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Planet Found Energy Development LLC

POKOMOKE · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Planet Found Energy Development LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
3.0×
Latest step-up
Top 73%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon May 20 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Planet Found Energy Development 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 1.13× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Energy companies in 2019–2021 (74 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (113% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.1 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

Planet Found Energy Development 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
11.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2015 with $2.0M across 4 filings.
Market position
ahead of 28% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 28% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 27% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2015: $2.0M across 4 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $675K on 2015-02-06.
  • Filing rows sum to $2.5M, while canonical raised total is $1.0M; 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 Other Energy

Planet Found Energy Development LLC is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from POKOMOKE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 28% 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
5
Investors (latest)
2019-05-20
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2015-02-06 Raised $587K (real) Modeled valuation $9.5M (est)$587K$9.5MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2015-02-06 Raised $562K (real) Modeled valuation $9.1M (est)$562K$9.1MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2015-02-06 Raised $675K (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$675K$11MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2015-02-06 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $2.4M (est)$150K$2.4MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2019-05-20 Raised $120K (real) Modeled valuation $1.9M (est)$120K$1.9MPre-Seed2019Pre-Seed · 2019-05-20 Raised $360K (real) Modeled valuation $5.8M (est)$360K$5.8MPre-Seed2019+$562K+$675K+$150K+$120K+$360KCumulative $2.5M

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$587K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$562K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$675K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$150K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$120K · 2019
Pre-Seed extension$360K · 2019

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.8M
Base estimate est.
$228K
Conservative case
$65.9M
Upside case
$2.0M
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.

Pre-Seed · modeled $9.5M · 2015-02-062015Pre-Seed · modeled $9.1M · 2015-02-06Pre-Seed · modeled $10.9M · 2015-02-06Pre-Seed · modeled $2.4M · 2015-02-06Pre-Seed · modeled $1.9M · 2019-05-20Pre-Seed · modeled $5.8M · 2019-05-202019
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$242K/yr
Capital velocity
11.4 yr
On record since
2015
First round
6
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) 0.3× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× of median
This company$360K
Sector median$373K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$5.8M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 28% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 27% 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 #34 of 74.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Cooperative Energy Futures · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $16.1M (est)MT CB VS Waikoloa Villas, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $981K · modeled $15.8M (est)Secure Solar Capital LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $15.7M (est)Slingshot Power PBC · Pre-Seed Raised $955K · modeled $15.4M (est)MT CB VS Newcomerstown Solar, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $920K · modeled $14.8M (est)VS Newcomerstown Solar, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $920K · modeled $14.8M (est)Bravolta, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $14.8M (est)Cosmic Shielding Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $12.1M (est)Aquarius Energy, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $775K · modeled $12.0M (est)Scarab Tech Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $651K · modeled $10.5M (est)Northway Resources Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $651K · modeled $10.5M (est)One World Solar Origins LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $9.7M (est)Planet Found Energy Development LLC (this company) Raised $1.0M · modeled $5.8M (est)Planet Found Energy Development LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Cooperative Energy FuturesPre-Seed$1.0M$16.1M3.13×
MT CB VS Waikoloa Villas, LLCPre-Seed$981K$15.8M3.08×
Secure Solar Capital LLCPre-Seed$975K$15.7M3.06×
Slingshot Power PBCPre-Seed$955K$15.4M2.99×
MT CB VS Newcomerstown Solar, LLCPre-Seed$920K$14.8M2.88×
VS Newcomerstown Solar, LLCPre-Seed$920K$14.8M2.88×
Bravolta, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$14.8M2.88×
Cosmic Shielding CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$12.1M2.35×
Aquarius Energy, Inc.Pre-Seed$775K$12.0M2.33×
Scarab Tech IncPre-Seed$651K$10.5M2.04×
Northway Resources Corp.Pre-Seed$651K$10.5M2.04×
One World Solar Origins LLCPre-Seed$600K$9.7M1.88×
Planet Found Energy Development LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.0M$5.8M1.13×
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$587K2015-02-06$3.3M$9.5M85%
Pre-Seed$562K2015-02-06$3.1M$9.1M85%
Pre-Seed$675K2015-02-06$3.8M$10.9M90%
Pre-Seed$150K2015-02-06$833K$2.4M85%
Pre-Seed$120K2019-05-20$667K$1.9M90%
Pre-Seed$360K2019-05-20$2.0M$5.8M90%
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$587K2015-02-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$562K2015-02-06
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$675K2015-02-06
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 18 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$150K2015-02-06
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 4.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  5. Pre-Seed$120K2019-05-20
    • Raised again after 51 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Pre-Seed$360K2019-05-20
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 5 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $702K$1.7M
3.0×
Last step-up
$242K/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
James Long2 other2015-02
Neoklis Kypreos2015-02
Steve Bolgiano2015-02
Registry & provenance

Planet Found Energy Development 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
1634023
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Planet Found Energy Development LLC raised?
Planet Found Energy Development LLC has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Planet Found Energy Development LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Planet Found Energy Development LLC is approximately $5.8M (modeled range $228K–$65.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Planet Found Energy Development LLC at?
Planet Found Energy Development LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon May 20.
What does Planet Found Energy Development LLC do and where is it based?
Planet Found Energy Development LLC operates in the Other Energy sector, based in POKOMOKE.
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