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Universal Hydrogen Co.

Hawthorne · Energy / Climate · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Universal Hydrogen Co. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$85.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
2.6×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 12 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Universal Hydrogen Co. has raised $85M 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 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 4.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 / Climate

Universal Hydrogen Co. is one of 235 Energy / Climate companies tracked from Hawthorne. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
23
Investors (latest)
2020
Year incorporated
2021-10-12
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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries B · 2021-04-20 Raised $23M (real) Modeled valuation $268M (est)$23M$268MSeries B2021Series B · 2021-04-20 Raised $23M (real) Modeled valuation $268M (est)$23M$268MSeries B2021Series C · 2021-10-12 Raised $62M (real) Modeled valuation $691M (est)$62M$691MSeries C2021+$23M+$62MCumulative $108M

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 B$23.5M · 2021
Series B extension$23.5M · 2021
Series C$61.5M · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A — 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
$691.0M
Base estimate est.
$221.2M
Conservative case
$1.5B
Upside case
$410.1M
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 B · modeled $267.8M · 2021-04-202021Series B · modeled $267.8M · 2021-04-20Series C · modeled $691.0M · 2021-10-122021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
73%
Survival probability
54% low · 84% high
1.20×/yr
Annual markup
1.37×/yr upside case
4.7 yr
Elapsed time used
4.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
3 mo
Avg between rounds
$177.4M/yr
Capital velocity
5.2 yr
On record since
2021
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 235 companies in Energy / Climate. 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) 17× above median
This company$85.0M
Sector median$5.0M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× above median
This company$61.5M
Sector median$58.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 36× above median
This company$691.0M
Sector median$19.0M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 97% 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.

Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Motiv Power Systems, Inc.Series C$67.3M$801.2M1.07×
Universal Hydrogen Co. this companySeries C$85.0M$691.0M0.93×
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.
Series B$23.5M2021-04-20$130.4M$267.8M90%
Series B$23.5M2021-04-20$130.4M$267.8M90%
Series C$61.5M2021-10-12$410.1M$691.0M90%
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. Series B$23.5M2021-04-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  2. Series B$23.5M2021-04-20
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  3. Series C$61.5M2021-10-12
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 23 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~3mo cadence
$161.2M
Modeled next size est.range $104.8M$257.9M
2.6×
Last step-up
$177.4M/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
John-Paul Clarke2021-10
Jonathan T. Gordon2021-10
Mark T. Cousin2021-10
Paul Eremenko2021-04
Peter T. Barrett2021-10
Rod T. Williams2021-10
Registry & provenance

Universal Hydrogen Co. 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
1860458
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
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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
Electric Hydrogen Co.Energy / ClimateSeries D+$3.8B91%
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Maximator Hydrogen Inc.Energy / ClimatePre-Seed$1.9M83%
Power To Hydrogen Inc.Other EnergySeries A$36.6M83%
Power to Hydrogen, LLCOther EnergyPre-Seed$708K83%
NeoGreen Hydrogen Corp.Energy / ClimatePre-Seed$1.7M83%
Universal Energy Inc.Other EnergyPre-Seed$2.9M82%
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Universal Hydrogen Co. raised?
Universal Hydrogen Co. has raised approximately $85.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Universal Hydrogen Co.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Universal Hydrogen Co. is approximately $691.0M (modeled range $221.2M–$1.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Universal Hydrogen Co. at?
Universal Hydrogen Co.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 12.
What does Universal Hydrogen Co. do and where is it based?
Universal Hydrogen Co. operates in the Energy / Climate sector, based in Hawthorne.
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