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Firehawk

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Firehawk

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Builds missiles and rockets focusing on mastering the motor and propellant production. observed

fresh · evidence 9d ago 10 sources no confidence data
68.9/100
Venture signal
scored above 63% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Yes

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is published and listed. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

Funding
no round
2026-09-11
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
sales-led
homepage

Traction

No traction data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Current round

No fundraising data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (18% of the score).

↓ Scored on 1 of 4 components — funding_magnitude, adoption, developer had no computable metric.

7 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
69/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
11/100
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Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Team & hiring No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 68.9/100 for firehawk, composed from 1 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.76 for 20% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.907 0.1814

Evidence this score rests on

  • funding.round.announced_on 2026-09-20 https

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
Undisclosed
announced 2026-09-11 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Financing events four different events, four different dates

A first sale, a filing, an amendment and a public announcement are not the same event, and one date may not stand in for another. Where the latest financing date cannot be established from what we hold, this says unknown rather than substituting a date we do have.

Latest established financing date
2026-09-11
Money moved on or after
2026-09-11
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-09-11 by its own source.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.02

Gray-market attention, not quality. 6+ HN mentions (peak 296 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. ▲ 296 Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia 2018-01-05 ↗

Raw observations 191 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Firehawk observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 379 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 296 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-27 normalized 0.20
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community.hn.mentions 19 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-27 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 6 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41988215", "title": "Sony closes Concord studio and permanently shuts down the game", "points": 6, "created_at": "2024-10-29", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2024-10-29 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-27 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34053704", "title": "Did insurance fire brigades let uninsured buildings burn?", "points": 379, "created_at": "2022-12-19"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-12-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16077638", "title": "Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia", "points": 296, "created_at": "2018-01-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-01-05 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16077638", "title": "Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia", "points": 296, "created_at": "2018-01-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-01-05 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16077638", "title": "Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia", "points": 296, "created_at": "2018-01-05"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-01-05 normalized 0.20
description Builds missiles and rockets focusing on mastering the motor and propellant production. observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.60
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funding.round.source_url https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/1789-capital-backed-firehawk-seeks-funds-at-1-25-billion-value observed https 2026-09-20 normalized 0.80
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