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UP Holdings Inc.

HOUSTON · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on UP Holdings Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$27.2M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jun 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

UP Holdings Inc. looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.27× the median modeled value of Series B Other Energy companies in 2007–2009 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (127% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.0 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

UP Holdings Inc. 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
17.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2009 with $27.2M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 84% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 84% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 93% 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 2009: $27.2M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $27.2M on 2009-06-30.
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

UP Holdings Inc. is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from HOUSTON. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeries B · 2009-06-30 Raised $27M (real) Modeled valuation $316M (est)$27M$316MSeries B2009

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$27.2M · 2009

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: 25%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$316.0M
Base estimate est.
$64.7M
Conservative case
$1.2B
Upside case
$151.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M 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
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
65%
Survival probability
43% low · 79% high
1.22×/yr
Annual markup
1.47×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
17.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.0 yr
On record since
2009
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) 8.0× above median
This company$27.2M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$27.2M
Sector median$19.1M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 19× above median
This company$316.0M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 93% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #3 of 10.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Pure Biofuels Corp · Series B Raised $35.0M · modeled $394.5M (est)Deeya Energy Inc · Series B Raised $30.0M · modeled $348.1M (est)Lynas CORP LTD · Series B Raised $27.2M · modeled $315.8M (est)Konarka Technologies, Inc. · Series B Raised $23.8M · modeled $276.1M (est)Agile Energy, Inc · Series B Raised $21.3M · modeled $223.4M (est)Magma Energy Corp · Series B Raised $18.2M · modeled $211.6M (est)First Wind Holdings, LLC · Series B Raised $17.4M · modeled $201.9M (est)Intrinergy, LLC · Series B Raised $16.0M · modeled $186.2M (est)Pentadyne Power Corp · Series B Raised $24.0M · modeled $23.2M (est)UP Holdings Inc. (this company) Raised $27.2M · modeled $316.0M (est)UP Holdings Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Pure Biofuels CorpSeries B$35.0M$394.5M1.58×
Deeya Energy IncSeries B$30.0M$348.1M1.39×
UP Holdings Inc. this companySeries B$27.2M$316.0M1.27×
Lynas CORP LTDSeries B$27.2M$315.8M1.26×
Konarka Technologies, Inc.Series B$23.8M$276.1M1.11×
Agile Energy, IncSeries B$21.3M$223.4M0.89×
Magma Energy CorpSeries B$18.2M$211.6M0.85×
First Wind Holdings, LLCSeries B$17.4M$201.9M0.81×
Intrinergy, LLCSeries B$16.0M$186.2M0.75×
Pentadyne Power CorpSeries B$24.0M$23.2M0.09×
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$27.2M2009-06-30$151.3M$316.0M90%
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$27.2M2009-06-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$43.6M
Modeled next size est.range $28.3M$69.7M
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
Eric Hayes2 other2009-06
James Alexander2 other2009-06
Charles A. Hamilton1 other2009-06
Howard S. Lipshutz1 other2009-06
John Holmlund1 other2009-06
Timothy J. Coughlon1 other2009-06
Carl Shelburne, Jr.2009-06
Charles Gwirtsman2009-06
Felipe Gonzalez2009-06
Jerry Mayfield2009-06
Richard Spears2009-06
Registry & provenance

UP Holdings 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
1468243
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has UP Holdings Inc. raised?
UP Holdings Inc. has raised approximately $27.2M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is UP Holdings Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for UP Holdings Inc. is approximately $316.0M (modeled range $64.7M–$1.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is UP Holdings Inc. at?
UP Holdings Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jun 30.
What does UP Holdings Inc. do and where is it based?
UP Holdings Inc. operates in the Other Energy sector, based in HOUSTON.
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