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Better Bites Bakery LLC

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

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Better Bites Bakery LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.6M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 31%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 02 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Better Bites Bakery 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.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.92× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Food & Beverage companies in 2019–2021 (57 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (92% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 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

Better Bites Bakery 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
13.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $600K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 70% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 70% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 60% 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 2018: $600K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $600K on 2018-08-10.
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 Food & Beverage

Better Bites Bakery LLC is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 70% 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.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2019-12-02
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2012-10-19 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $6.9M (est)$300K$6.9MPre-Seed2012Pre-Seed · 2016-05-27 Raised $350K (real) Modeled valuation $8.1M (est)$350K$8.1MPre-Seed2016Pre-Seed · 2018-08-10 Raised $600K (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)$600K$14MPre-Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2019-12-02 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $6.9M (est)$300K$6.9MPre-Seed2019+$350K+$600K+$300KCumulative $1.6M

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$300K · 2012
Pre-Seed extension$350K · 2016
Pre-Seed extension$600K · 2018
Pre-Seed extension$300K · 2019

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.9M
Base estimate est.
$200K
Conservative case
$78.6M
Upside case
$1.7M
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 $6.9M · 2012-10-192012Pre-Seed · modeled $8.1M · 2016-05-27Pre-Seed · modeled $13.9M · 2018-08-10Pre-Seed · modeled $6.9M · 2019-12-022019
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
6.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
28 mo
Avg between rounds
$218K/yr
Capital velocity
13.7 yr
On record since
2012
First round
4
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) 1.3× above median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$411K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$6.9M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 70% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 60% 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 #30 of 57.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Belbridge Brewing Company, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $22.5M (est)I & A Agave Spirits LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $910K · modeled $21.0M (est)J&L Eppig Brewing LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $741K · modeled $17.1M (est)DC Brau Brewing LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $14.2M (est)Virago Spirits, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $575K · modeled $13.3M (est)Expat Beverages, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $12.9M (est)Safe Haven Brewing Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $12.5M (est)Bluehall Bakery, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $12.4M (est)Vosa Spirits, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $12.3M (est)Pizza Party Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $524K · modeled $12.1M (est)Phase 2 Cellars, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $506K · modeled $11.7M (est)Fluid Beverages, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $11.6M (est)Better Bites Bakery LLC (this company) Raised $1.6M · modeled $6.9M (est)Better Bites Bakery LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Belbridge Brewing Company, LlcPre-Seed$975K$22.5M3.00×
I & A Agave Spirits LLCPre-Seed$910K$21.0M2.80×
J&L Eppig Brewing LLCPre-Seed$741K$17.1M2.28×
DC Brau Brewing LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$14.2M1.89×
Virago Spirits, LLCPre-Seed$575K$13.3M1.77×
Expat Beverages, LLCPre-Seed$750K$12.9M1.71×
Safe Haven Brewing Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$750K$12.5M1.66×
Bluehall Bakery, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$12.4M1.65×
Vosa Spirits, LLCPre-Seed$700K$12.3M1.64×
Pizza Party Inc.Pre-Seed$524K$12.1M1.61×
Phase 2 Cellars, LLCPre-Seed$506K$11.7M1.56×
Fluid Beverages, Inc.Pre-Seed$500K$11.6M1.54×
Better Bites Bakery LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.6M$6.9M0.92×
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$300K2012-10-19$1.7M$6.9M90%
Pre-Seed$350K2016-05-27$1.9M$8.1M85%
Pre-Seed$600K2018-08-10$3.3M$13.9M90%
Pre-Seed$300K2019-12-02$1.7M$6.9M90%
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$300K2012-10-19
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$350K2016-05-27
    • Raised again after 43 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$600K2018-08-10
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$300K2019-12-02
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~28mo cadence
$300K
Modeled next size est.range $300K$480K
0.5×
Last step-up
$218K/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
Leah Lopez2012-10
Registry & provenance

Better Bites Bakery 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
1676728
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Better Bites Bakery LLC raised?
Better Bites Bakery LLC has raised approximately $1.6M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Better Bites Bakery LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Better Bites Bakery LLC is approximately $6.9M (modeled range $200K–$78.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Better Bites Bakery LLC at?
Better Bites Bakery LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 02.
What does Better Bites Bakery LLC do and where is it based?
Better Bites Bakery LLC operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in AUSTIN.
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