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Cara Wines, Inc.

CASPER · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cara Wines, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$12.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 21%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Aug 08 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cara Wines, Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.84× the median modeled value of Series A Other companies in 2022–2024 (1135 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
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 Other

Cara Wines, Inc. is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from CASPER. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 80% 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
2022
Year incorporated
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 · 2023-08-08 Raised $12M (real) Modeled valuation $72M (est)$12M$72MSeries A2023

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$12.0M · 2023

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
$71.6M
Base estimate est.
$16.4M
Conservative case
$190.5M
Upside case
$54.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. 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.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
2.9 yr
Elapsed time used
2.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
2.9 yr
On record since
2023
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 5.9× above median
This company$12.0M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.1× above median
This company$12.0M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.1× above median
This company$71.6M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 80% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 78% 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 #149 of 1,135.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Ness Well, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.9M · modeled $142.5M (est)Quantori, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $138.6M (est)Qquv Investments 5, Llc · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $135.1M (est)Applause Network TV, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $135.1M (est)Trustworthy Co · Series A Raised $15.5M · modeled $134.4M (est)DigniFi Holding, Inc. · Series A Raised $24.3M · modeled $134.0M (est)Proventures Capital, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.7M · modeled $133.0M (est)Zenledger, Inc. · Series A Raised $21.6M · modeled $132.1M (est)Gridwise, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.4M · modeled $131.8M (est)Aztec Broadway Ltd Liability Co · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $127.7M (est)KABR Jamaica SPE LLC · Series A Raised $14.7M · modeled $126.9M (est)Harmony Musical LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $126.3M (est)Cara Wines, Inc. (this company) Raised $12.0M · modeled $71.6M (est)Cara Wines, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Ness Well, Inc.Series A$14.9M$142.5M3.67×
Quantori, Inc.Series A$15.0M$138.6M3.57×
Qquv Investments 5, LlcSeries A$15.0M$135.1M3.48×
Applause Network TV, Inc.Series A$15.0M$135.1M3.48×
Trustworthy CoSeries A$15.5M$134.4M3.46×
DigniFi Holding, Inc.Series A$24.3M$134.0M3.45×
Proventures Capital, Inc.Series A$14.7M$133.0M3.42×
Zenledger, Inc.Series A$21.6M$132.1M3.40×
Gridwise, Inc.Series A$20.4M$131.8M3.39×
Aztec Broadway Ltd Liability CoSeries A$14.0M$127.7M3.29×
KABR Jamaica SPE LLCSeries A$14.7M$126.9M3.26×
Harmony Musical LLCSeries A$15.0M$126.3M3.25×
Cara Wines, Inc. this companySeries A$12.0M$71.6M1.84×
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$12.0M2023-08-08$54.5M$71.6M90%
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$12.0M2023-08-08
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$19.2M
Modeled next size est.range $12.5M$30.7M
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
AARON VARASTEH2023-08
Registry & provenance

Cara Wines, 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
1985743
SEC CIK
2022
Incorporated
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Parr Wines LLCOtherSeed$15.7M88%
Bingham Natural Wines, LLCOtherPre-Seed$9.2M86%
Premium Wine Distributors IncOtherSeries B$453.6M86%
Clean-Crafted Wine, LLCOtherSeed$11.6M85%
Wine.com IncOtherSeries B$563.4M85%
Arrow&Branch Winery, LlcFood & BeverageSeries A$49.6M85%
LM Wine Company, LLCOtherSeed$47.9M85%
Vinculum Wine Ltd.OtherSeries B$422.8M85%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Cara Wines, Inc. raised?
Cara Wines, Inc. has raised approximately $12.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cara Wines, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cara Wines, Inc. is approximately $71.6M (modeled range $16.4M–$190.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cara Wines, Inc. at?
Cara Wines, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Aug 08.
What does Cara Wines, Inc. do and where is it based?
Cara Wines, Inc. operates in the Other sector, based in CASPER.
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