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ARO, Ltd.

HOUSTON · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on ARO, Ltd. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 46%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 04 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

ARO, Ltd. 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 restaurants 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 2.48× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Restaurants companies in 2007–2009 (52 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Restaurants

ARO, Ltd. is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from HOUSTON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 55% 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
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2009-12-04 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $4.4M (est)$1.0M$4.4MPre-Seed2009

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$1.0M · 2009

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.4M
Base estimate est.
$560K
Conservative case
$49.6M
Upside case
$5.6M
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 scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
25%
Survival probability
10% low · 46% high
1.21×/yr
Annual markup
1.64×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.6 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2292 companies in Restaurants. 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) 1.1× above median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.8× above median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$360K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.7× above median
This company$4.4M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 55% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 68% 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 #2 of 52.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Mad Fox Brewing Company, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)Butter Charlotte LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)Sweetwater Tavern & Grille, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $992K · modeled $4.3M (est)Rm Restaurant Holding Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $950K · modeled $4.2M (est)NKS - Blakeney, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $3.9M (est)MCC Hospitality D. Vino & DNC, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $3.7M (est)Pollo Boston, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $825K · modeled $3.6M (est)Seed Hospitality, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $782K · modeled $3.4M (est)DMK Burger Bar I, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $722K · modeled $3.2M (est)Dolce Sports Bar LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $3.1M (est)Lci #1, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $682K · modeled $3.0M (est)ARO, Ltd. (this company) Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)ARO, Ltd.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mad Fox Brewing Company, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4M2.48×
ARO, Ltd. this companyPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4M2.48×
Butter Charlotte LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4M2.48×
Sweetwater Tavern & Grille, LLCPre-Seed$992K$4.3M2.46×
Rm Restaurant Holding CorpPre-Seed$950K$4.2M2.36×
NKS - Blakeney, LLCPre-Seed$900K$3.9M2.23×
MCC Hospitality D. Vino & DNC, LLCPre-Seed$850K$3.7M2.11×
Pollo Boston, LLCPre-Seed$825K$3.6M2.05×
Seed Hospitality, LLCPre-Seed$782K$3.4M1.94×
DMK Burger Bar I, LLCPre-Seed$722K$3.2M1.79×
Dolce Sports Bar LLCPre-Seed$700K$3.1M1.74×
Lci #1, LlcPre-Seed$682K$3.0M1.69×
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$1.0M2009-12-04$5.6M$4.4M90%
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$1.0M2009-12-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$2.6M
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
Michael J. Cordua1 other2009-12
Registry & provenance

ARO, Ltd. 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
1509413
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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
CSL Sugarland, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.6M$1.3Mnetwork1 shared operator · same sector · same stage
American Opportunity Franchise Fund I, Limited PartnershipRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Art Haus LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Be Glad, LPRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Bethesda Blues & Jazz, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Bethesda Blues, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Biscayne Bay Brewing Company, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Butter Charlotte LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.0M$4.4Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has ARO, Ltd. raised?
ARO, Ltd. has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is ARO, Ltd.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for ARO, Ltd. is approximately $4.4M (modeled range $560K–$49.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is ARO, Ltd. at?
ARO, Ltd.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 04.
What does ARO, Ltd. do and where is it based?
ARO, Ltd. operates in the Restaurants sector, based in HOUSTON.
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