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Food Genius, Inc.

CHICAGO · Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Food Genius, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$900K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
4.6×
Latest step-up
Top 75%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Aug 28 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Food Genius, Inc. looks over-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 technology sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.18× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other Technology companies in 2013–2015 (1452 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.8 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 Other Technology

Food Genius, Inc. is one of 21302 Other Technology companies tracked from CHICAGO. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 26% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2011-10-03 Raised $160K (real) Modeled valuation $6.8M (est)$160K$6.8MPre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2013-08-28 Raised $740K (real) Modeled valuation $31M (est)$740K$31MPre-Seed2013+$740KCumulative $900K

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$160K · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$740K · 2013

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$31.3M
Base estimate est.
$483K
Conservative case
$355.5M
Upside case
$4.1M
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 technology sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $6.8M · 2011-10-032011Pre-Seed · modeled $31.3M · 2013-08-282013
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
29%
Survival probability
12% low · 54% high
1.72×/yr
Annual markup
2.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
technology
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
23 mo
Avg between rounds
$473K/yr
Capital velocity
14.7 yr
On record since
2011
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 21302 companies in Other Technology. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$900K
Sector median$3.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.0× above median
This company$740K
Sector median$375K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$31.3M
Sector median$37.3M

Raised more than 26% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #236 of 1,452.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)OrbitHCI, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Via Response Technologies, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Compendium Software Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $42.4M (est)Access Media Corp. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Chronos Tech LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)SR Solutions Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $42.4M (est)Arctic Island, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Diobox Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $42.4M (est)Parallax Enterprises, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)ToneDen Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Vertex Analytics, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Uscl Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $42.4M (est)Food Genius, Inc. (this company) Raised $900K · modeled $31.3M (est)Food Genius, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
OrbitHCI, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Via Response Technologies, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Compendium Software LlcPre-Seed$1.1M$42.4M2.95×
Access Media Corp.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Chronos Tech LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
SR Solutions IncPre-Seed$1.1M$42.4M2.95×
Arctic Island, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Diobox Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$42.4M2.95×
Parallax Enterprises, LLCPre-Seed$2.0M$42.4M2.95×
ToneDen Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Vertex Analytics, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Uscl CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$42.4M2.95×
Food Genius, Inc. this companyPre-Seed$900K$31.3M2.18×
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$160K2011-10-03$889K$6.8M90%
Pre-Seed$740K2013-08-28$4.1M$31.3M90%
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$160K2011-10-03
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$740K2013-08-28
    • Raised again after 23 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~23mo cadence
$2.2M
Modeled next size est.range $1.4M$3.6M
4.6×
Last step-up
$473K/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
Brian Distelburger1 other2013-08
ERIC COOPER1 other2011-10
Eli Rogenberg2013-08
ELI ROSENBERG2011-10
JUSTIN MASSA2011-10
Owen Shapiro2013-08
Registry & provenance

Food Genius, 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
1524099
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Food Genius, Inc. raised?
Food Genius, Inc. has raised approximately $900K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Food Genius, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Food Genius, Inc. is approximately $31.3M (modeled range $483K–$355.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Food Genius, Inc. at?
Food Genius, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Aug 28.
What does Food Genius, Inc. do and where is it based?
Food Genius, Inc. operates in the Other Technology sector, based in CHICAGO.
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