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Core-Arms, LLC

Irvine · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Core-Arms, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$5.4M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 32%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 15 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Core-Arms, LLC looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.98× the median modeled value of Series A Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (92 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (98% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Core-Arms, 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
8.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $6.5M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 69% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 69% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 81% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2017: $6.5M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.4M on 2017-12-15.
  • Filing rows sum to $6.5M, while canonical raised total is $5.4M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Core-Arms, LLC is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from Irvine. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 69% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
21
Investors (latest)
2017-12-15
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2017-12-15 Raised $5.4M (real) Modeled valuation $54M (est)$5.4M$54MSeries A2017Seed · 2017-12-15 Raised $1.1M (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$1.1M$13MSeed2017+$1.1MCumulative $6.5M

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$5.4M · 2017
Bridge · Series A-stage$1.1M · 2017smaller follow-on

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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$54.1M
Base estimate est.
$7.5M
Conservative case
$294.3M
Upside case
$24.6M
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 scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $54.1M · 2017-12-152017Seed · modeled $12.9M · 2017-12-152017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
56%
Survival probability
31% low · 77% high
1.26×/yr
Annual markup
1.58×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.5 yr
On record since
2017
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) 2.7× above median
This company$5.4M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$1.1M
Sector median$5.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.5× above median
This company$54.1M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 69% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 81% 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 #51 of 92.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)World Food Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $149.8M (est)GLM Energy Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.9M · modeled $138.8M (est)Danaher Corp /De/ · Series A Raised $12.9M · modeled $128.9M (est)GFBC, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.0M · modeled $128.8M (est)Health-Ade Llc · Series A Raised $34.1M · modeled $125.9M (est)Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc · Series A Raised $12.2M · modeled $121.4M (est)Leggett & Platt Inc · Series A Raised $11.7M · modeled $117.0M (est)Keytone Dairy Corp Ltd · Series A Raised $11.1M · modeled $111.1M (est)PicoBrew, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.6M · modeled $105.9M (est)Lake Air Products, LLC · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $104.9M (est)Humm Holdings Llc · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $104.9M (est)Element Holdings, L.P. · Series A Raised $12.9M · modeled $102.9M (est)Core-Arms, LLC (this company) Raised $5.4M · modeled $54.1M (est)Core-Arms, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
World Food Holdings, LLCSeries A$15.0M$149.8M2.72×
GLM Energy Services, LLCSeries A$13.9M$138.8M2.52×
Danaher Corp /De/Series A$12.9M$128.9M2.34×
GFBC, Inc.Series A$19.0M$128.8M2.34×
Health-Ade LlcSeries A$34.1M$125.9M2.29×
Vertrauen Chemie Solutions IncSeries A$12.2M$121.4M2.20×
Leggett & Platt IncSeries A$11.7M$117.0M2.12×
Keytone Dairy Corp LtdSeries A$11.1M$111.1M2.02×
PicoBrew, Inc.Series A$19.6M$105.9M1.92×
Lake Air Products, LLCSeries A$10.5M$104.9M1.90×
Humm Holdings LlcSeries A$10.5M$104.9M1.90×
Element Holdings, L.P.Series A$12.9M$102.9M1.87×
Core-Arms, LLC this companySeries A$5.4M$54.1M0.98×
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$5.4M2017-12-15$24.6M$54.1M90%
Seed$1.1M2017-12-15$5.3M$12.9M90%
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. Series A$5.4M2017-12-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 75 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.1M2017-12-15
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 21 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.1M
Modeled next size est.range $1.1M$1.7M
0.2×
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
David Roth4 other2017-12
Registry & provenance

Core-Arms, 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
1854454
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Core-Arms, LLC raised?
Core-Arms, LLC has raised approximately $5.4M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Core-Arms, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Core-Arms, LLC is approximately $54.1M (modeled range $7.5M–$294.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Core-Arms, LLC at?
Core-Arms, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 15.
What does Core-Arms, LLC do and where is it based?
Core-Arms, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Irvine.
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