Companies · Energy

Shepherd Company, LLCWinter 2021Active

FRANKLIN · CA, USA · Energy · refined from filed group “Other Technology · founded 2021 · https://shepherdinsurance.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Shepherd Company, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$150K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 46%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jun 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Shepherd Company, LLC has raised $150K over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 4.1 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

Shepherd Company, 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 $150K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 55% of Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 55% of Energy peers; modeled value is above 57% 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
Some evidence
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.
  • Capital program peaked in 2022: $150K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $150K on 2022-06-01.
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 Energy

Shepherd Company, LLC is one of 69 Energy companies tracked from FRANKLIN, CA, USA, on record since 2021. 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.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Modernizing commercial insurance

Shepherd is a Learning assistant for schools to provide to their students. Shepherd seamlessly combines AI-enabled self-study, affordable tutoring, peer collaboration, and analytics for a personalized learning experience that is both efficient and effective.

ConstructionEnergyInsuranceai/mlinsurance
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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2022-06-01
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 · 2022-06-01 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $1.2M (est)$150K$1.2MPre-Seed2022

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$150K · 2022

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.2M
Base estimate est.
$95K
Conservative case
$7.3M
Upside case
$833K
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
4.1 yr
Elapsed time used
4.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
4.1 yr
On record since
2022
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 69 companies in 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) 0.0× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$6.8M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$150K
Sector median$393K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$22.4M

Raised more than 55% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 57% 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 companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0MCapital raised (log)Utility Ranger, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $375K · modeled $3.2M (est)Endpoint Utility, LP · Pre-Seed Raised $195K · modeled $1.5M (est)Shepherd Company, LLC (this company) Raised $150K · modeled $1.2M (est)Shepherd Company, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Utility Ranger, LLCPre-Seed$375K$3.2M2.11×
Endpoint Utility, LPPre-Seed$195K$1.5M1.00×
Shepherd Company, LLC this companyPre-Seed$150K$1.2M0.75×
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$150K2022-06-01$833K$1.2M90%
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. Pre-Seed$150K2022-06-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$240K
Modeled next size est.range $156K$384K
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
William Martin2 other2022-06
Paul Vincent Van Hoesen1 other2022-06
Dirk Schroeder2022-06
Rick Wiseman2022-06
Registry & provenance

Shepherd Company, 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
1933797
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Shepherd Company, LLC raised?
Shepherd Company, LLC has raised approximately $150K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Shepherd Company, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Shepherd Company, LLC is approximately $1.2M (modeled range $95K–$7.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Shepherd Company, LLC at?
Shepherd Company, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jun 01.
What does Shepherd Company, LLC do and where is it based?
Shepherd Company, LLC operates in the Energy sector, based in FRANKLIN, CA, USA. Modernizing commercial insurance
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