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Melrose Industries Plc/ADR

BIRMINGHAM · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Melrose Industries Plc/ADR — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.9B
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Apr 19 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Melrose Industries Plc/ADR 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 manufacturing 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 4.03× the median modeled value of Growth/Late Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (6 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Manufacturing

Melrose Industries Plc/ADR is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from BIRMINGHAM. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
456
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2018-04-19
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$12.5B$25.0B$37.5B$50.0BGrowth/Late · 2018-04-19 Raised $1.9B (real) Modeled valuation $22.1B (est)$1.9B$22.1BGrowth/Late2018

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
Growth/Late$1.9B · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$22.1B
Base estimate est.
$15.0B
Conservative case
$39.5B
Upside case
$18.9B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
92%
Survival probability
80% low · 98% high
1.04×/yr
Annual markup
1.14×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.2 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
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) 933× above median
This company$1.9B
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 3.8× above median
This company$1.9B
Sector median$503.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1841× above median
This company$22.1B
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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 #1 of 6.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0B$100.0M$1.0B$10.0BCapital raised (log)Cortes NP JV Holdings, LLC · Growth/Late Raised $1.2B · modeled $14.1B (est)Trident Parent, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $505.9M · modeled $5.9B (est)Weir Group PLC · Growth/Late Raised $431.1M · modeled $5.1B (est)Braidy Industries, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $401.1M · modeled $4.7B (est)Riverstone Gamma Holdings, LP · Growth/Late Raised $422.3M · modeled $155.8M (est)Melrose Industries Plc/ADR (this company) Raised $1.9B · modeled $22.1B (est)Melrose Industries Plc/ADR
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Melrose Industries Plc/ADR this companyGrowth/Late$1.9B$22.1B4.03×
Cortes NP JV Holdings, LLCGrowth/Late$1.2B$14.1B2.56×
Trident Parent, Inc.Growth/Late$505.9M$5.9B1.08×
Weir Group PLCGrowth/Late$431.1M$5.1B0.92×
Braidy Industries, Inc.Growth/Late$401.1M$4.7B0.86×
Riverstone Gamma Holdings, LPGrowth/Late$422.3M$155.8M0.03×
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.
Growth/Late$1.9B2018-04-19$18.9B$22.1B90%
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. Growth/Late$1.9B2018-04-19
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
    • 456 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$3.0B
Modeled next size est.range $2.0B$4.8B
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
Archibald Gerard Kane2018-04
David Alexander Roper2018-04
David George Lis2018-04
Elizabeth Anne Hewitt2018-04
Geoffrey Peter Martin2018-04
James Christopher Miller2018-04
Laurence Justin Dowley2018-04
Simon Antony Peckham2018-04
Registry & provenance

Melrose Industries Plc/ADR 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
1516535
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Melrose Industries Plc/ADR raised?
Melrose Industries Plc/ADR has raised approximately $1.9B in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Melrose Industries Plc/ADR's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Melrose Industries Plc/ADR is approximately $22.1B (modeled range $15.0B–$39.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Melrose Industries Plc/ADR at?
Melrose Industries Plc/ADR's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Apr 19.
What does Melrose Industries Plc/ADR do and where is it based?
Melrose Industries Plc/ADR operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in BIRMINGHAM.
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