Companies · Consumer / Retail

Elevation Brands, LLC

FRAMINGHAM · Consumer / Retail · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Elevation Brands, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$6.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
5.0×
Latest step-up
Top 9%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 19 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Elevation Brands, LLC 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 retail 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 0.27× the median modeled value of Series A Consumer / Retail companies in 2016–2018 (11 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 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

Elevation Brands, 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
14.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2012 with $5.5M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 92% of Consumer / Retail peers
Capital scale is ahead of 92% of Consumer / Retail peers; modeled value is above 87% 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 2012: $5.5M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.3M on 2012-03-05.
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 Consumer / Retail

Elevation Brands, LLC is one of 1161 Consumer / Retail companies tracked from FRAMINGHAM. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 92% 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
9
Investors (latest)
2017-07-19
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeries A · 2012-03-05 Raised $5.3M (real) Modeled valuation $27M (est)$5.3M$27MSeries A2012Series A · 2012-05-22 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $1.3M (est)$250K$1.3MSeries A2012Series A · 2017-07-19 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)$1.3M$6.5MSeries A2017+$250K+$1.3MCumulative $6.8M

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$5.3M · 2012
Series A extension$250K · 2012
Series A extension$1.3M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.5M
Base estimate est.
$1.5M
Conservative case
$35.2M
Upside case
$5.7M
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.

Series A · modeled $27.2M · 2012-03-052012Series A · modeled $1.3M · 2012-05-22Series A · modeled $6.5M · 2017-07-192017
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
8.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
32 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.3M/yr
Capital velocity
14.3 yr
On record since
2012
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1161 companies in Consumer / Retail. 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) 2.1× above median
This company$6.8M
Sector median$3.3M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$1.3M
Sector median$6.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$6.5M
Sector median$7.9M

Raised more than 92% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 87% 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 #11 of 11.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Regional Brands Inc. · Series A Raised $17.1M · modeled $62.0M (est)Beyond Commerce · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $51.4M (est)GreenSpace Brands Inc. · Series A Raised $7.6M · modeled $39.1M (est)Revive Brands · Series A Raised $9.6M · modeled $38.7M (est)Shop the Creative Inc · Series A Raised $5.3M · modeled $27.1M (est)Lucas Brand Equity LP · Series A Raised $12.7M · modeled $24.4M (est)Dixie Brands, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $20.5M (est)Welcome Commerce, Inc. · Series A Raised $22.0M · modeled $14.1M (est)Aloha Brands, LLC · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $12.8M (est)Branding Brand, Inc. · Series A Raised $23.5M · modeled $9.0M (est)Elevation Brands, LLC (this company) Raised $6.8M · modeled $6.5M (est)Elevation Brands, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Regional Brands Inc.Series A$17.1M$62.0M2.54×
Beyond CommerceSeries A$10.5M$51.4M2.11×
GreenSpace Brands Inc.Series A$7.6M$39.1M1.60×
Revive BrandsSeries A$9.6M$38.7M1.59×
Shop the Creative IncSeries A$5.3M$27.1M1.11×
Lucas Brand Equity LPSeries A$12.7M$24.4M1.00×
Dixie Brands, Inc.Series A$12.0M$20.5M0.84×
Welcome Commerce, Inc.Series A$22.0M$14.1M0.58×
Aloha Brands, LLCSeries A$10.9M$12.8M0.53×
Branding Brand, Inc.Series A$23.5M$9.0M0.37×
Elevation Brands, LLC this companySeries A$6.8M$6.5M0.27×
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$5.3M2012-03-05$24.1M$27.2M85%
Series A$250K2012-05-22$1.1M$1.3M85%
Series A$1.3M2017-07-19$5.7M$6.5M90%
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. Series A$5.3M2012-03-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$250K2012-05-22
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 21.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$1.3M2017-07-19
    • Raised again after 62 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 9 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~32mo cadence
$3.8M
Modeled next size est.range $2.5M$6.0M
5.0×
Last step-up
$1.3M/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
Paul Richardson5 other2012-03
Joel Solomon4 other2012-03
Catherine Storey3 other2012-03
Michael Detlefsen2 other2017-07
Meena Mansharamani1 other2017-07
Michele Abo1 other2017-07
Nicole Bradbury1 other2012-03
Gary Godin2017-07
Gideon Pollack2012-03
Ken Messick2017-07
Stephen Dowbiggin2017-07
Registry & provenance

Elevation Brands, 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
1551023
SEC CIK
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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.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Elevation Brands, LLC raised?
Elevation Brands, LLC has raised approximately $6.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Elevation Brands, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Elevation Brands, LLC is approximately $6.5M (modeled range $1.5M–$35.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Elevation Brands, LLC at?
Elevation Brands, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 19.
What does Elevation Brands, LLC do and where is it based?
Elevation Brands, LLC operates in the Consumer / Retail sector, based in FRAMINGHAM.
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