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Rochester Solar Project LP

WHITE PLAINS · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Rochester Solar Project LP — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.1M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 71%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Oct 26 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Rochester Solar Project LP 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 0.64× the median modeled value of Seed Other Energy companies in 2019–2021 (74 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.7 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

Rochester Solar Project LP 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
5.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $1.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 30% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 30% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 44% 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 2020: $1.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.1M on 2020-10-26.
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

Rochester Solar Project LP is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from WHITE PLAINS. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 30% 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.

climate/cleantech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2020
Year incorporated
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$20MSeed · 2020-10-26 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$1.1M$13MSeed2020

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
Seed$1.1M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$13.2M
Base estimate est.
$962K
Conservative case
$94.9M
Upside case
$5.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). 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
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
5.7 yr
Elapsed time used
5.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
5.7 yr
On record since
2020
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) 0.3× of median
This company$1.1M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$1.1M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$13.2M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 30% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 44% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #53 of 74.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Angeles Summit Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $51.8M (est)BarberWind Turbines, LLC · Seed Raised $7.6M · modeled $48.8M (est)MT VS 20333 Normandie PV, LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $45.9M (est)Sandhill Advanced Biofuels LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $45.4M (est)Energy Materials Corp · Seed Raised $6.4M · modeled $40.9M (est)20701 Plummer PV, LLC · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $40.5M (est)Quantum Elements Development Inc · Seed Raised $4.8M · modeled $38.9M (est)Phytonix Corp · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $38.9M (est)Polar Power, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $36.5M (est)Earthrise Energy, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $35.6M (est)Spectrum Solar, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $33.3M (est)Sistine Solar, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $32.3M (est)Rochester Solar Project LP (this company) Raised $1.1M · modeled $13.2M (est)Rochester Solar Project LP
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Angeles Summit LlcSeed$4.0M$51.8M2.51×
BarberWind Turbines, LLCSeed$7.6M$48.8M2.36×
MT VS 20333 Normandie PV, LLCSeed$3.5M$45.9M2.22×
Sandhill Advanced Biofuels LLCSeed$3.5M$45.4M2.20×
Energy Materials CorpSeed$6.4M$40.9M1.98×
20701 Plummer PV, LLCSeed$3.1M$40.5M1.96×
Quantum Elements Development IncSeed$4.8M$38.9M1.88×
Phytonix CorpSeed$6.0M$38.9M1.88×
Polar Power, Inc.Seed$4.0M$36.5M1.77×
Earthrise Energy, Inc.Seed$3.1M$35.6M1.72×
Spectrum Solar, LLCSeed$3.0M$33.3M1.61×
Sistine Solar, Inc.Seed$2.5M$32.3M1.56×
Rochester Solar Project LP this companySeed$1.1M$13.2M0.64×
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$1.1M2020-10-26$5.6M$13.2M90%
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$1.1M2020-10-26
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.8M
Modeled next size est.range $1.2M$2.9M
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
Victor Naar1 other2020-10
Howard Blechman2020-10
Ken Blechman2020-10
Mark Bianchi2020-10
Michael Packman2020-10
Registry & provenance

Rochester Solar Project LP 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
1829546
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Rochester Solar Project LP raised?
Rochester Solar Project LP has raised approximately $1.1M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Rochester Solar Project LP's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Rochester Solar Project LP is approximately $13.2M (modeled range $962K–$94.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Rochester Solar Project LP at?
Rochester Solar Project LP's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Oct 26.
What does Rochester Solar Project LP do and where is it based?
Rochester Solar Project LP operates in the Other Energy sector, based in WHITE PLAINS.
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