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Adams Arms, LLC

ODESSA · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Adams Arms, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$17.6M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 16%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 11 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Adams Arms, LLC looks under-valued 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 manufacturing sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.27× the median modeled value of Series A Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (92 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Adams Arms, 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
13.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $7.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 85% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 85% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 56% 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 2012: $7.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.0M on 2012-08-31.
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 Manufacturing

Adams Arms, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from ODESSA. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 85% 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.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2012
Year incorporated
2017-09-11
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$100MSeries A · 2012-08-31 Raised $7.0M (real) Modeled valuation $70M (est)$7.0M$70MSeries A2012Series A · 2016-04-25 Raised $6.5M (real) Modeled valuation $65M (est)$6.5M$65MSeries A2016Series A · 2017-03-10 Raised $2.5M (real) Modeled valuation $25M (est)$2.5M$25MSeries A2017Series A · 2017-09-11 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$1.5M$15MSeries A2017+$6.5M+$2.5M+$1.5MCumulative $18M

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 A$7.0M · 2012
Series A extension$6.5M · 2016
Series A extension$2.5M · 2017
Series A extension$1.5M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$14.7M
Base estimate est.
$2.1M
Conservative case
$80.1M
Upside case
$6.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $70.4M · 2012-08-312012Series A · modeled $65.1M · 2016-04-25Series A · modeled $25.5M · 2017-03-10Series A · modeled $14.7M · 2017-09-112017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
56%
Survival probability
31% low · 77% high
1.26×/yr
Annual markup
1.58×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
20 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.5M/yr
Capital velocity
13.8 yr
On record since
2012
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 8.7× above median
This company$17.6M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.2× above median
This company$14.7M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 85% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 56% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #81 of 92.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)World Food Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $149.8M (est)GLM Energy Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.9M · modeled $138.8M (est)Danaher Corp /De/ · Series A Raised $12.9M · modeled $128.9M (est)GFBC, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.0M · modeled $128.8M (est)Health-Ade Llc · Series A Raised $34.1M · modeled $125.9M (est)Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc · Series A Raised $12.2M · modeled $121.4M (est)Leggett & Platt Inc · Series A Raised $11.7M · modeled $117.0M (est)Keytone Dairy Corp Ltd · Series A Raised $11.1M · modeled $111.1M (est)PicoBrew, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.6M · modeled $105.9M (est)Lake Air Products, LLC · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $104.9M (est)Humm Holdings Llc · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $104.9M (est)Element Holdings, L.P. · Series A Raised $12.9M · modeled $102.9M (est)Adams Arms, LLC (this company) Raised $17.6M · modeled $14.7M (est)Adams Arms, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
World Food Holdings, LLCSeries A$15.0M$149.8M2.72×
GLM Energy Services, LLCSeries A$13.9M$138.8M2.52×
Danaher Corp /De/Series A$12.9M$128.9M2.34×
GFBC, Inc.Series A$19.0M$128.8M2.34×
Health-Ade LlcSeries A$34.1M$125.9M2.29×
Vertrauen Chemie Solutions IncSeries A$12.2M$121.4M2.20×
Leggett & Platt IncSeries A$11.7M$117.0M2.12×
Keytone Dairy Corp LtdSeries A$11.1M$111.1M2.02×
PicoBrew, Inc.Series A$19.6M$105.9M1.92×
Lake Air Products, LLCSeries A$10.5M$104.9M1.90×
Humm Holdings LlcSeries A$10.5M$104.9M1.90×
Element Holdings, L.P.Series A$12.9M$102.9M1.87×
Adams Arms, LLC this companySeries A$17.6M$14.7M0.27×
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 A$7.0M2012-08-31$32.0M$70.4M85%
Series A$6.5M2016-04-25$29.7M$65.1M85%
Series A$2.5M2017-03-10$11.6M$25.5M90%
Series A$1.5M2017-09-11$6.7M$14.7M90%
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 A$7.0M2012-08-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$6.5M2016-04-25
    • Raised again after 44 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 8 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$2.5M2017-03-10
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$1.5M2017-09-11
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~20mo cadence
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $1.5M$2.4M
0.6×
Last step-up
$3.5M/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
MICHAEL MARGOLIES6 other2017-03
Paul Miller4 other2017-03
Ian Beadle1 other2017-03
Michael K Froning1 other2012-08
Darrell C Smith2012-08
Darrell K Smith2016-04
James Granger2017-03
James K Granger2012-08
Michael E Margolies2012-08
Michael E Starcher2012-08
Raymond E Purcell2012-08
Registry & provenance

Adams Arms, 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
1554366
SEC CIK
2012
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Adams Arms, LLC raised?
Adams Arms, LLC has raised approximately $17.6M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Adams Arms, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Adams Arms, LLC is approximately $14.7M (modeled range $2.1M–$80.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Adams Arms, LLC at?
Adams Arms, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 11.
What does Adams Arms, LLC do and where is it based?
Adams Arms, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in ODESSA.
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