Companies · Fintech

Cheddar Inc.Summer 2014Inactive

NEW YORK · Fintech · refined from filed group “Other Technology · founded 2014 · http://cheddar.io

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cheddar Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$44.5M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.2×
Latest step-up
Top 5%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Mar 14 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cheddar Inc. has raised $45M over 3 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the fintech sector profile.

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

Dormant
  • Last raise 8.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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 Fintech

Cheddar Inc. is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from NEW YORK, on record since 2014. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 96% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
12
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2018-03-14
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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeed · 2016-02-04 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $106M (est)$3.0M$106MSeed2016Series B · 2017-05-10 Raised $19M (real) Modeled valuation $598M (est)$19M$598MSeries B2017Series B · 2018-03-14 Raised $23M (real) Modeled valuation $709M (est)$23M$709MSeries B2018+$19M+$23MCumulative $45M

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
Seed$3.0M · 2016
Series B$19.0M · 2017no Series A on file
Series B extension$22.5M · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$708.9M
Base estimate est.
$54.0M
Conservative case
$2.7B
Upside case
$125.1M
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 fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $105.7M · 2016-02-042016Series B · modeled $598.2M · 2017-05-10Series B · modeled $708.9M · 2018-03-142018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
65%
Survival probability
43% low · 80% high
1.43×/yr
Annual markup
1.74×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
fintech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$21.1M/yr
Capital velocity
10.4 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. 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) 10× above median
This company$44.5M
Sector median$4.3M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$22.5M
Sector median$20.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 16× above median
This company$708.9M
Sector median$45.0M

Raised more than 96% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 97% 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 companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Razorpay, Inc. · Series B Raised $31.6M · modeled $629.7M (est)Yoco · Series B Raised $16.0M · modeled $503.7M (est)CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank Inc · Series B Raised $19.4M · modeled $7.9M (est)Cheddar Inc. (this company) Raised $44.5M · modeled $708.9M (est)Cheddar Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Cheddar Inc. this companySeries B$44.5M$708.9M1.25×
Razorpay, Inc.Series B$31.6M$629.7M1.11×
YocoSeries B$16.0M$503.7M0.89×
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank IncSeries B$19.4M$7.9M0.01×
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.
Seed$3.0M2016-02-04$15.0M$105.7M85%
Series B$19.0M2017-05-10$105.6M$598.2M90%
Series B$22.5M2018-03-14$125.1M$708.9M90%
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. Seed$3.0M2016-02-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  2. Series B$19.0M2017-05-10
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 11 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$22.5M2018-03-14
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 12 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$26.7M
Modeled next size est.range $22.5M$42.7M
1.2×
Last step-up
$21.1M/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
Jeremy Liew17 other2016-02
Gordon Rubenstein5 other2017-05
Anjali Kumar3 other2018-03
Scott Belsky2 other2017-05
Eric Harris1 other2018-03
Jonathan Steinberg2016-02
Peter Gorenstein2017-05
Registry & provenance

Cheddar 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
1667357
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Cheddar Inc. raised?
Cheddar Inc. has raised approximately $44.5M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cheddar Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cheddar Inc. is approximately $708.9M (modeled range $54.0M–$2.7B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cheddar Inc. at?
Cheddar Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Mar 14.
What does Cheddar Inc. do and where is it based?
Cheddar Inc. operates in the Fintech sector, based in NEW YORK. The Best Mobile Checking Account
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