Energy sector, based in Kilimani, Nairobi.
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