Companies · Manufacturing

BB&C Wholesale, LLC

BRISTOL · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on BB&C Wholesale, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$567K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
4.7×
Latest step-up
Top 76%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 13 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

BB&C Wholesale, 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 1.34× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (231 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (134% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.0 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

BB&C Wholesale, 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
11.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $467K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 25% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 25% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 38% 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 2016: $467K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $467K on 2016-07-13.
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

BB&C Wholesale, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from BRISTOL. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 25% 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
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 · 2015-01-07 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $1.5M (est)$100K$1.5MPre-Seed2015Pre-Seed · 2016-07-13 Raised $467K (real) Modeled valuation $7.1M (est)$467K$7.1MPre-Seed2016+$467KCumulative $567K

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$100K · 2015
Pre-Seed extension$467K · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.1M
Base estimate est.
$318K
Conservative case
$80.8M
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 $1.5M · 2015-01-072015Pre-Seed · modeled $7.1M · 2016-07-132016
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
10.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$375K/yr
Capital velocity
11.5 yr
On record since
2015
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) 0.3× of median
This company$567K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$467K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$7.1M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 25% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 38% 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 #89 of 231.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Thorp Lane, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)WholeMe, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Shock Mitigation Technologies, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Southwood Holding Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Peachicana Products Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Dannijo, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Construction Robotics, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $15.3M (est)SAC Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $15.3M (est)eatingEVOLVED, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Safeguard Equipment Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $15.3M (est)BB&C Wholesale, LLC (this company) Raised $567K · modeled $7.1M (est)BB&C Wholesale, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Thorp Lane, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CorpPre-Seed$2.0M$15.3M2.86×
WholeMe, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Shock Mitigation Technologies, IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Southwood Holding Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Peachicana Products Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Dannijo, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Construction Robotics, LLCPre-Seed$2.2M$15.3M2.86×
SAC IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$15.3M2.86×
eatingEVOLVED, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Safeguard Equipment Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$15.3M2.86×
BB&C Wholesale, LLC this companyPre-Seed$567K$7.1M1.34×
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$100K2015-01-07$556K$1.5M90%
Pre-Seed$467K2016-07-13$2.6M$7.1M90%
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$100K2015-01-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$467K2016-07-13
    • Raised again after 18 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2018 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$1.4M
Modeled next size est.range $912K$2.2M
4.7×
Last step-up
$375K/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
Kevin Harper3 other2015-01
Cathy Berry2 other2016-07
Douglas Harper1 other2016-07
David Blittersdorf2016-07
Registry & provenance

BB&C Wholesale, 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
1631275
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has BB&C Wholesale, LLC raised?
BB&C Wholesale, LLC has raised approximately $567K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is BB&C Wholesale, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for BB&C Wholesale, LLC is approximately $7.1M (modeled range $318K–$80.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is BB&C Wholesale, LLC at?
BB&C Wholesale, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 13.
What does BB&C Wholesale, LLC do and where is it based?
BB&C Wholesale, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in BRISTOL.
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