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Pence Contractors, LLC

LAKE OSWEGO · Construction

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Pence Contractors, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$620K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 46%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Pence Contractors, LLC looks under-valued against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the construction 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 0.39× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Construction companies in 2025–2027 (20 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Active
  • Last raise 14 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Pence Contractors, 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
4.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2022 with $409K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 55% of Construction peers
Capital scale is ahead of 55% of Construction peers; modeled value is above 43% 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 2022: $409K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $409K on 2022-05-17.
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.
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 Construction

Pence Contractors, LLC is one of 1338 Construction companies tracked from LAKE OSWEGO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 55% 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 504
Reg D exemption
4
Investors (latest)
2021
Year incorporated
2025-04-18
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2022-05-17 Raised $409K (real) Modeled valuation $2.2M (est)$409K$2.2MPre-Seed2022Pre-Seed · 2025-04-18 Raised $211K (real) Modeled valuation $497K (est)$211K$497KPre-Seed2025+$211KCumulative $620K

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
Pre-Seed$409K · 2022
Pre-Seed extension$211K · 2025

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$497K
Base estimate est.
$141K
Conservative case
$1.3M
Upside case
$1.2M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the construction sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $2.2M · 2022-05-172022Pre-Seed · modeled $497K · 2025-04-182025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.33×/yr
Annual markup
1.81×/yr upside case
1.2 yr
Elapsed time used
1.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
construction
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
35 mo
Avg between rounds
$212K/yr
Capital velocity
4.1 yr
On record since
2022
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1338 companies in Construction. 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$620K
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$211K
Sector median$495K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$497K
Sector median$9.9M

Raised more than 55% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 43% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-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 #19 of 20.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Restoration Builders Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $942K · modeled $2.2M (est)Jay Suraj Investors Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $2.0M (est)Harvest & Homes Tennessee II LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $1.8M (est)Quantum Real Estate Co LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $775K · modeled $1.6M (est)Safe & Sound Holding Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $725K · modeled $1.6M (est)Harvest & Homes Tennessee III LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $650K · modeled $1.6M (est)159 Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $1.5M (est)TPG Infill Seven LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.4M · modeled $1.5M (est)HSR Paradise 6-10 Excavation LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $1.4M (est)Wrbs 2025A Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $1.4M (est)Cassette, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $1.2M (est)WYSCO Holdings LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $1.0M (est)Pence Contractors, LLC (this company) Raised $620K · modeled $497K (est)Pence Contractors, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Restoration Builders Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$942K$2.2M1.75×
Jay Suraj Investors LlcPre-Seed$800K$2.0M1.57×
Harvest & Homes Tennessee II LLCPre-Seed$700K$1.8M1.38×
Quantum Real Estate Co LLCPre-Seed$775K$1.6M1.26×
Safe & Sound Holding LlcPre-Seed$725K$1.6M1.26×
Harvest & Homes Tennessee III LLCPre-Seed$650K$1.6M1.22×
159 LlcPre-Seed$600K$1.5M1.19×
TPG Infill Seven LLCPre-Seed$1.4M$1.5M1.19×
HSR Paradise 6-10 Excavation LLCPre-Seed$600K$1.4M1.07×
Wrbs 2025A LlcPre-Seed$750K$1.4M1.06×
Cassette, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$1.2M0.94×
WYSCO Holdings LLCPre-Seed$500K$1.0M0.78×
Pence Contractors, LLC this companyPre-Seed$620K$497K0.39×
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.
Pre-Seed$409K2022-05-17$2.3M$2.2M90%
Pre-Seed$211K2025-04-18$1.2M$497K90%
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. Pre-Seed$409K2022-05-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$211K2025-04-18
    • Raised again after 35 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2028 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~35mo cadence
$211K
Modeled next size est.range $211K$337K
0.5×
Last step-up
$212K/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
David L Hays1 other2022-05
Paul B Schulz1 other2022-05
Registry & provenance

Pence Contractors, 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
1931490
SEC CIK
2021
Incorporated
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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.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Pence Contractors, LLC raised?
Pence Contractors, LLC has raised approximately $620K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Pence Contractors, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Pence Contractors, LLC is approximately $497K (modeled range $141K–$1.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Pence Contractors, LLC at?
Pence Contractors, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 18.
What does Pence Contractors, LLC do and where is it based?
Pence Contractors, LLC operates in the Construction sector, based in LAKE OSWEGO.
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