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Fountain9Winter 2021Acquired

San Francisco · CA, USA · founded 2021 · https://www.fountain9.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Fountain9 — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Fountain9: limited disclosed financing to assess.

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AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

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Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage

Fountain9 is a predictive inventory planning solution. We help food brands and retailers reduce food wastage and improve product availability by predicting their future inventory needs. Food wastage is a global problem that has both financial and environmental costs. An estimated $1.3 Bn tonnes of food is wasted every year and 7 - 15% of that is because of mismanaged inventory. We accurately predict future inventory imbalances which lead to out of stock situations or wastage, and also recommends best ways of minimising their impact. Our state of the art demand sensing and pricing engine takes into account several factors like historical sales trends, seasonality, holidays, markdown events and pricing changes to predict future inventory requirements and optimize prices. Predicted inventory demand is also aligned with supply side data to identify ideal suppliers and replenishment quantities that minimize chances of stock outs or inventory wastage.

Artificial IntelligenceWarehouse Management TechE-commerceSupply ChainRetail
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Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. 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)
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Sector median$1.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
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Sector median$14.6M

Raised more than 96% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% of peers (estimate).

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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.

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Fountain9 is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Fountain9 is a private company, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage
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