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Ascend Industries, LLC

DENVER · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ascend Industries, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$875K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.2×
Latest step-up
Top 69%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Apr 20 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ascend Industries, 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 manufacturing 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 1.46× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2019–2021 (171 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (146% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.2 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

Ascend Industries, 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
9.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $475K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 32% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 32% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 39% 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 2020: $475K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $475K on 2020-04-20.
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

Ascend Industries, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from DENVER. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 32% 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
Rule 504
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2020-04-20
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 · 2016-08-22 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $6.1M (est)$400K$6.1MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2020-04-20 Raised $475K (real) Modeled valuation $7.2M (est)$475K$7.2MPre-Seed2020+$475KCumulative $875K

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$400K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$475K · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.2M
Base estimate est.
$323K
Conservative case
$82.1M
Upside case
$2.6M
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 manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $6.1M · 2016-08-222016Pre-Seed · modeled $7.2M · 2020-04-202020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
44 mo
Avg between rounds
$239K/yr
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
2
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) 0.4× of median
This company$875K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$475K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$7.2M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 32% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 39% 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 #63 of 171.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Surfx Technologies LLV · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Pioneer Botanicals, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Target Arm LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)OVCBC Enterprises Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Optical Structures Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)LPE Holdings LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Thirty Eight Products Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $999K · modeled $15.2M (est)Good Beverage LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $952K · modeled $14.5M (est)Banner Parent Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $910K · modeled $13.9M (est)Coopersville Brewing Company, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $13.7M (est)Rubbintec, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $13.5M (est)Firebot Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $838K · modeled $12.8M (est)Ascend Industries, LLC (this company) Raised $875K · modeled $7.2M (est)Ascend Industries, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Surfx Technologies LLVPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
Pioneer Botanicals, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
Target Arm LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
OVCBC Enterprises Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
Optical Structures IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
LPE Holdings LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.06×
Thirty Eight Products Inc.Pre-Seed$999K$15.2M3.06×
Good Beverage LLCPre-Seed$952K$14.5M2.92×
Banner Parent Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$910K$13.9M2.79×
Coopersville Brewing Company, LLCPre-Seed$900K$13.7M2.76×
Rubbintec, Inc.Pre-Seed$975K$13.5M2.71×
Firebot IncPre-Seed$838K$12.8M2.57×
Ascend Industries, LLC this companyPre-Seed$875K$7.2M1.46×
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$400K2016-08-22$2.2M$6.1M90%
Pre-Seed$475K2020-04-20$2.6M$7.2M90%
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$400K2016-08-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$475K2020-04-20
    • Raised again after 44 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~44mo cadence
$564K
Modeled next size est.range $475K$903K
1.2×
Last step-up
$239K/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
James Biviano1 other2016-08
Registry & provenance

Ascend Industries, 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
1769739
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ascend Industries, LLC raised?
Ascend Industries, LLC has raised approximately $875K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ascend Industries, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ascend Industries, LLC is approximately $7.2M (modeled range $323K–$82.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ascend Industries, LLC at?
Ascend Industries, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Apr 20.
What does Ascend Industries, LLC do and where is it based?
Ascend Industries, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in DENVER.
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