Companies · Retailing

Clear Water Outdoor LLC

LAKE GENEVA · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Clear Water Outdoor LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.6M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 51%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Aug 25 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Clear Water Outdoor LLC 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 retail 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 1.61× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Retailing companies in 2013–2015 (164 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Clear Water Outdoor 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
13.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2013 with $1.2M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 50% of Retailing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 50% of Retailing peers; modeled value is above 39% 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 2013: $1.2M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $625K on 2013-04-15.
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 Retailing

Clear Water Outdoor LLC is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from LAKE GENEVA. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 50% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2013-04-15 Raised $625K (real) Modeled valuation $4.9M (est)$625K$4.9MPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2013-04-15 Raised $575K (real) Modeled valuation $4.5M (est)$575K$4.5MPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2014-08-25 Raised $444K (real) Modeled valuation $3.5M (est)$444K$3.5MPre-Seed2014+$575K+$444KCumulative $1.6M

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$625K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$575K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$444K · 2014

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.5M
Base estimate est.
$266K
Conservative case
$39.5M
Upside case
$2.5M
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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $4.9M · 2013-04-152013Pre-Seed · modeled $4.5M · 2013-04-15Pre-Seed · modeled $3.5M · 2014-08-252014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 50% high
1.32×/yr
Annual markup
1.78×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
8 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.2M/yr
Capital velocity
13.2 yr
On record since
2013
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. 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) 1.0× above median
This company$1.6M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$444K
Sector median$323K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.6× of median
This company$3.5M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 50% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 39% 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 #50 of 164.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Extreme Grocery Discounters, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Redcoat Solutions, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Milk & Honey Market Holdings LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Three Limes Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $7.8M (est)FormaFina, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $930K · modeled $7.3M (est)BlueVault Group SoCal LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $7.1M (est)ACP-Offenbachers, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $7.1M (est)Rick's Picks, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.4M · modeled $7.0M (est)Miravan, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $856K · modeled $6.7M (est)Chicago Bar Co LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $825K · modeled $6.5M (est)Sozo Global, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $6.4M (est)McLaughlin's Beverage, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $6.3M (est)Clear Water Outdoor LLC (this company) Raised $1.6M · modeled $3.5M (est)Clear Water Outdoor LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Extreme Grocery Discounters, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.64×
Redcoat Solutions, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.64×
Milk & Honey Market Holdings LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.64×
Three Limes Inc.Pre-Seed$2.4M$7.8M3.64×
FormaFina, Inc.Pre-Seed$930K$7.3M3.38×
BlueVault Group SoCal LLCPre-Seed$900K$7.1M3.27×
ACP-Offenbachers, LLCPre-Seed$900K$7.1M3.27×
Rick's Picks, LLCPre-Seed$1.4M$7.0M3.26×
Miravan, LLCPre-Seed$856K$6.7M3.11×
Chicago Bar Co LLCPre-Seed$825K$6.5M3.00×
Sozo Global, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$6.4M2.95×
McLaughlin's Beverage, LLCPre-Seed$800K$6.3M2.91×
Clear Water Outdoor LLC this companyPre-Seed$1.6M$3.5M1.61×
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$625K2013-04-15$3.5M$4.9M90%
Pre-Seed$575K2013-04-15$3.2M$4.5M90%
Pre-Seed$444K2014-08-25$2.5M$3.5M90%
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$625K2013-04-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$575K2013-04-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Pre-Seed$444K2014-08-25
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~8mo cadence
$444K
Modeled next size est.range $444K$710K
0.8×
Last step-up
$1.2M/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
Brian C. Waspi2013-04
Charles C. Colman2013-04
David C. Schuster2013-04
Sarah C. Schuster2013-04
Registry & provenance

Clear Water Outdoor 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
1575211
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Clear Water Outdoor LLC raised?
Clear Water Outdoor LLC has raised approximately $1.6M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Clear Water Outdoor LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Clear Water Outdoor LLC is approximately $3.5M (modeled range $266K–$39.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Clear Water Outdoor LLC at?
Clear Water Outdoor LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Aug 25.
What does Clear Water Outdoor LLC do and where is it based?
Clear Water Outdoor LLC operates in the Retailing sector, based in LAKE GENEVA.
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