Companies · Retailing

DE Spirits LLC

AUSTIN · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on DE Spirits LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$27.9M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
6.5×
Latest step-up
Top 10%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jul 17 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

DE Spirits 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 2.39× the median modeled value of Series A Retailing companies in 2013–2015 (49 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.0 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

DE Spirits 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
15.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2014 with $15.0M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 91% of Retailing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 91% of Retailing peers; modeled value is above 90% 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 2014: $15.0M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $13.0M on 2014-07-17.
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

DE Spirits LLC is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 91% 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.

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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeed · 2010-09-15 Raised $2.3M (real) Modeled valuation $15M (est)$2.3M$15MSeed2010Series A · 2012-10-31 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $54M (est)$10M$54MSeries A2012Series A · 2014-05-05 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $10M (est)$2.0M$10MSeries A2014Series A · 2014-07-17 Raised $13M (real) Modeled valuation $67M (est)$13M$67MSeries A2014+$10M+$2.0M+$13MCumulative $28M

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$2.3M · 2010
Series A$10.5M · 2012
Series A extension$2.0M · 2014
Series A extension$13.0M · 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: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$66.9M
Base estimate est.
$16.0M
Conservative case
$363.9M
Upside case
$59.2M
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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $14.8M · 2010-09-152010Series A · modeled $53.9M · 2012-10-31Series A · modeled $10.3M · 2014-05-05Series A · modeled $66.9M · 2014-07-172014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.45×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$7.3M/yr
Capital velocity
15.8 yr
On record since
2010
First round
4
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) 18× above median
This company$27.9M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.4× above median
This company$13.0M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 12× above median
This company$66.9M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 91% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 90% 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 #4 of 49.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Brite Energy Solar Holdings, Llc · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)Brite Energy Solar, Inc. · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $73.2M (est)Scooby LP · Series A Raised $13.4M · modeled $68.8M (est)RRM Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $11.4M · modeled $58.6M (est)Ticknors Holdings Corp · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $56.5M (est)Frederick'S Of Hollywood Group Inc /Ny/ · Series A Raised $18.1M · modeled $51.4M (est)Stock & Barrel, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Stock & Barrel Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Ecentria Group, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Barkbox, Inc. · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $49.6M (est)M11 Motors, LLC · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $48.8M (est)DE Spirits LLC (this company) Raised $27.9M · modeled $66.9M (est)DE Spirits LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Brite Energy Solar Holdings, LlcSeries A$14.2M$73.2M2.61×
Brite Energy Solar, Inc.Series A$14.2M$73.2M2.61×
Scooby LPSeries A$13.4M$68.8M2.46×
DE Spirits LLC this companySeries A$27.9M$66.9M2.39×
RRM Holdings, LLCSeries A$11.4M$58.6M2.09×
Ticknors Holdings CorpSeries A$11.0M$56.5M2.02×
Frederick'S Of Hollywood Group Inc /Ny/Series A$18.1M$51.4M1.83×
Stock & Barrel, LLCSeries A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Stock & Barrel Holdings, LLCSeries A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Ecentria Group, Inc.Series A$10.0M$51.4M1.83×
Barkbox, Inc.Series A$11.0M$49.6M1.77×
M11 Motors, LLCSeries A$10.5M$48.8M1.74×
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$2.3M2010-09-15$11.7M$14.8M90%
Series A$10.5M2012-10-31$47.7M$53.9M90%
Series A$2.0M2014-05-05$9.1M$10.3M90%
Series A$13.0M2014-07-17$59.2M$66.9M90%
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$2.3M2010-09-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Series A$10.5M2012-10-31
    • Raised again after 26 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$2.0M2014-05-05
    • Raised 18 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Series A$13.0M2014-07-17
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$39.1M
Modeled next size est.range $25.4M$62.5M
6.5×
Last step-up
$7.3M/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
Clayton Christopher12 other2010-09
John Scarborough3 other2012-10
Christopher Clayton2 other2012-10
Blaine Wesner1 other2014-07
Chad Auler1 other2010-09
Charles Auler1 other2014-07
Dennis Carroll1 other2014-07
Eric Dopkins1 other2014-07
Blaine E. Wesner2014-05
Charles E. Auler2014-05
Dennis E. Carroll2014-05
Eric E. Dopkins2014-05
Joe Ross2012-10
John E. Scarborough2014-05
Registry & provenance

DE Spirits 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
1502188
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has DE Spirits LLC raised?
DE Spirits LLC has raised approximately $27.9M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is DE Spirits LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for DE Spirits LLC is approximately $66.9M (modeled range $16.0M–$363.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is DE Spirits LLC at?
DE Spirits LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jul 17.
What does DE Spirits LLC do and where is it based?
DE Spirits LLC operates in the Retailing sector, based in AUSTIN.
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