Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Bfc-Ded, Llc
Bfc-Ded, Llc looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Bfc-Ded, Llc operates in Manufacturing, based in GRAND RAPIDS.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Bfc-Ded, Llc has raised $6.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Seed (a $1.0M–$4.0M round).
Largest single filing: $3.8M on 2013-05-31.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2017-01-26.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Bfc-Ded, Llc at approximately $27M (range $2.0M–$209M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.45× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (141 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (145% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 44 months.
Last raise 9.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 1.8× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 71% of Manufacturing peers (3257 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 69% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Bouldin Corp, Waterloo Sparkling Water Corp., Edelta, Inc., ProSteel Investment Holdings, LLC, ButterCup Bioplastic.
Peoplefiled
3 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.