Companies · Agriculture

Ceres, Inc.

THOUSAND OAKS · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ceres, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$35.1M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
1.4×
Latest step-up
Top 9%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Aug 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ceres, Inc. looks under-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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.34× the median modeled value of Series B Agriculture companies in 2013–2015 (8 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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

Ceres, Inc. is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from THOUSAND OAKS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 92% 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.

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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries B · 2010-06-25 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $191M (est)$20M$191MSeries B2010Series B · 2011-08-01 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $109M (est)$11M$109MSeries B2011Series B · 2015-07-26 Raised $1.6M (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$1.6M$15MSeries B2015Series B · 2015-08-20 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $20M (est)$2.1M$20MSeries B2015+$11M+$1.6M+$2.1MCumulative $35M

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 B$20.0M · 2010
Series B extension$11.4M · 2011
Series B extension$1.6M · 2015
Series B extension$2.1M · 2015

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 25%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$20.1M
Base estimate est.
$5.0M
Conservative case
$77.4M
Upside case
$11.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $191.4M · 2010-06-252010Series B · modeled $109.3M · 2011-08-01Series B · modeled $14.9M · 2015-07-26Series B · modeled $20.1M · 2015-08-202015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
65%
Survival probability
43% low · 79% high
1.18×/yr
Annual markup
1.43×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
21 mo
Avg between rounds
$6.8M/yr
Capital velocity
16.0 yr
On record since
2010
First round
4
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) 16× above median
This company$35.1M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$2.1M
Sector median$17.4M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.7× above median
This company$20.1M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 92% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 63% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #7 of 8.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Marrone Bio Innovations Inc · Series B Raised $84.1M · modeled $382.8M (est)Coastal Group Intermediate Holdings, Llc · Series B Raised $19.9M · modeled $190.5M (est)Just Greens, LLC · Series B Raised $24.8M · modeled $166.9M (est)Pecan Grove Farms LLC · Series B Raised $25.1M · modeled $60.2M (est)Chia Inc. · Series B Raised $27.5M · modeled $57.7M (est)Ash Creek Orchards, LLC · Series B Raised $2.9M · modeled $27.8M (est)Limoneira CO · Series B Raised $25.8M · modeled $5.0M (est)Ceres, Inc. (this company) Raised $35.1M · modeled $20.1M (est)Ceres, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Marrone Bio Innovations IncSeries B$84.1M$382.8M6.50×
Coastal Group Intermediate Holdings, LlcSeries B$19.9M$190.5M3.23×
Just Greens, LLCSeries B$24.8M$166.9M2.83×
Pecan Grove Farms LLCSeries B$25.1M$60.2M1.02×
Chia Inc.Series B$27.5M$57.7M0.98×
Ash Creek Orchards, LLCSeries B$2.9M$27.8M0.47×
Ceres, Inc. this companySeries B$35.1M$20.1M0.34×
Limoneira COSeries B$25.8M$5.0M0.08×
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 B$20.0M2010-06-25$111.1M$191.4M90%
Series B$11.4M2011-08-01$63.5M$109.3M90%
Series B$1.6M2015-07-26$8.6M$14.9M90%
Series B$2.1M2015-08-20$11.7M$20.1M90%
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 B$20.0M2010-06-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
  2. Series B$11.4M2011-08-01
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series B$1.6M2015-07-26
    • Raised again after 48 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Series B$2.1M2015-08-20
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~21mo cadence
$2.8M
Modeled next size est.range $2.1M$4.5M
1.4×
Last step-up
$6.8M/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
Robert Goldberg4 other2010-06
Raymond Debbane3 other2010-06
Aflalo Guimaraes2 other2015-07
PASCAL BRANDYS2 other2010-06
THOMAS KILEY2 other2010-06
David Krieger1 other2011-08
PAUL KUC1 other2010-06
Richard Hamilton1 other2010-06
Ruth Devenyns1 other2010-06
Chansoo Joung2010-06
CHERYL MORLEY2015-07
Edmund Olivier2010-06
Gerard Van Acker2010-06
Jeff Gwyn2010-06
J. Jefferson Gwyn2011-08
Michael Stephenson2010-06
RICHARD FLAVELL2010-06
Roger Pennell2010-06
Walter De Logi2010-06
WILFRIEDE VAN ASSCHE2011-08
Wilifriede Van Assche2010-06
Registry & provenance

Ceres, 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
767884
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ceres, Inc. raised?
Ceres, Inc. has raised approximately $35.1M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ceres, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ceres, Inc. is approximately $20.1M (modeled range $5.0M–$77.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ceres, Inc. at?
Ceres, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Aug 20.
What does Ceres, Inc. do and where is it based?
Ceres, Inc. operates in the Agriculture sector, based in THOUSAND OAKS.
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