Companies · Manufacturing

Cooper Tea Co

LOUISVILLE · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cooper Tea Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.4M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 49%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Mar 17 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cooper Tea Co 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 manufacturing 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 0.17× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2013–2015 (130 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.3 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 Manufacturing

Cooper Tea Co is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from LOUISVILLE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 52% 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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2013-01-31 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $26M (est)$2.1M$26MSeed2013Seed · 2014-03-17 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $3.7M (est)$300K$3.7MSeed2014+$300KCumulative $2.4M

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$2.1M · 2013
Seed extension$300K · 2014

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — 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
$3.7M
Base estimate est.
$275K
Conservative case
$28.9M
Upside case
$1.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $25.9M · 2013-01-312013Seed · modeled $3.7M · 2014-03-172014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.2M/yr
Capital velocity
13.4 yr
On record since
2013
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 1.2× above median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.7M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 52% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 25% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #122 of 130.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)ABI Group LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Stable Imaging Solutions LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $48.9M (est)Genicon, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $47.3M (est)Sfi Hold-Co Llc · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $44.8M (est)Global Precision Products, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $43.7M (est)Niche Acquisition Co LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.9M (est)VIA Motors International, Inc. · Seed Raised $7.2M · modeled $42.9M (est)Design Specialties, Llc · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.7M (est)RuMe Inc. · Seed Raised $5.4M · modeled $41.7M (est)Interphase Corp · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $41.1M (est)Guerdon Enterprises Llc · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $40.9M (est)DuraMark Technologies Inc · Seed Raised $4.7M · modeled $39.9M (est)Cooper Tea Co (this company) Raised $2.4M · modeled $3.7M (est)Cooper Tea Co
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
ABI Group LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.31×
Stable Imaging Solutions LLCSeed$4.0M$48.9M2.31×
Genicon, Inc.Seed$3.9M$47.3M2.23×
Sfi Hold-Co LlcSeed$3.6M$44.8M2.11×
Global Precision Products, LLCSeed$3.6M$43.7M2.06×
Niche Acquisition Co LLCSeed$3.5M$42.9M2.02×
VIA Motors International, Inc.Seed$7.2M$42.9M2.02×
Design Specialties, LlcSeed$3.5M$42.7M2.01×
RuMe Inc.Seed$5.4M$41.7M1.97×
Interphase CorpSeed$3.3M$41.1M1.94×
Guerdon Enterprises LlcSeed$3.3M$40.9M1.93×
DuraMark Technologies IncSeed$4.7M$39.9M1.88×
Cooper Tea Co this companySeed$2.4M$3.7M0.17×
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$2.1M2013-01-31$10.6M$25.9M90%
Seed$300K2014-03-17$1.5M$3.7M90%
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$2.1M2013-01-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$300K2014-03-17
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$300K
Modeled next size est.range $300K$480K
0.1×
Last step-up
$2.2M/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
MICHAEL H BYNUM1 other2014-03
BARRY PW COOPER2013-01
MIKE G BYNUM2013-01
MIKE G FITZGERALD2013-01
SANDRA G COOPER2013-01
Registry & provenance

Cooper Tea Co 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
1357687
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Alternative Industrial Energy Systems, Inc.ManufacturingSeed$2.4M$4.6Msame sector · same stage
FyberX Holding, LLCManufacturingSeed$2.5M$3.6Msame sector · same stage
Aerocast IncManufacturingSeed$2.5M$4.2Msame sector · same stage
Culinary Health Innovations, LLCManufacturingSeed$2.3M$2.8Msame sector · same stage
Lattini, Inc.ManufacturingSeed$2.3M$2.6Msame sector · same stage
Gilson Snow, Inc.ManufacturingSeed$2.3M$4.7Msame sector · same stage
Millennium Power Solutions, LLCManufacturingSeed$2.3M$4.6Msame sector · same stage
Optex Systems IncManufacturingSeed$2.3M$4.6Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Cooper Tea Co raised?
Cooper Tea Co has raised approximately $2.4M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cooper Tea Co's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cooper Tea Co is approximately $3.7M (modeled range $275K–$28.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cooper Tea Co at?
Cooper Tea Co's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Mar 17.
What does Cooper Tea Co do and where is it based?
Cooper Tea Co operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in LOUISVILLE.
Explore related

See where Cooper Tea Co sits in the wider market — its sector, location and stage cohorts, each with their own leaderboards and capital-flow timelines.

Is this your company?

If you work at Cooper Tea Co, claim this profile or suggest a correction. We aggregate from public filings, so help us keep your description, website and links accurate.

Is this your company? Update your profile or add contact details — and choose exactly who can reach you. Reviewed before anything is published.