Companies · Manufacturing

Dow Chemical Co /De/

Midland · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Dow Chemical Co /De/ — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.0B
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
5.0×
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Mar 09 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Dow Chemical Co /De/ has raised $3.0B over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 17.3 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

Dow Chemical Co /De/ is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Midland. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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$12.5B$25.0B$37.5B$50.0BGrowth/Late · 2009-03-09 Raised $500M (real) Modeled valuation $5.9B (est)$500M$5.9BGrowth/Late2009Growth/Late · 2009-03-09 Raised $2.5B (real) Modeled valuation $29.3B (est)$2.5B$29.3BGrowth/Late2009+$2.5BCumulative $3.0B

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
Growth/Late$500.0M · 2009
Growth/Late extension$2.5B · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$29.3B
Base estimate est.
$19.9B
Conservative case
$52.3B
Upside case
$25.0B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Growth/Late · modeled $5.9B · 2009-03-092009Growth/Late · modeled $29.3B · 2009-03-092009
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
92%
Survival probability
80% low · 98% high
1.04×/yr
Annual markup
1.14×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
17.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.3 yr
On record since
2009
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 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) 1482× above median
This company$3.0B
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 5.0× above median
This company$2.5B
Sector median$503.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2438× above median
This company$29.3B
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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 companyCohort peer
$10.0B$100.0B$1.0B$10.0BCapital raised (log)Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding CO LTD · Growth/Late Raised $3.5B · modeled $26.4B (est)Delphi Automotive LLP · Growth/Late Raised $2.1B · modeled $24.7B (est)Dow Chemical Co /De/ (this company) Raised $3.0B · modeled $29.3B (est)Dow Chemical Co /De/
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Dow Chemical Co /De/ this companyGrowth/Late$3.0B$29.3B1.11×
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding CO LTDGrowth/Late$3.5B$26.4B1.00×
Delphi Automotive LLPGrowth/Late$2.1B$24.7B0.94×
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.
Growth/Late$500.0M2009-03-09$5.0B$5.9B90%
Growth/Late$2.5B2009-03-09$25.0B$29.3B90%
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. Growth/Late$500.0M2009-03-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
  2. Growth/Late$2.5B2009-03-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$7.5B
Modeled next size est.range $4.9B$12.0B
5.0×
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
Arnold A. Allemang1 other2009-03
CHARLES J. KALIL1 other2009-03
Michael R. Gambrell1 other2009-03
WILLIAM F. BANHOLZER1 other2009-03
WILLIAM H. WEIDEMAN1 other2009-03
Andrew N. Liveris2009-03
Barbara Hackman Franklin2009-03
Carol A. Dudley2009-03
David E. Kepler2009-03
Dennis H. Reilley2009-03
Fernando Ruiz2009-03
Geoffery E. Merszei2009-03
Gregory M. Freiwald2009-03
Heinz Haller2009-03
Jacqueline K. Barton2009-03
James A. Bell2009-03
James D. McIlvenny2009-03
James M. Ringler2009-03
Jeff M. Fettig2009-03
John B. Hess2009-03
Juan R. Luciano2009-03
Paul G. Stern2009-03
Ruth G. Shaw2009-03
Registry & provenance

Dow Chemical Co /De/ 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
29915
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
Dow Corning CorpManufacturingGrowth/Late$700.0M$8.2Bnetwork3 shared operators · same sector · same stage
Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc.ManufacturingGrowth/Late$2.9B$1.2Bsame sector · same stage
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding CO LTDManufacturingGrowth/Late$3.5B$26.4Bsame sector · same stage
Emerson Electric CoManufacturingGrowth/Late$2.4B$15.8Bsame sector · same stage
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.ManufacturingGrowth/Late$2.2B$21.8Bsame sector · same stage
Delphi Automotive LLPManufacturingGrowth/Late$2.1B$24.7Bsame sector · same stage
Melrose Industries Plc/ADRManufacturingGrowth/Late$1.9B$22.1Bsame sector · same stage
Michelin Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin /FiManufacturingGrowth/Late$1.7B$20.0Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Dow Chemical Co /De/ raised?
Dow Chemical Co /De/ has raised approximately $3.0B in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Dow Chemical Co /De/'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Dow Chemical Co /De/ is approximately $29.3B (modeled range $19.9B–$52.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Dow Chemical Co /De/ at?
Dow Chemical Co /De/'s latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Mar 09.
What does Dow Chemical Co /De/ do and where is it based?
Dow Chemical Co /De/ operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Midland.
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