Companies · Restaurants

Epic Burger, Inc.

Chicago · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Epic Burger, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$6.9M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 13%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri May 17 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Epic Burger, Inc. 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 restaurants 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 0.31× the median modeled value of Seed Restaurants companies in 2019–2021 (97 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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 Restaurants

Epic Burger, Inc. is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from Chicago. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 88% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2019-05-17
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2010-03-08 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $5.3M (est)$1.5M$5.3MSeed2010Seed · 2011-06-30 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$3.5M$12MSeed2011Seed · 2014-08-07 Raised $1.4M (real) Modeled valuation $5.0M (est)$1.4M$5.0MSeed2014Seed · 2019-05-17 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $1.8M (est)$500K$1.8MSeed2019+$3.5M+$1.4M+$500KCumulative $6.9M

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$1.5M · 2010
Seed extension$3.5M · 2011
Seed extension$1.4M · 2014
Seed extension$500K · 2019

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.8M
Base estimate est.
$378K
Conservative case
$13.8M
Upside case
$2.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $5.3M · 2010-03-082010Seed · modeled $12.3M · 2011-06-30Seed · modeled $5.0M · 2014-08-07Seed · modeled $1.8M · 2019-05-172019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
34%
Survival probability
15% low · 52% high
1.13×/yr
Annual markup
1.48×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
37 mo
Avg between rounds
$753K/yr
Capital velocity
16.3 yr
On record since
2010
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2292 companies in Restaurants. 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) 7.7× above median
This company$6.9M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$500K
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 88% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 39% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #92 of 97.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Parry's Pizzeria & Bar, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $13.9M (est)Screamin' Willy'S, Llc · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $13.2M (est)Asian Box Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $11.6M · modeled $12.5M (est)Project Apollo, LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $12.3M (est)340 Bleecker LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $12.3M (est)Tiff's Treats Denver Ltd. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $11.5M (est)Tiff's Treats Tampa, Ltd. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $11.5M (est)Get Some Food Group, LLC · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $11.1M (est)LC Lake Forest LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $11.0M (est)Radio Roadhouse, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $10.5M (est)AFC Corp. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $10.5M (est)Big Night Venues Boston 5, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $10.5M (est)Epic Burger, Inc. (this company) Raised $6.9M · modeled $1.8M (est)Epic Burger, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Parry's Pizzeria & Bar, LLCSeed$4.0M$13.9M2.50×
Screamin' Willy'S, LlcSeed$3.8M$13.2M2.36×
Asian Box Holdings, Inc.Seed$11.6M$12.5M2.23×
Project Apollo, LLCSeed$3.5M$12.3M2.21×
340 Bleecker LLCSeed$3.5M$12.3M2.20×
Tiff's Treats Denver Ltd.Seed$3.4M$11.5M2.06×
Tiff's Treats Tampa, Ltd.Seed$3.4M$11.5M2.06×
Get Some Food Group, LLCSeed$3.7M$11.1M1.98×
LC Lake Forest LLCSeed$3.6M$11.0M1.97×
Radio Roadhouse, LLCSeed$3.0M$10.5M1.89×
AFC Corp.Seed$3.0M$10.5M1.89×
Big Night Venues Boston 5, LLCSeed$3.6M$10.5M1.89×
Epic Burger, Inc. this companySeed$6.9M$1.8M0.31×
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$1.5M2010-03-08$7.5M$5.3M85%
Seed$3.5M2011-06-30$17.5M$12.3M85%
Seed$1.4M2014-08-07$7.1M$5.0M85%
Seed$500K2019-05-17$2.5M$1.8M90%
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$1.5M2010-03-08
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$3.5M2011-06-30
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.4M2014-08-07
    • Raised again after 37 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 6 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$500K2019-05-17
    • Raised again after 57 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~37mo cadence
$500K
Modeled next size est.range $500K$800K
0.4×
Last step-up
$753K/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 Friedman8 other2010-03
Anthony K. Tjan5 other2010-03
John D. Hamel2 other2010-03
Alexandre D. Scherer2014-08
Dana D. Arnett2014-08
Dana K. Arnett2010-03
David D. Friedman2019-05
Scott Norrick2014-08
Registry & provenance

Epic Burger, Inc. 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
1422331
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Epic Burger, Inc. raised?
Epic Burger, Inc. has raised approximately $6.9M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Epic Burger, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Epic Burger, Inc. is approximately $1.8M (modeled range $378K–$13.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Epic Burger, Inc. at?
Epic Burger, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri May 17.
What does Epic Burger, Inc. do and where is it based?
Epic Burger, Inc. operates in the Restaurants sector, based in Chicago.
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