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Valet Lighting Co LLC

FRANKLIN · Other Energy

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Valet Lighting Co LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.8M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 64%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jun 30 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Valet Lighting Co LLC looks over-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.01× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Energy companies in 2022–2024 (84 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Valet Lighting Co 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
8.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $1.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 37% of Other Energy peers
Capital scale is ahead of 37% of Other Energy peers; modeled value is above 22% 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 2018: $1.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.0M on 2018-07-17.
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

Valet Lighting Co LLC is one of 2049 Other Energy companies tracked from FRANKLIN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 37% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2018-07-17 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$1.0M$16MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2023-06-30 Raised $800K (real) Modeled valuation $4.1M (est)$800K$4.1MPre-Seed2023+$800KCumulative $1.8M

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$1.0M · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$800K · 2023

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.1M
Base estimate est.
$507K
Conservative case
$18.5M
Upside case
$4.4M
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.

Pre-Seed · modeled $16.1M · 2018-07-172018Pre-Seed · modeled $4.1M · 2023-06-302023
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
3.0 yr
Elapsed time used
3.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
energy
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
59 mo
Avg between rounds
$363K/yr
Capital velocity
8.0 yr
On record since
2018
First round
2
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) 0.5× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.1× above median
This company$800K
Sector median$373K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$4.1M
Sector median$17.0M

Raised more than 37% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% 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 company ranks #14 of 84.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Sol Clarity, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $920K · modeled $6.7M (est)Helios CoreShell Partners, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $6.5M (est)Trinary Solar Group IV LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $6.3M (est)SunTrain, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $6.2M (est)Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $762K · modeled $6.2M (est)InSite Holding, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $885K · modeled $6.0M (est)Blue Line Marketing, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $650K · modeled $5.8M (est)Sol Renewables Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $5.7M (est)McCune Works Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $984K · modeled $5.3M (est)GenHydro Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $5.1M (est)Resource Royalty Exclusive, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $628K · modeled $5.0M (est)CS Renewables, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)Valet Lighting Co LLC (this company) Raised $1.8M · modeled $4.1M (est)Valet Lighting Co LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sol Clarity, Inc.Pre-Seed$920K$6.7M3.30×
Helios CoreShell Partners, LLCPre-Seed$750K$6.5M3.23×
Trinary Solar Group IV LLCPre-Seed$975K$6.3M3.10×
SunTrain, Inc.Pre-Seed$750K$6.2M3.07×
Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, LLCPre-Seed$762K$6.2M3.06×
InSite Holding, Inc.Pre-Seed$885K$6.0M2.96×
Blue Line Marketing, LLCPre-Seed$650K$5.8M2.89×
Sol Renewables IncPre-Seed$1.6M$5.7M2.81×
McCune Works Inc.Pre-Seed$984K$5.3M2.63×
GenHydro Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$5.1M2.51×
Resource Royalty Exclusive, LLCPre-Seed$628K$5.0M2.46×
CS Renewables, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$4.4M2.20×
Valet Lighting Co LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.8M$4.1M2.01×
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$1.0M2018-07-17$5.6M$16.1M90%
Pre-Seed$800K2023-06-30$4.4M$4.1M90%
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. Pre-Seed$1.0M2018-07-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$800K2023-06-30
    • Raised again after 59 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2028 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~59mo cadence
$800K
Modeled next size est.range $800K$1.3M
0.8×
Last step-up
$363K/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
Ashley C. Ewing2023-06
Ashley F. Ewing2018-07
James C. Ewing2018-07
Richard F. Huxtable2018-07
Registry & provenance

Valet Lighting Co 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
1743316
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Valet Lighting Co LLC raised?
Valet Lighting Co LLC has raised approximately $1.8M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Valet Lighting Co LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Valet Lighting Co LLC is approximately $4.1M (modeled range $507K–$18.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Valet Lighting Co LLC at?
Valet Lighting Co LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jun 30.
What does Valet Lighting Co LLC do and where is it based?
Valet Lighting Co LLC operates in the Other Energy sector, based in FRANKLIN.
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