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Photon Vault Inc.

SAN RAMON · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Photon Vault Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$300K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 90%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jan 05 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Photon Vault Inc. 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 0.91× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Energy companies in 2022–2024 (84 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (91% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 3.5 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 Other Energy

Photon Vault Inc. is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from SAN RAMON. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 11% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2022
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$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2023-01-05 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $1.8M (est)$300K$1.8MPre-Seed2023

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$300K · 2023

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.8M
Base estimate est.
$190K
Conservative case
$9.7M
Upside case
$1.7M
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 energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.47×/yr
Annual markup
2.00×/yr upside case
3.5 yr
Elapsed time used
3.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
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 2049 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) 0.1× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$373K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 11% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 8% 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 #46 of 84.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Sol Clarity, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $920K · modeled $6.7M (est)Helios CoreShell Partners, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $6.5M (est)Trinary Solar Group IV LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $6.3M (est)SunTrain, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $6.2M (est)Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $762K · modeled $6.2M (est)InSite Holding, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $885K · modeled $6.0M (est)Blue Line Marketing, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $650K · modeled $5.8M (est)Sol Renewables Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $5.7M (est)McCune Works Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $984K · modeled $5.3M (est)GenHydro Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $5.1M (est)Resource Royalty Exclusive, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $628K · modeled $5.0M (est)CS Renewables, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)Photon Vault Inc. (this company) Raised $300K · modeled $1.8M (est)Photon Vault Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sol Clarity, Inc.Pre-Seed$920K$6.7M3.30×
Helios CoreShell Partners, LLCPre-Seed$750K$6.5M3.23×
Trinary Solar Group IV LLCPre-Seed$975K$6.3M3.10×
SunTrain, Inc.Pre-Seed$750K$6.2M3.07×
Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, LLCPre-Seed$762K$6.2M3.06×
InSite Holding, Inc.Pre-Seed$885K$6.0M2.96×
Blue Line Marketing, LLCPre-Seed$650K$5.8M2.89×
Sol Renewables IncPre-Seed$1.6M$5.7M2.81×
McCune Works Inc.Pre-Seed$984K$5.3M2.63×
GenHydro Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$5.1M2.51×
Resource Royalty Exclusive, LLCPre-Seed$628K$5.0M2.46×
CS Renewables, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$4.4M2.20×
Photon Vault Inc. this companyPre-Seed$300K$1.8M0.91×
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$300K2023-01-05$1.7M$1.8M90%
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$300K2023-01-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$480K
Modeled next size est.range $312K$768K
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
Adrian Amir Reed2023-01
Andrew Charles Clark2023-01
John Lauge Langhus2023-01
Kentwell Lee McCormick2023-01
Registry & provenance

Photon Vault 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
1962941
SEC CIK
2022
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Photon Vault Inc. raised?
Photon Vault Inc. has raised approximately $300K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Photon Vault Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Photon Vault Inc. is approximately $1.8M (modeled range $190K–$9.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Photon Vault Inc. at?
Photon Vault Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jan 05.
What does Photon Vault Inc. do and where is it based?
Photon Vault Inc. operates in the Other Energy sector, based in SAN RAMON.
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