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Sun Exchange, Inc.

CAPE TOWN · Investment Vehicle · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sun Exchange, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$5.0M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
4.9×
Latest step-up
Top 43%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed May 20 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sun Exchange, Inc. has raised $5.0M over 3 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.

Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

1 Investor+6 more named people

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Where it sits in Investment Vehicle

Sun Exchange, Inc. is one of 1793 Investment Vehicle companies tracked from CAPE TOWN. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 58% 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.

SA’s Sun Exchange raises $500k from Alphabit 0 By Tom Jackson on October 11, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African solar micro-leasing marketplace Sun Exchange has received a US$500,000 seed investment from Alphabit, a multi-million-dollar hedge fund, to allow it to expand its operations. Sun Exchange is a buy-to-lease solar marketplace that leverages cryptocurrency to allow users across the world to buy into solar projects and receive income from the power generated by the projects.

SA’s Sun Exchange raises $500k from Alphabit 0 By Tom Jackson on October 11, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African solar micro-leasing marketplace Sun Exchange has received a US$500,000 seed investment from Alphabit, a multi-million-dollar hedge fund, to allow it to expand its operations. Sun Exchange is a buy-to-lease solar marketplace that leverages cryptocurrency to allow users across the world to buy into solar projects and receive income from the power generated by the projects.

climate/cleantech

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
5
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2020-05-20
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2018-10-11 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $9.3M (est)$500K$9.3MSeed2018Seed · 2019-04-15 Raised $760K (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)$760K$14MSeed2019Seed · 2020-05-20 Raised $3.7M (real) Modeled valuation $69M (est)$3.7M$69MSeed2020+$760K+$3.7MCumulative $5.0M

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$500K · 2018
Seed extension$760K · 2019
Seed extension$3.7M · 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
$69.4M
Base estimate est.
$3.4M
Conservative case
$544.7M
Upside case
$18.7M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $9.3M · 2018-10-112018Seed · modeled $14.1M · 2019-04-15Seed · modeled $69.4M · 2020-05-202020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.1M/yr
Capital velocity
7.7 yr
On record since
2018
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1793 companies in Investment Vehicle. 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) 1.5× above median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.9× above median
This company$3.7M
Sector median$2.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.8× above median
This company$69.4M
Sector median$25.2M

Raised more than 58% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% of peers (estimate).

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$500K2018-10-11$2.5M$9.3M45%
Seed$760K2019-04-15$3.8M$14.1M90%
Seed$3.7M2020-05-20$18.7M$69.4M90%
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$500K2018-10-11
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Seed$760K2019-04-15
    • Raised 6 mo later.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$3.7M2020-05-20
    • Raised 13 mo later.
    • Round 4.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 5 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$11.2M
Modeled next size est.range $7.3M$17.9M
4.9×
Last step-up
$3.1M/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
Jeffrey Frank1 other2020-05
Abraham Cambridge2020-05
Abraham Russell Cambridge2019-04
David Russell Orban2019-04
Lisa Lyhne2020-05
Lisa Russell Lyhne2019-04
Registry & provenance

Sun Exchange, Inc. 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
1775973
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Fincura, Inc.Other TechnologySeries A$5.2M$143.9Mnetwork1 shared operator
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
SunFunder Inc.OtherSeed$14.1M85%
Sun Basket, Inc.OtherSeries C$514.4M84%
Royalty Exchange Inc.OtherPre-Seed$23.1M84%
D. W Exchange LLCOtherSeries C$958.4M83%
Sunthetics, Inc.OtherSeed$15.0M83%
Sun-Rey Partners, LLCOtherPre-Seed$11.2M82%
Sun & Suds Ultimate Holdings, LLCOtherSeries A$52.8M82%
Sun City Investors, LLCOtherSeed$20.4M82%
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
AlphabitSeed55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Sun Exchange, Inc. raised?
Sun Exchange, Inc. has raised approximately $5.0M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sun Exchange, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sun Exchange, Inc. is approximately $69.4M (modeled range $3.4M–$544.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sun Exchange, Inc. at?
Sun Exchange, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed May 20.
What does Sun Exchange, Inc. do and where is it based?
Sun Exchange, Inc. operates in the Investment Vehicle sector, based in CAPE TOWN. SA’s Sun Exchange raises $500k from Alphabit 0 By Tom Jackson on October 11, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African solar micro-leasing marketplace Sun Exchange has received a US$500,000 seed investment from Alphabit, a multi-million-dollar hedge fund, to allow it to expand its operations. Sun Exchange is a buy-to-lease solar marketplace that leverages cryptocurrency to allow users across the world to buy into solar projects and receive income from the power generated by the projects.
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