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Aquaculture Group

PAULLINA · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Aquaculture Group — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.8M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 35%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Aug 15 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Aquaculture Group looks over-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 agriculture 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 2.35× the median modeled value of Seed Agriculture companies in 2010–2012 (30 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Agriculture

Aquaculture Group is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from PAULLINA. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 66% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2012-08-15 Raised $3.7M (real) Modeled valuation $40M (est)$3.7M$40MSeed2012Seed · 2012-08-15 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$1.1M$11MSeed2012+$1.1MCumulative $4.8M

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
Seed$3.7M · 2012
Seed extension$1.1M · 2012

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$39.9M
Base estimate est.
$3.2M
Conservative case
$313.0M
Upside case
$18.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $39.9M · 2012-08-152012Seed · modeled $11.3M · 2012-08-152012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.33×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
13.9 yr
On record since
2012
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. 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) 2.2× above median
This company$4.8M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$1.1M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 3.4× above median
This company$39.9M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 66% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 77% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #1 of 30.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)WPD Pistachio, LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $37.6M (est)NEU Seed, LLC · Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $28.0M (est)ERR Investment Company, LLC · Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $27.8M (est)Cobblestone Almond Orchard, L.P. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $26.2M (est)China Swine Genetics, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.6M · modeled $25.9M (est)Continental Dairy Products, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $25.2M (est)China Agricorp,Inc. · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $24.9M (est)EW Acquisition Co. LLC · Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $23.6M (est)Quality Equipment LLC · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $23.2M (est)Vaughan Foods, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $20.4M (est)Feronia Inc. · Seed Raised $1.9M · modeled $20.0M (est)Aquaculture Group (this company) Raised $4.8M · modeled $39.9M (est)Aquaculture Group
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Aquaculture Group this companySeed$4.8M$39.9M2.35×
WPD Pistachio, LLCSeed$3.5M$37.6M2.22×
NEU Seed, LLCSeed$2.6M$28.0M1.65×
ERR Investment Company, LLCSeed$2.6M$27.8M1.64×
Cobblestone Almond Orchard, L.P.Seed$2.5M$26.2M1.55×
China Swine Genetics, Inc.Seed$4.6M$25.9M1.53×
Continental Dairy Products, Inc.Seed$2.4M$25.2M1.48×
China Agricorp,Inc.Seed$2.3M$24.9M1.47×
EW Acquisition Co. LLCSeed$2.2M$23.6M1.39×
Quality Equipment LLCSeed$2.5M$23.2M1.37×
Vaughan Foods, Inc.Seed$3.8M$20.4M1.20×
Feronia Inc.Seed$1.9M$20.0M1.18×
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.
Seed$3.7M2012-08-15$18.6M$39.9M90%
Seed$1.1M2012-08-15$5.3M$11.3M90%
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. Seed$3.7M2012-08-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$1.1M2012-08-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $1.1M$1.7M
0.3×
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
Timothy Todd Aberson1 other2012-08
Christopher John Flynn2012-08
John D Sells2012-08
Michelle Rae Aberson2012-08
Registry & provenance

Aquaculture Group 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
1567586
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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High Mowing Seed CoAgricultureSeed$4.3M$21.6Msame sector · same stage
Living Greens Farm, Inc.AgricultureSeed$5.3M$32.1Msame sector · same stage
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Aquaculture Group raised?
Aquaculture Group has raised approximately $4.8M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Aquaculture Group's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Aquaculture Group is approximately $39.9M (modeled range $3.2M–$313.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Aquaculture Group at?
Aquaculture Group's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Aug 15.
What does Aquaculture Group do and where is it based?
Aquaculture Group operates in the Agriculture sector, based in PAULLINA.
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