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Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC

Indianapolis · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$730K
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 71%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Sep 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC looks fair against its niche peers and is at-risk 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 0.71× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2022–2024 (1723 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (71% of peer median) for its niche.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Ash & Elm Cider Company, 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
12.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $300K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 30% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 30% of Other peers; modeled value is above 8% 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 2018: $300K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $300K on 2018-07-01.
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

Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from Indianapolis. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 30% 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 506(b)
Reg D exemption
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 · 2014-07-01 Raised $180K (real) Modeled valuation $4.2M (est)$180K$4.2MPre-Seed2014Pre-Seed · 2018-07-01 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $6.9M (est)$300K$6.9MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2023-09-01 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$250K$1.4MPre-Seed2023+$300K+$250KCumulative $730K

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$180K · 2014
Pre-Seed extension$300K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$250K · 2023

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.4M
Base estimate est.
$167K
Conservative case
$6.3M
Upside case
$1.4M
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 $4.2M · 2014-07-012014Pre-Seed · modeled $6.9M · 2018-07-01Pre-Seed · modeled $1.4M · 2023-09-012023
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
2.8 yr
Elapsed time used
2.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
55 mo
Avg between rounds
$80K/yr
Capital velocity
12.0 yr
On record since
2014
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 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) 0.4× of median
This company$730K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$250K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 30% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 8% 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 #1132 of 1,723.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)El American Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.9M (est)AEA Hope, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.8M (est)Joy Milk Tea Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.7M (est)Manage Mindfully, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.5M (est)ValiDateMe LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.4M (est)Phoenix Asset Recovery Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.3M (est)BW-IGC, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $11.3M (est)Hge Fic N Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $10.7M (est)Isegoria, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $10.7M (est)Brookstone VC Blaze, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $961K · modeled $10.5M (est)Supreme Colas LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $10.5M (est)Asian Court Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $897K · modeled $10.5M (est)Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC (this company) Raised $730K · modeled $1.4M (est)Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
El American Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$11.9M5.88×
AEA Hope, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$11.8M5.85×
Joy Milk Tea Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$11.7M5.77×
Manage Mindfully, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$11.5M5.70×
ValiDateMe LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$11.4M5.64×
Phoenix Asset Recovery CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$11.3M5.58×
BW-IGC, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$11.3M5.58×
Hge Fic N LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$10.7M5.28×
Isegoria, IncPre-Seed$1.0M$10.7M5.26×
Brookstone VC Blaze, LLCPre-Seed$961K$10.5M5.20×
Supreme Colas LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$10.5M5.18×
Asian Court Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$897K$10.5M5.18×
Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC this companyPre-Seed$730K$1.4M0.71×
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$180K2014-07-01$1.0M$4.2M85%
Pre-Seed$300K2018-07-01$1.7M$6.9M90%
Pre-Seed$250K2023-09-01$1.4M$1.4M90%
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$180K2014-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$300K2018-07-01
    • Raised again after 48 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Pre-Seed$250K2023-09-01
    • Raised again after 62 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2028 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~55mo cadence
$250K
Modeled next size est.range $250K$400K
0.8×
Last step-up
$80K/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
Aaron Homoya2014-07
Andrea Homoya2014-07
Registry & provenance

Ash & Elm Cider Company, 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
1628465
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC raised?
Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC has raised approximately $730K in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC is approximately $1.4M (modeled range $167K–$6.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC at?
Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Sep 01.
What does Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC do and where is it based?
Ash & Elm Cider Company, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in Indianapolis.
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