Companies · Retailing

Barkbox, Inc.

NEW YORK · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Barkbox, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$11.0M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
8.0×
Latest step-up
Top 19%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Jul 08 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Barkbox, Inc. 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 retail 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 1.77× the median modeled value of Series A Retailing companies in 2013–2015 (49 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Retailing

Barkbox, Inc. is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 82% 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.

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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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2011-12-31 Raised $135K (real) Modeled valuation $1.1M (est)$135K$1.1MPre-Seed2011Seed · 2012-06-14 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $7.7M (est)$1.2M$7.7MSeed2012Series A · 2014-07-08 Raised $9.7M (real) Modeled valuation $50M (est)$9.7M$50MSeries A2014+$1.2M+$9.7MCumulative $11M

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$135K · 2011
Seed$1.2M · 2012
Series A$9.7M · 2014

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$49.6M
Base estimate est.
$11.9M
Conservative case
$269.8M
Upside case
$43.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.1M · 2011-12-312011Seed · modeled $7.7M · 2012-06-14Series A · modeled $49.6M · 2014-07-082014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.45×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$4.4M/yr
Capital velocity
14.5 yr
On record since
2011
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 7.0× above median
This company$11.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.8× above median
This company$9.7M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 8.6× above median
This company$49.6M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 82% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 87% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

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 #11 of 49.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Brite Energy Solar Holdings, Llc · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)Brite Energy Solar, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)Scooby LP · Series A Raised $13.4M · modeled $68.8M (est)DE Spirits LLC · Series A Raised $27.9M · modeled $66.9M (est)RRM Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $11.4M · modeled $58.6M (est)Ticknors Holdings Corp · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $56.5M (est)Frederick'S Of Hollywood Group Inc /Ny/ · Series A Raised $18.1M · modeled $51.4M (est)Ecentria Group, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Stock & Barrel, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Stock & Barrel Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)M11 Motors, LLC · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $48.8M (est)Barkbox, Inc. (this company) Raised $11.0M · modeled $49.6M (est)Barkbox, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Brite Energy Solar Holdings, LlcSeries A$14.2M$73.2M2.61×
Brite Energy Solar, Inc.Series A$14.2M$73.2M2.61×
Scooby LPSeries A$13.4M$68.8M2.46×
DE Spirits LLCSeries A$27.9M$66.9M2.39×
RRM Holdings, LLCSeries A$11.4M$58.6M2.09×
Ticknors Holdings CorpSeries A$11.0M$56.5M2.02×
Frederick'S Of Hollywood Group Inc /Ny/Series A$18.1M$51.4M1.83×
Ecentria Group, Inc.Series A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Stock & Barrel, LLCSeries A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Stock & Barrel Holdings, LLCSeries A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Barkbox, Inc. this companySeries A$11.0M$49.6M1.77×
M11 Motors, LLCSeries A$10.5M$48.8M1.74×
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$135K2011-12-31$750K$1.1M90%
Seed$1.2M2012-06-14$6.1M$7.7M90%
Series A$9.7M2014-07-08$43.9M$49.6M90%
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$135K2011-12-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Seed$1.2M2012-06-14
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 9.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$9.7M2014-07-08
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$29.0M
Modeled next size est.range $18.8M$46.4M
8.0×
Last step-up
$4.4M/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
Michael Hirshland11 other2012-06
Stuart J. Ellman3 other2014-07
Cathleen Black1 other2014-07
Carly Strife2011-12
Henrik Werdelin2011-12
Matt Meeker2011-12
Registry & provenance

Barkbox, Inc. 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
1539019
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Barkbox, Inc. raised?
Barkbox, Inc. has raised approximately $11.0M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Barkbox, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Barkbox, Inc. is approximately $49.6M (modeled range $11.9M–$269.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Barkbox, Inc. at?
Barkbox, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Jul 08.
What does Barkbox, Inc. do and where is it based?
Barkbox, Inc. operates in the Retailing sector, based in NEW YORK.
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