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Altus Brands, LLC

GRAWN · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Altus Brands, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$450K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.6×
Latest step-up
Top 80%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sun Aug 31 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Altus Brands, LLC 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.80× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2013–2015 (1650 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (80% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

Altus Brands, 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
14.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2014 with $280K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 21% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 21% of Other peers; modeled value is above 30% 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
Lower 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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2014: $280K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $280K on 2014-08-31.
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 Other

Altus Brands, LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from GRAWN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 21% 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
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2012-06-27 Raised $170K (real) Modeled valuation $3.9M (est)$170K$3.9MPre-Seed2012Pre-Seed · 2014-08-31 Raised $280K (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)$280K$6.5MPre-Seed2014+$280KCumulative $450K

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$170K · 2012
Pre-Seed extension$280K · 2014

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.5M
Base estimate est.
$187K
Conservative case
$73.5M
Upside case
$1.6M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $3.9M · 2012-06-272012Pre-Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2014-08-312014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
26 mo
Avg between rounds
$207K/yr
Capital velocity
14.0 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 companies in Other. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$450K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$280K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$6.5M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 21% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 30% 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 #983 of 1,650.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Produce P&A Fund, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Music Labs, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)SAL Ethika Investments, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Vyance, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Mass Mail, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Security Products Solutions, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Hwz Management, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Taylor Group Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Phytopurh, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Toro Entertainment Group, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Academy Snowboard Co., Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Altus Brands, LLC (this company) Raised $450K · modeled $6.5M (est)Altus Brands, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Produce P&A Fund, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Music Labs, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
SAL Ethika Investments, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Vyance, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Mass Mail, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Security Products Solutions, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Hwz Management, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Taylor Group CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Phytopurh, LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Toro Entertainment Group, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Academy Snowboard Co., Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Altus Brands, LLC this companyPre-Seed$450K$6.5M0.80×
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$170K2012-06-27$944K$3.9M90%
Pre-Seed$280K2014-08-31$1.6M$6.5M90%
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$170K2012-06-27
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$280K2014-08-31
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~26mo cadence
$462K
Modeled next size est.range $300K$739K
1.6×
Last step-up
$207K/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
Brian T Breneman2012-06
Charles Blake Ricci2012-06
Gerard W. Lemanski2012-06
Registry & provenance

Altus Brands, 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
1552699
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Altus Brands, LLC raised?
Altus Brands, LLC has raised approximately $450K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Altus Brands, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Altus Brands, LLC is approximately $6.5M (modeled range $187K–$73.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Altus Brands, LLC at?
Altus Brands, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sun Aug 31.
What does Altus Brands, LLC do and where is it based?
Altus Brands, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in GRAWN.
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