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Private Investment Partners, LLC

New Carlisle · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Private Investment Partners, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$52.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.6×
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Sat Jun 15 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Private Investment Partners, LLC looks under-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 energy 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 0.06× the median modeled value of Series C Other Energy companies in 2013–2015 (14 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.0 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

Private Investment Partners, 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
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was Undated with $50.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 90% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 90% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 55% 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 Undated: $50.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $50.0M on .
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.
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

Private Investment Partners, LLC is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from New Carlisle. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% 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
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeries C · Raised $50M (real) Modeled valuation $247M (est)$50M$247MSeries CSeed · 2013-06-15 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)$1.1M$14MSeed2013Seed · 2013-06-15 Raised $1.7M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$1.7M$22MSeed2013+$1.1M+$1.7MCumulative $53M

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 C$50.0M
Bridge · Series C-stage$1.1M · 2013smaller follow-on
Bridge · Series C-stage$1.7M · 2013smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 40%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$22.3M
Base estimate est.
$1.5M
Conservative case
$174.9M
Upside case
$8.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the energy sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series C · modeled $247.0M · Seed · modeled $13.7M · 2013-06-15Seed · modeled $22.3M · 2013-06-152013
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.80×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
261 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.2M/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
3
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) 15× above median
This company$52.8M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$1.7M
Sector median$47.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.3× above median
This company$22.3M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 55% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

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

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Sapphire Energy, Inc. · Series C Raised $92.0M · modeled $1.1B (est)Invenergy Miami Wind I Holdings LLC · Series C Raised $75.4M · modeled $902.8M (est)Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, LLC · Series C Raised $60.0M · modeled $718.1M (est)Rose Rock Midstream, L.P. · Series C Raised $59.3M · modeled $709.6M (est)Sunnova Holdings, LLC · Series C Raised $52.7M · modeled $624.9M (est)Skyonic Corp · Series C Raised $110.5M · modeled $617.2M (est)Willbros Group, Inc.\NEW\ · Series C Raised $98.8M · modeled $401.3M (est)Arc Logistics Partners LP · Series C Raised $107.3M · modeled $386.7M (est)Boston Power Inc · Series C Raised $178.4M · modeled $239.5M (est)HelioVolt Corp · Series C Raised $165.7M · modeled $227.5M (est)Wind Power Holdings Inc · Series C Raised $79.4M · modeled $53.4M (est)Beatrice Funding LLC · Series C Raised $50.0M · modeled $52.8M (est)Private Investment Partners, LLC (this company) Raised $52.8M · modeled $22.3M (est)Private Investment Partners, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sapphire Energy, Inc.Series C$92.0M$1.1B2.79×
Invenergy Miami Wind I Holdings LLCSeries C$75.4M$902.8M2.29×
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, LLCSeries C$60.0M$718.1M1.82×
Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.Series C$59.3M$709.6M1.80×
Sunnova Holdings, LLCSeries C$52.7M$624.9M1.59×
Skyonic CorpSeries C$110.5M$617.2M1.57×
Willbros Group, Inc.\NEW\Series C$98.8M$401.3M1.02×
Arc Logistics Partners LPSeries C$107.3M$386.7M0.98×
Boston Power IncSeries C$178.4M$239.5M0.61×
HelioVolt CorpSeries C$165.7M$227.5M0.58×
Wind Power Holdings IncSeries C$79.4M$53.4M0.14×
Beatrice Funding LLCSeries C$50.0M$52.8M0.13×
Private Investment Partners, LLC this companySeries C$52.8M$22.3M0.06×
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.
Seed$1.1M2013-06-15$5.3M$13.7M90%
Seed$1.7M2013-06-15$8.6M$22.3M90%
Series C$50.0M$333.3M$247.0M90%
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. Seed$1.1M2013-06-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.7M2013-06-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2035 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~261mo cadence
$2.8M
Modeled next size est.range $1.8M$4.5M
1.6×
Last step-up
$1.2M/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
Stephen T Mellinger1 other2013-06
Stephen T Mellinger, Jr.1 other
Registry & provenance

Private Investment Partners, 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
1577648
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Private Investment Partners, LLC raised?
Private Investment Partners, LLC has raised approximately $52.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Private Investment Partners, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Private Investment Partners, LLC is approximately $22.3M (modeled range $1.5M–$174.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Private Investment Partners, LLC at?
Private Investment Partners, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sat Jun 15.
What does Private Investment Partners, LLC do and where is it based?
Private Investment Partners, LLC operates in the Other Energy sector, based in New Carlisle.
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