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Braxton Brewing Company, LLC

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

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Braxton Brewing Company, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.7M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Sep 28 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Braxton Brewing Company, 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 0.74× the median modeled value of Seed Food & Beverage companies in 2016–2018 (21 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (74% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.8 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

Braxton Brewing Company, 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
12.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $2.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 84% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 84% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 80% 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 2016: $2.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.0M on 2016-08-26.
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

Braxton Brewing Company, LLC is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from Covington. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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.

food-beverage

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
45
Investors (latest)
2014
Year incorporated
2018-09-28
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2014-03-20 Raised $953K (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$953K$22MPre-Seed2014Pre-Seed · 2015-11-03 Raised $507K (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$507K$12MPre-Seed2015Seed · 2016-08-26 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $37M (est)$2.0M$37MSeed2016Seed · 2018-09-28 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$1.2M$22MSeed2018+$507K+$2.0M+$1.2MCumulative $4.7M

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$953K · 2014
Pre-Seed extension$507K · 2015
Seed$2.0M · 2016
Seed extension$1.2M · 2018

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$22.3M
Base estimate est.
$1.1M
Conservative case
$175.1M
Upside case
$6.0M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $22.0M · 2014-03-202014Pre-Seed · modeled $11.7M · 2015-11-03Seed · modeled $37.2M · 2016-08-26Seed · modeled $22.3M · 2018-09-282018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.0M/yr
Capital velocity
12.3 yr
On record since
2014
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) 3.9× above median
This company$4.7M
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$1.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.1× above median
This company$22.3M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 80% 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 #16 of 21.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Sullivans Craft Brewery (1702) Ltd · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $73.1M (est)Smokey Joe's Cafe New York Revival Ltd Liability Co · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $61.7M (est)SomPriya Fine Spirits, LLC · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $57.6M (est)Maggie Louise Confections, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $46.0M (est)Celebrity Brands Spirits, LLC · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $45.6M (est)House Brewing · Seed Raised $2.3M · modeled $43.4M (est)Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $40.0M (est)Harris Beverages, LLC · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $37.2M (est)Jaja Spirits Llc · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $37.2M (est)Willie's Distillery, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $37.2M (est)Bakery Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $30.0M (est)Earth Rider Brewing, LLC · Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $27.9M (est)Braxton Brewing Company, LLC (this company) Raised $4.7M · modeled $22.3M (est)Braxton Brewing Company, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sullivans Craft Brewery (1702) LtdSeed$3.9M$73.1M2.43×
Smokey Joe's Cafe New York Revival Ltd Liability CoSeed$3.3M$61.7M2.06×
SomPriya Fine Spirits, LLCSeed$3.1M$57.6M1.92×
Maggie Louise Confections, Inc.Seed$2.5M$46.0M1.53×
Celebrity Brands Spirits, LLCSeed$2.5M$45.6M1.52×
House BrewingSeed$2.3M$43.4M1.45×
Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Inc.Seed$6.0M$40.0M1.33×
Harris Beverages, LLCSeed$2.0M$37.2M1.24×
Jaja Spirits LlcSeed$2.0M$37.2M1.24×
Willie's Distillery, Inc.Seed$2.1M$37.2M1.24×
Bakery Holdings LLCSeed$1.6M$30.0M1.00×
Earth Rider Brewing, LLCSeed$2.1M$27.9M0.93×
Braxton Brewing Company, LLC this companySeed$4.7M$22.3M0.74×
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$953K2014-03-20$5.3M$22.0M85%
Pre-Seed$507K2015-11-03$2.8M$11.7M85%
Seed$2.0M2016-08-26$10.0M$37.2M85%
Seed$1.2M2018-09-28$6.0M$22.3M90%
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$953K2014-03-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 37 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$507K2015-11-03
    • Raised 19 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$2.0M2016-08-26
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 38 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$1.2M2018-09-28
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 45 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$1.2M
Modeled next size est.range $1.2M$1.9M
0.6×
Last step-up
$1.0M/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
Doug Logeman2016-08
Evan Rouse2014-03
Greg Rouse2014-03
Jake Rouse2014-03
Registry & provenance

Braxton Brewing Company, 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
1604901
SEC CIK
2014
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Braxton Brewing Company, LLC raised?
Braxton Brewing Company, LLC has raised approximately $4.7M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Braxton Brewing Company, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Braxton Brewing Company, LLC is approximately $22.3M (modeled range $1.1M–$175.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Braxton Brewing Company, LLC at?
Braxton Brewing Company, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Sep 28.
What does Braxton Brewing Company, LLC do and where is it based?
Braxton Brewing Company, LLC operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in Covington.
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