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Motional AD LLC

Boston · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Motional AD LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$239.7M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.2×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Mar 26 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Motional AD LLC 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 1.63× the median modeled value of Series D+ Manufacturing companies in 2019–2021 (14 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.3 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.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Motional AD 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
6.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $707.0M across 6 filings.
Market position
ahead of 98% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 98% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 99% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2020: $707.0M across 6 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $239.7M on 2020-03-26.
  • Filing rows sum to $707.0M, while canonical raised total is $239.7M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Motional AD LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Boston. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% 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
454
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2020-03-26
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$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries D+ · 2020-03-26 Raised $166M (real) Modeled valuation $1.9B (est)$166M$1.9BSeries D+2020Series A · 2020-03-26 Raised $9.1M (real) Modeled valuation $91M (est)$9.1M$91MSeries A2020Series C · 2020-03-26 Raised $76M (real) Modeled valuation $863M (est)$76M$863MSeries C2020Series B · 2020-03-26 Raised $16M (real) Modeled valuation $179M (est)$16M$179MSeries B2020Series D+ · 2020-03-26 Raised $200M (real) Modeled valuation $2.3B (est)$200M$2.3BSeries D+2020Series D+ · 2020-03-26 Raised $240M (real) Modeled valuation $2.7B (est)$240M$2.7BSeries D+2020+$9.1M+$76M+$16M+$200M+$240MCumulative $707M

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 D+$165.5M · 2020
Bridge · Series D+-stage$9.1M · 2020smaller follow-on
Bridge · Series D+-stage$76.2M · 2020smaller follow-on
Bridge · Series D+-stage$16.3M · 2020smaller follow-on
Series D+ extension$200.2M · 2020
Series D+ extension$239.7M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.7B
Base estimate est.
$1.4B
Conservative case
$6.0B
Upside case
$2.0B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series D+ · modeled $1.9B · 2020-03-262020Series A · modeled $91.0M · 2020-03-26Series C · modeled $862.8M · 2020-03-26Series B · modeled $178.7M · 2020-03-26Series D+ · modeled $2.3B · 2020-03-26Series D+ · modeled $2.7B · 2020-03-262020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
87%
Survival probability
69% low · 96% high
1.08×/yr
Annual markup
1.21×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
6.3 yr
On record since
2020
First round
6
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) 118× above median
This company$239.7M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.2× above median
This company$239.7M
Sector median$108.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 227× above median
This company$2.7B
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 #3 of 14.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Nikola Corp · Series D+ Raised $300.0M · modeled $3.2B (est)LSF9 Balta Issuer S.a r.l. · Series D+ Raised $279.0M · modeled $3.0B (est)NotCo Ltd · Series D+ Raised $358.0M · modeled $2.5B (est)Workhorse Group Inc. · Series D+ Raised $242.8M · modeled $2.2B (est)Garrett Motion Inc. · Series D+ Raised $179.3M · modeled $1.9B (est)Ppg Industries Inc · Series D+ Raised $154.2M · modeled $1.8B (est)LTN Industries, Inc · Series D+ Raised $150.0M · modeled $1.6B (est)Shell Rock Soy Processing LLC · Series D+ Raised $155.0M · modeled $1.4B (est)AOT Packaging Products, L.P. · Series D+ Raised $131.5M · modeled $1.4B (est)CNL Strategic Capital, LLC · Series D+ Raised $300.0M · modeled $569.4M (est)Advanced Lighting Technologies, LLC · Series D+ Raised $192.7M · modeled $148.5M (est)Motional AD LLC (this company) Raised $239.7M · modeled $2.7B (est)Motional AD LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Nikola CorpSeries D+$300.0M$3.2B1.90×
LSF9 Balta Issuer S.a r.l.Series D+$279.0M$3.0B1.80×
Motional AD LLC this companySeries D+$239.7M$2.7B1.63×
NotCo LtdSeries D+$358.0M$2.5B1.47×
Workhorse Group Inc.Series D+$242.8M$2.2B1.33×
Garrett Motion Inc.Series D+$179.3M$1.9B1.14×
Ppg Industries IncSeries D+$154.2M$1.8B1.05×
LTN Industries, IncSeries D+$150.0M$1.6B0.95×
Shell Rock Soy Processing LLCSeries D+$155.0M$1.4B0.86×
AOT Packaging Products, L.P.Series D+$131.5M$1.4B0.85×
CNL Strategic Capital, LLCSeries D+$300.0M$569.4M0.34×
Advanced Lighting Technologies, LLCSeries D+$192.7M$148.5M0.09×
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 D+$165.5M2020-03-26$1.4B$1.9B90%
Series A$9.1M2020-03-26$41.4M$91.0M90%
Series C$76.2M2020-03-26$508.3M$862.8M90%
Series B$16.3M2020-03-26$90.5M$178.7M90%
Series D+$200.2M2020-03-26$1.7B$2.3B90%
Series D+$239.7M2020-03-26$2.0B$2.7B90%
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 D+$165.5M2020-03-26
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
    • 243 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$9.1M2020-03-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 18.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 55 investors on this round.
  3. Series C$76.2M2020-03-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 8.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 143 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$16.3M2020-03-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 4.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 75 investors on this round.
  5. Series D+$200.2M2020-03-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 12.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 325 investors on this round.
  6. Series D+$239.7M2020-03-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 454 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$287.0M
Modeled next size est.range $239.7M$459.1M
1.2×
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
Robert Lee11 other2020-03
Sean Park4 other2020-03
Kevin Clark3 other2020-03
Karl Iagnemma1 other2020-03
Ned Preston1 other2020-03
Abe Ghabra2020-03
Albert Biermann2020-03
Anant Thaker2020-03
Changhyeon Song2020-03
Chung Kook Park2020-03
Daekwon Ko2020-03
David Paja2020-03
Heung Soo Kim2020-03
Hokeun Chung2020-03
Jaehoon Chang2020-03
Jaiwon Shin2020-03
Jose Munoz2020-03
Joseph Massaro2020-03
Karl Kim2020-03
Laura Major2020-03
Michele Buonopane2020-03
Peter Simshauser2020-03
Richard Rosario2020-03
Sookyung Jung2020-03
Registry & provenance

Motional AD 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
1808016
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Motional AD LLC raised?
Motional AD LLC has raised approximately $239.7M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Motional AD LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Motional AD LLC is approximately $2.7B (modeled range $1.4B–$6.0B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Motional AD LLC at?
Motional AD LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Mar 26.
What does Motional AD LLC do and where is it based?
Motional AD LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Boston.
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