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Box 4 U, LLC

Wichita · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Box 4 U, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$7.1M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 28%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 25 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Box 4 U, 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 0.95× the median modeled value of Series A Manufacturing companies in 2010–2012 (87 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (95% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Box 4 U, 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
14.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $7.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 73% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 73% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 83% 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 2011: $7.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.1M on 2011-10-25.
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

Box 4 U, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Wichita. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 73% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2011-10-25 Raised $7.1M (real) Modeled valuation $71M (est)$7.1M$71MSeries A2011

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
Series A$7.1M · 2011

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$71.0M
Base estimate est.
$9.9M
Conservative case
$386.1M
Upside case
$32.3M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series A — a $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
56%
Survival probability
31% low · 77% high
1.26×/yr
Annual markup
1.58×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
14.9 yr
On record since
2011
First round
1
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)▲ 3.5× above median
This company$7.1M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.4× above median
This company$7.1M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 5.9× above median
This company$71.0M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 73% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 83% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #46 of 87.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)CalStar Products, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $149.8M (est)Lmi Aerospace Inc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $149.8M (est)Voltaix, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $149.8M (est)Faiveley Transport, S.A. · Series A Raised $14.6M · modeled $146.1M (est)Hupah Management, L.P. · Series A Raised $14.6M · modeled $145.7M (est)Danotek Motion Technologies Inc · Series A Raised $14.3M · modeled $143.1M (est)Lightning Poker Inc · Series A Raised $15.5M · modeled $134.8M (est)Parkline Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $23.5M · modeled $130.0M (est)Western Emulsions Corp · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $129.8M (est)Sunny Sky Products, LLC · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $129.8M (est)Key Plastics Corp · Series A Raised $24.6M · modeled $126.0M (est)Control 3 Common Investors, LLC · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $124.8M (est)Box 4 U, LLC (this company) Raised $7.1M · modeled $71.0M (est)Box 4 U, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
CalStar Products, Inc.Series A$15.0M$149.8M2.00×
Lmi Aerospace IncSeries A$15.0M$149.8M2.00×
Voltaix, Inc.Series A$15.0M$149.8M2.00×
Faiveley Transport, S.A.Series A$14.6M$146.1M1.95×
Hupah Management, L.P.Series A$14.6M$145.7M1.95×
Danotek Motion Technologies IncSeries A$14.3M$143.1M1.91×
Lightning Poker IncSeries A$15.5M$134.8M1.80×
Parkline Holdings, LLCSeries A$23.5M$130.0M1.74×
Western Emulsions CorpSeries A$13.0M$129.8M1.73×
Sunny Sky Products, LLCSeries A$13.0M$129.8M1.73×
Key Plastics CorpSeries A$24.6M$126.0M1.68×
Control 3 Common Investors, LLCSeries A$12.5M$124.8M1.67×
Box 4 U, LLC this companySeries A$7.1M$71.0M0.95×
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.
Series A$7.1M2011-10-25$32.3M$71.0M90%
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. Series A$7.1M2011-10-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$11.4M
Modeled next size est.range $7.4M–$18.2M
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Last step-up
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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
Jeff M Lange——2011-10
Registry & provenance

Box 4 U, 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
1534105
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Box 4 U, LLC raised?
Box 4 U, LLC has raised approximately $7.1M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Box 4 U, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Box 4 U, LLC is approximately $71.0M (modeled range $9.9M–$386.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Box 4 U, LLC at?
Box 4 U, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 25.
What does Box 4 U, LLC do and where is it based?
Box 4 U, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Wichita.
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