Companies · Manufacturing

Better Brands Bevco, LLC

Chicago · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Better Brands Bevco, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.5M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 48%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Sep 14 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Better Brands Bevco, LLC looks under-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 manufacturing sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.30× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2010–2012 (142 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.8 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

Better Brands Bevco, 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
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was Undated with $3.1M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 53% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 53% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 33% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 Undated: $3.1M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.1M on .
  • Filing rows sum to $3.5M, while canonical raised total is $2.5M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Better Brands Bevco, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Chicago. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 53% 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 · Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $1.7M (est)$1.0M$1.7MPre-SeedSeed · Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $2.2M (est)$1.1M$2.2MSeedPre-Seed · Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $1.7M (est)$1.0M$1.7MPre-SeedPre-Seed · 2012-09-14 Raised $379K (real) Modeled valuation $5.8M (est)$379K$5.8MPre-Seed2012+$1.1M+$1.0M+$379KCumulative $3.5M

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$1.0M
Seed$1.1M
Bridge · Seed-stage$1.0Msmaller follow-on
Bridge · Seed-stage$379K · 2012smaller follow-on

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.8M
Base estimate est.
$258K
Conservative case
$65.5M
Upside case
$2.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.7M · Seed · modeled $2.2M · Pre-Seed · modeled $1.7M · Pre-Seed · modeled $5.8M · 2012-09-142012
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
13.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
171 mo
Avg between rounds
$58K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
4
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) 1.2× above median
This company$2.5M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$379K
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$5.8M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 53% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 33% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #131 of 142.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Ward Adhesives Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Niagara Thermal Products LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Polysciences, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Vehicle Production Group Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.0M (est)Superior Uniform Group Inc · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $46.9M (est)Gibson Guitar Corp. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $46.6M (est)Doedijns Management B.V. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $45.6M (est)Great Northern Ventures, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $44.3M (est)International Thermal Systems LLC · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $40.5M (est)Mts Holding, Llc · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $40.2M (est)Selectech Inc · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $39.8M (est)Container Life Cycle Management LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $39.3M (est)Better Brands Bevco, LLC (this company) Raised $2.5M · modeled $5.8M (est)Better Brands Bevco, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Ward Adhesives Holdings, Inc.Seed$4.0M$49.1M2.52×
Niagara Thermal Products LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.52×
Polysciences, Inc.Seed$4.0M$49.1M2.52×
Vehicle Production Group LlcSeed$4.0M$49.0M2.52×
Superior Uniform Group IncSeed$3.8M$46.9M2.41×
Gibson Guitar Corp.Seed$3.8M$46.6M2.39×
Doedijns Management B.V.Seed$3.7M$45.6M2.34×
Great Northern Ventures, LLCSeed$3.6M$44.3M2.28×
International Thermal Systems LLCSeed$3.3M$40.5M2.08×
Mts Holding, LlcSeed$3.3M$40.2M2.07×
Selectech IncSeed$3.2M$39.8M2.05×
Container Life Cycle Management LLCSeed$3.2M$39.3M2.02×
Better Brands Bevco, LLC this companySeed$2.5M$5.8M0.30×
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$379K2012-09-14$2.1M$5.8M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M$5.6M$1.7M90%
Seed$1.1M$5.5M$2.2M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M$5.6M$1.7M90%
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$379K2012-09-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~171mo cadence
$379K
Modeled next size est.range $379K$606K
0.4×
Last step-up
$58K/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
Jim Boyle
Pete Kelly2012-09
Registry & provenance

Better Brands Bevco, 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
1559344
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Better Brands Bevco, LLC raised?
Better Brands Bevco, LLC has raised approximately $2.5M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Better Brands Bevco, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Better Brands Bevco, LLC is approximately $5.8M (modeled range $258K–$65.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Better Brands Bevco, LLC at?
Better Brands Bevco, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Sep 14.
What does Better Brands Bevco, LLC do and where is it based?
Better Brands Bevco, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Chicago.
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