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Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC

NEW YORK · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.7M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 20%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Oct 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings 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 0.12× the median modeled value of Series A Retailing companies in 2019–2021 (76 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.7 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

Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings 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
9.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $7.8M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 81% of Retailing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 81% of Retailing peers; modeled value is above 36% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2016: $7.8M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $7.8M on 2016-12-06.
  • Filing rows sum to $11.7M, while canonical raised total is $10.7M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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

Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from NEW YORK. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 81% 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
9
Investors (latest)
2020-10-01
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 · 2016-12-06 Raised $7.8M (real) Modeled valuation $40M (est)$7.8M$40MSeries A2016Seed · 2019-04-30 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)$1.0M$6.5MSeed2019Series A · 2019-04-30 Raised $2.3M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$2.3M$12MSeries A2019Series A · 2020-10-01 Raised $620K (real) Modeled valuation $3.1M (est)$620K$3.1MSeries A2020+$1.0M+$2.3M+$620KCumulative $12M

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$7.8M · 2016
Bridge · Series A-stage$1.0M · 2019smaller follow-on
Series A extension$2.3M · 2019
Series A extension$620K · 2020

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
$3.1M
Base estimate est.
$761K
Conservative case
$15.8M
Upside case
$2.8M
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 $39.8M · 2016-12-062016Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2019-04-30Series A · modeled $11.9M · 2019-04-30Series A · modeled $3.1M · 2020-10-012020
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
5.8 yr
Elapsed time used
5.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.8M/yr
Capital velocity
9.6 yr
On record since
2016
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) 6.8× above median
This company$10.7M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$620K
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 81% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 36% 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 #75 of 76.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)GP Parent, L.L.C. · Series A Raised $14.3M · modeled $73.6M (est)Anomalie Inc. · Series A Raised $17.7M · modeled $70.5M (est)Anine Bing Corp · Series A Raised $19.5M · modeled $69.3M (est)Doms Market Holdco Inc. · Series A Raised $16.8M · modeled $69.3M (est)Streamline USA, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $65.6M (est)Kandui Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $11.6M · modeled $59.8M (est)Fuji INC. · Series A Raised $18.3M · modeled $57.6M (est)Cast Holding Co · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $55.2M (est)Andie, Co. · Series A Raised $19.2M · modeled $52.9M (est)Bulletin, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.3M · modeled $51.2M (est)Rhone Apparel, Inc. · Series A Raised $32.4M · modeled $50.9M (est)China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. · Series A Raised $19.8M · modeled $50.1M (est)Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC (this company) Raised $10.7M · modeled $3.1M (est)Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
GP Parent, L.L.C.Series A$14.3M$73.6M2.82×
Anomalie Inc.Series A$17.7M$70.5M2.70×
Anine Bing CorpSeries A$19.5M$69.3M2.66×
Doms Market Holdco Inc.Series A$16.8M$69.3M2.65×
Streamline USA, Inc.Series A$15.0M$65.6M2.51×
Kandui Holdings, LLCSeries A$11.6M$59.8M2.29×
Fuji INC.Series A$18.3M$57.6M2.21×
Cast Holding CoSeries A$12.0M$55.2M2.12×
Andie, Co.Series A$19.2M$52.9M2.03×
Bulletin, Inc.Series A$10.3M$51.2M1.96×
Rhone Apparel, Inc.Series A$32.4M$50.9M1.95×
China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.Series A$19.8M$50.1M1.92×
Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC this companySeries A$10.7M$3.1M0.12×
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$7.8M2016-12-06$35.2M$39.8M90%
Seed$1.0M2019-04-30$5.2M$6.5M90%
Series A$2.3M2019-04-30$10.5M$11.9M90%
Series A$620K2020-10-01$2.8M$3.1M90%
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$7.8M2016-12-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.0M2019-04-30
    • Raised again after 29 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$2.3M2019-04-30
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$620K2020-10-01
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 9 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$620K
Modeled next size est.range $620K$992K
0.3×
Last step-up
$2.8M/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
Dane Neller2016-12
Doron Weber2016-12
Frederic Meriot2019-04
Janet Gervasio2019-04
Theodore Marmor2016-12
Registry & provenance

Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings 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
1688570
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC raised?
Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC has raised approximately $10.7M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC is approximately $3.1M (modeled range $761K–$15.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC at?
Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Oct 01.
What does Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC do and where is it based?
Espresso Bookstore & Cafe Holdings LLC operates in the Retailing sector, based in NEW YORK.
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