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BearWaters Brewing Co

Canton · Food & Beverage · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on BearWaters Brewing Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$325K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 56%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jun 12 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

BearWaters Brewing Co has raised $325K over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 12.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Food & Beverage

BearWaters Brewing Co is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from Canton. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 45% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

food-beverage

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
4
Investors (latest)
2011
Year incorporated
2014-06-12
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 · 2014-06-12 Raised $325K (real) Modeled valuation $7.5M (est)$325K$7.5MPre-Seed2014Pre-Seed · 2014-06-12 Raised $105K (real) Modeled valuation $2.4M (est)$105K$2.4MPre-Seed2014+$105KCumulative $430K

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$325K · 2014
Pre-Seed extension$105K · 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
$7.5M
Base estimate est.
$217K
Conservative case
$85.2M
Upside case
$1.8M
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 $7.5M · 2014-06-122014Pre-Seed · modeled $2.4M · 2014-06-122014
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
12.1 yr
On record since
2014
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 567 companies in Food & Beverage. 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$325K
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$105K
Sector median$411K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$7.5M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 45% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 62% 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.

Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Patriarch Distillers LLCPre-Seed$847K$19.6M1.45×
BearWaters Brewing Co this companyPre-Seed$325K$7.5M0.55×
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$325K2014-06-12$1.8M$7.5M90%
Pre-Seed$105K2014-06-12$583K$2.4M85%
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$325K2014-06-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$105K2014-06-12
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 3.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$105K
Modeled next size est.range $105K$168K
0.3×
Last step-up
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
ARTHUR O'NEIL2014-06
KEITH GUYOT2014-06
MELANIE SANDEFUR2014-06
SANDEFUR KEVIN2014-06
Registry & provenance

BearWaters Brewing Co 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
1598852
SEC CIK
2011
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has BearWaters Brewing Co raised?
BearWaters Brewing Co has raised approximately $325K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is BearWaters Brewing Co's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for BearWaters Brewing Co is approximately $7.5M (modeled range $217K–$85.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is BearWaters Brewing Co at?
BearWaters Brewing Co's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jun 12.
What does BearWaters Brewing Co do and where is it based?
BearWaters Brewing Co operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in Canton.
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