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Destination Cellars LLC

Dulles · Other Travel

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Destination Cellars LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$600K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
5.0×
Latest step-up
Top 76%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 27 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Destination Cellars 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 travel 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 1.10× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Travel companies in 2010–2012 (11 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (110% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 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

Destination Cellars 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
16.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $500K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 25% of Other Travel peers
Capital scale is ahead of 25% of Other Travel peers; modeled value is above 32% 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 2011: $500K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $500K on 2011-07-27.
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 Other Travel

Destination Cellars LLC is one of 176 Other Travel companies tracked from Dulles. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 25% 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 · 2009-08-19 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $892K (est)$100K$892KPre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2011-07-27 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $4.5M (est)$500K$4.5MPre-Seed2011+$500KCumulative $600K

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$100K · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$500K · 2011

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.5M
Base estimate est.
$297K
Conservative case
$50.6M
Upside case
$2.8M
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 travel sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $892K · 2009-08-192009Pre-Seed · modeled $4.5M · 2011-07-272011
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 49% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.83×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
travel
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
23 mo
Avg between rounds
$310K/yr
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 176 companies in Other Travel. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$600K
Sector median$2.5M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.3× above median
This company$500K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$4.5M
Sector median$8.9M

Raised more than 25% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 32% 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 #5 of 11.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Get Out of Cambridge, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $8.2M (est)BeDynamic, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $897K · modeled $8.0M (est)Advisory Group, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $768K · modeled $6.8M (est)Centennial Jet Partners LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $5.4M (est)CanaryHop, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $455K · modeled $4.1M (est)Madison Northeast, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $250K · modeled $2.2M (est)Hunt For Travel, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $187K · modeled $1.7M (est)Off Track Planet, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $115K · modeled $1.0M (est)Mr. Arlo, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $892K (est)JoeOptions, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $100K · modeled $892K (est)Destination Cellars LLC (this company) Raised $600K · modeled $4.5M (est)Destination Cellars LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Get Out of Cambridge, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.0M$8.2M2.03×
BeDynamic, Inc.Pre-Seed$897K$8.0M1.97×
Advisory Group, Inc.Pre-Seed$768K$6.8M1.69×
Centennial Jet Partners LLCPre-Seed$900K$5.4M1.32×
Destination Cellars LLC this companyPre-Seed$600K$4.5M1.10×
CanaryHop, Inc.Pre-Seed$455K$4.1M1.00×
Madison Northeast, LLCPre-Seed$250K$2.2M0.55×
Hunt For Travel, Inc.Pre-Seed$187K$1.7M0.41×
Off Track Planet, Inc.Pre-Seed$115K$1.0M0.25×
Mr. Arlo, Inc.Pre-Seed$100K$892K0.22×
JoeOptions, LLCPre-Seed$100K$892K0.22×
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$100K2009-08-19$556K$892K90%
Pre-Seed$500K2011-07-27$2.8M$4.5M90%
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$100K2009-08-19
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$500K2011-07-27
    • Raised again after 23 mo — slower than the ~9 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~23mo cadence
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $975K$2.4M
5.0×
Last step-up
$310K/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
David Keuhner2009-08
Registry & provenance

Destination Cellars 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
1405563
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Destination Cellars LLC raised?
Destination Cellars LLC has raised approximately $600K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Destination Cellars LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Destination Cellars LLC is approximately $4.5M (modeled range $297K–$50.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Destination Cellars LLC at?
Destination Cellars LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 27.
What does Destination Cellars LLC do and where is it based?
Destination Cellars LLC operates in the Other Travel sector, based in Dulles.
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