Companies · Climate / Cleantech

Spark LlcWinter 2024Active

COLORADO SPRINGS · Climate / Cleantech · refined from filed group “Other · founded 2024 · https://www.sparkhq.ai

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Spark Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.3M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 48%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 08 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Spark Llc has raised $1.3M over 2 rounds; 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 climate/enviro 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 4.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 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

Spark 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
6.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $1.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 53% of Climate / Cleantech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 53% of Climate / Cleantech peers; modeled value is above 48% 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 2020: $1.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.1M on 2020-07-06.
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 Climate / Cleantech

Spark Llc is one of 207 Climate / Cleantech companies tracked from COLORADO SPRINGS, on record since 2024. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 53% 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

AI-powered workflows for energy infrastructure

Spark AI is workflow software for solar, storage, and data center developers. We've reviewed and identified over 1 million zoning, permitting, and project-related documents in nearly every jurisdiction in America, so that you can instantly identify project requirements, local sentiment, and fatal flaws in seconds. We’re trusted by dozens of industry-leading developers representing over 90 gigawatts of project pipeline and $30 billion in financing. Our team combines leadership experience from AI and energy (Microsoft, Apple, Department of Energy, Brex).

AIClimateEnergyEnergy StorageSolar Powerai/mlclimate/cleantech
Find Spark Llc online

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2021-10-08
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2020-07-06 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $31M (est)$1.1M$31MSeed2020Seed · 2021-10-08 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $3.1M (est)$200K$3.1MSeed2021+$200KCumulative $1.3M

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
Seed extension$200K · 2021

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
$3.1M
Base estimate est.
$166K
Conservative case
$17.1M
Upside case
$1.0M
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 climate/enviro sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $30.5M · 2020-07-062020Seed · modeled $3.1M · 2021-10-082021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
37%
Survival probability
17% low · 57% high
1.57×/yr
Annual markup
2.05×/yr upside case
4.7 yr
Elapsed time used
4.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
climate/enviro
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.1M/yr
Capital velocity
6.0 yr
On record since
2020
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 207 companies in Climate / Cleantech. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$200K
Sector median$2.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$59.8M

Raised more than 53% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 48% 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 companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Auric Solar, LLC · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $65.9M (est)Nuru · Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $23.9M (est)Spark Llc (this company) Raised $1.3M · modeled $3.1M (est)Spark Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Auric Solar, LLCSeed$2.4M$65.9M2.75×
NuruSeed$1.2M$23.9M1.00×
Spark Llc this companySeed$1.3M$3.1M0.13×
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.
Seed$1.1M2020-07-06$5.7M$30.5M90%
Seed$200K2021-10-08$1.0M$3.1M90%
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$1.1M2020-07-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$200K2021-10-08
    • Raised again after 15 mo — slower than the ~9 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $200K$320K
0.2×
Last step-up
$1.1M/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
Dave Fiala1 other2020-07
DAVID FIALA2021-10
KIRK ELLIOTT2020-07
Registry & provenance

Spark 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
1817864
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Spark Llc raised?
Spark Llc has raised approximately $1.3M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Spark Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Spark Llc is approximately $3.1M (modeled range $166K–$17.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Spark Llc at?
Spark Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 08.
What does Spark Llc do and where is it based?
Spark Llc operates in the Climate / Cleantech sector, based in COLORADO SPRINGS. AI-powered workflows for energy infrastructure
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