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Calavo Growers Inc

Santa Paula · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Calavo Growers Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$989K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 69%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jun 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Calavo Growers Inc looks over-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 agriculture sector profile.

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

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.24× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Agriculture companies in 2010–2012 (47 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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 Agriculture

Calavo Growers Inc is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from Santa Paula. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 32% 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.

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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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2011-06-01 Raised $989K (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$989K$13MPre-Seed2011

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$989K · 2011

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$13.2M
Base estimate est.
$626K
Conservative case
$149.3M
Upside case
$5.5M
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 scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.43×/yr
Annual markup
1.93×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
15.1 yr
On record since
2011
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. 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) 0.4× of median
This company$989K
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.6× above median
This company$989K
Sector median$374K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.1× above median
This company$13.2M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 32% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 53% 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 #4 of 47.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)HA Toskcan Sun LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Coastal Farms & Foods, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Kryptic Entertainment Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Thayendanegea Timber, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $950K · modeled $12.6M (est)Beyond Organic LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $930K · modeled $12.4M (est)Dv Acquisition, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $12.0M (est)Changda International Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $12.0M (est)Cattle Feeders Capital Fund LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.4M · modeled $11.6M (est)Seba Bros. Farms, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $872K · modeled $11.6M (est)Beijing Xuan Yi Xing Bio-Technology Co., Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $11.3M (est)Organic Alliance, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.7M · modeled $10.7M (est)Calavo Growers Inc (this company) Raised $989K · modeled $13.2M (est)Calavo Growers Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
HA Toskcan Sun LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.26×
Coastal Farms & Foods, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$13.3M2.26×
Kryptic Entertainment Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.26×
Calavo Growers Inc this companyPre-Seed$989K$13.2M2.24×
Thayendanegea Timber, LLCPre-Seed$950K$12.6M2.15×
Beyond Organic LLCPre-Seed$930K$12.4M2.10×
Dv Acquisition, LlcPre-Seed$1.6M$12.0M2.03×
Changda International Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$900K$12.0M2.03×
Cattle Feeders Capital Fund LLCPre-Seed$1.4M$11.6M1.98×
Seba Bros. Farms, Inc.Pre-Seed$872K$11.6M1.97×
Beijing Xuan Yi Xing Bio-Technology Co., Ltd.Pre-Seed$850K$11.3M1.92×
Organic Alliance, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.7M$10.7M1.81×
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$989K2011-06-01$5.5M$13.2M90%
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$989K2011-06-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$2.5M
Last step-up
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
Lecil E Cole2 other2011-06
Marc L. Brown2 other2011-06
J. Link Leavens1 other2011-06
John M. Hunt1 other2011-06
Alan C. Ahmer2011-06
Alva V. Snider2011-06
Arthur J. Bruno2011-06
Donald M. Sanders2011-06
Dorcas H. McFarlane2011-06
Egidio M. Carbone, Jr.2011-06
George H. Barnes2011-06
Harold M. Edwards2011-06
Michael A. Browne2011-06
Michael D. Hause2011-06
Robert J. Wedin2011-06
Scott V. Van Der Kar2011-06
Steven M. Hollister2011-06
Registry & provenance

Calavo Growers Inc 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
1133470
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Calavo Growers Inc raised?
Calavo Growers Inc has raised approximately $989K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Calavo Growers Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Calavo Growers Inc is approximately $13.2M (modeled range $626K–$149.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Calavo Growers Inc at?
Calavo Growers Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jun 01.
What does Calavo Growers Inc do and where is it based?
Calavo Growers Inc operates in the Agriculture sector, based in Santa Paula.
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