Companies · Agtech / Foodtech

ArCal Foods, LLC

WEST SACRAMENTO · Agtech / Foodtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on ArCal Foods, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$500K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
5.0×
Latest step-up
Top 65%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri May 18 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

ArCal Foods, 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. 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.43× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Agtech / Foodtech companies in 2016–2018 (32 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (143% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

ArCal Foods, 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
8.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $700K across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 36% of Agtech / Foodtech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 36% of Agtech / Foodtech peers; modeled value is above 50% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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: $700K across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $500K on 2018-05-18.
  • Filing rows sum to $700K, while canonical raised total is $500K; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Agtech / Foodtech

ArCal Foods, LLC is one of 481 Agtech / Foodtech companies tracked from WEST SACRAMENTO. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 36% 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
6
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2018-05-18
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2018-05-18 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)$100K$1.5MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2018-05-18 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)$100K$1.5MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2018-05-18 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $7.5M (est)$500K$7.5MPre-Seed2018+$100K+$500KCumulative $700K

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$100K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$100K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$500K · 2018

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.5M
Base estimate est.
$313K
Conservative case
$85.0M
Upside case
$2.8M
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 agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.5M · 2018-05-182018Pre-Seed · modeled $1.5M · 2018-05-18Pre-Seed · modeled $7.5M · 2018-05-182018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.97×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.1 yr
On record since
2018
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 481 companies in Agtech / Foodtech. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$500K
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$500K
Sector median$405K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$7.5M
Sector median$12.2M

Raised more than 36% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 50% 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 #11 of 32.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Azahar Coffee Company, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.9M · modeled $15.0M (est)Galley Foods Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $933K · modeled $14.0M (est)Bears Nutrition, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $12.7M (est)Happy Day Food Group, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $11.2M (est)Fresco Foods, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $720K · modeled $10.8M (est)Three Trees Foods, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $10.5M (est)Medcare Farms · Pre-Seed Raised $690K · modeled $10.3M (est)Bubba's Foods LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $9.8M (est)Five Friends Food, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $9.1M (est)Rise Farms, LLP · Pre-Seed Raised $505K · modeled $7.6M (est)D.D. Farms LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $7.5M (est)ArCal Foods, LLC (this company) Raised $500K · modeled $7.5M (est)ArCal Foods, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Azahar Coffee Company, LLCPre-Seed$1.9M$15.0M2.86×
Galley Foods Inc.Pre-Seed$933K$14.0M2.67×
Bears Nutrition, Inc.Pre-Seed$850K$12.7M2.43×
Happy Day Food Group, Inc.Pre-Seed$750K$11.2M2.14×
Fresco Foods, Inc.Pre-Seed$720K$10.8M2.06×
Three Trees Foods, Inc.Pre-Seed$700K$10.5M2.00×
Medcare FarmsPre-Seed$690K$10.3M1.97×
Bubba's Foods LLCPre-Seed$1.2M$9.8M1.87×
Five Friends Food, Inc.Pre-Seed$800K$9.1M1.74×
Rise Farms, LLPPre-Seed$505K$7.6M1.44×
ArCal Foods, LLC this companyPre-Seed$500K$7.5M1.43×
D.D. Farms LLCPre-Seed$500K$7.5M1.43×
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$100K2018-05-18$556K$1.5M90%
Pre-Seed$100K2018-05-18$556K$1.5M90%
Pre-Seed$500K2018-05-18$2.8M$7.5M90%
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$100K2018-05-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$100K2018-05-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$500K2018-05-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $975K$2.4M
5.0×
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
Adam Durst2018-05
Greg Durst2018-05
Jeffrey P. Engleman2018-05
Regan Durst2018-05
Thomas H. Stark2018-05
Registry & provenance

ArCal Foods, 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
1742504
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has ArCal Foods, LLC raised?
ArCal Foods, LLC has raised approximately $500K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is ArCal Foods, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for ArCal Foods, LLC is approximately $7.5M (modeled range $313K–$85.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is ArCal Foods, LLC at?
ArCal Foods, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri May 18.
What does ArCal Foods, LLC do and where is it based?
ArCal Foods, LLC operates in the Agtech / Foodtech sector, based in WEST SACRAMENTO.
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