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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Automated Water Machines Inc d/b/a Kadeya — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Automated Water Machines Inc d/b/a Kadeya looks over-valued against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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Automated Water Machines Inc d/b/a Kadeya is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from CHICAGO. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 79% 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.
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.
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.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series A — a $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. 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.
Raised more than 79% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 79% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #9 of 38.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Holding, LLC | Series A | $15.0M | $37.8M | 2.78× |
| Gear Up Sports, Inc. | Series A | $34.3M | $37.4M | 2.75× |
| Vivrelle, Inc. | Series A | $26.9M | $31.4M | 2.31× |
| Well Found, Inc. | Series A | $12.4M | $31.0M | 2.28× |
| Pathfinder Collective LLC | Series A | $10.1M | $27.3M | 2.01× |
| Daily Grabs Inc. | Series A | $16.6M | $27.1M | 2.00× |
| HeroWear Holdings, LLC | Series A | $14.7M | $26.3M | 1.94× |
| Maison Solutions Inc. | Series A | $9.5M | $25.6M | 1.88× |
| Automated Water Machines Inc d/b/a Kadeya this company | Series A | $9.1M | $22.5M | 1.65× |
| Argent Mill, Inc. | Series A | $13.6M | $20.6M | 1.52× |
| Billy Reid, Inc. | Series A | $19.0M | $20.5M | 1.51× |
| Unlockt Brands Inc | Series A | $7.7M | $19.7M | 1.45× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $9.1M | 2025-10-24 | $41.3M | $22.5M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Smith | — | 9 other | 2025-10 |
| Denis Lussault | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Elizabeth Linardos | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Manuela Zoninsein | — | — | 2025-10 |
Automated Water Machines Inc d/b/a Kadeya is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Book Rentals, Inc. | Retailing | Series A | $9.1M | $30.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Mented Cosmetics, Inc. | Retailing | Series A | $9.1M | $21.4M | same sector · same stage |
| JRjr33, Inc. | Retailing | Series A | $9.0M | $25.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. | Retailing | Series A | $9.2M | $17.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Robert's American Gourmet Food, LLC | Retailing | Series A | $8.9M | $25.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Worlds Best Nutritionals & Organics Inc | Retailing | Series A | $8.8M | $25.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Maison Solutions Inc. | Retailing | Series A | $9.5M | $25.6M | same sector · same stage |
| X3EM Brands LLC | Retailing | Series A | $9.5M | $28.3M | same sector · same stage |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Automation, LLC | Manufacturing | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | 81% |
| Cloud Water Filter, LLC | Retailing | Seed | $2.4M | 78% |
| Kadenwood, Inc. | Retailing | Seed | $8.3M | 77% |
| Kadence Inc. | Other Technology | Series A | $117.0M | 77% |
| Mj Mk Enterprises Llc | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $5.9M | 77% |
| Kadena LLC | Computers | Pre-Seed | $34.2M | 77% |
| Kadenze, Inc. | Other Technology | Seed | $6.1M | 76% |
| Kadena Public LLC | Computers | Series A | $160.3M | 76% |
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