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AUSTIN · Consumer / Retail · refined from filed group “Other”
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Future Proof Brands LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Future Proof Brands LLC looks fair against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.
Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.
Future Proof Brands LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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Future Proof Brands LLC is one of 1161 Consumer / Retail companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest 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.
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.
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.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series B — a $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
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.
Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #4 of 9.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utz Brands, Inc. | Series B | $43.2M | $135.4M | 2.33× |
| Innovation Brands Corp. | Series B | $26.0M | $107.3M | 1.84× |
| Ljulja Beauty Inc. | Series B | $23.0M | $104.6M | 1.80× |
| Future Proof Brands LLC this company | Series B | $25.7M | $74.1M | 1.27× |
| Kosas Cosmetics, LLC | Series B | $36.0M | $58.2M | 1.00× |
| Scent Beauty, Inc. | Series B | $31.5M | $34.3M | 0.59× |
| BERA Brand Management, Inc. | Series B | $23.9M | $28.9M | 0.50× |
| Milestone Brands, Llc | Series B | $58.5M | $24.7M | 0.42× |
| Assembly Brands, Inc. | Series B | $17.1M | $9.4M | 0.16× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $250K | 2014-09-25 | $1.4M | $2.0M | 85% |
| Seed | $2.7M | 2017-04-03 | $13.7M | $17.3M | 90% |
| Series A | $4.4M | 2017-04-03 | $20.0M | $22.6M | 90% |
| Series A | $2.6M | 2018-10-02 | $11.9M | $13.4M | 90% |
| Series A | $815K | 2021-01-25 | $3.7M | $3.9M | 90% |
| Series A | $1.7M | 2021-12-09 | $7.8M | $7.2M | 90% |
| Series B | $15.9M | 2022-09-22 | $88.1M | $74.1M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Verne | — | 3 other | 2018-10 |
| Matthew Meehan | — | 1 other | 2017-04 |
| Aimy Steadman | — | — | 2014-09 |
| Brad Schultz | — | — | 2022-09 |
| Jeff Cuban | — | — | 2021-12 |
| Jeffrey Cuban | — | — | 2021-01 |
| Justin Fenchel | — | — | 2014-09 |
| Todd P. Paul | — | — | 2022-09 |
Future Proof 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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Brands Corp. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $26.0M | $107.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Per.Se Beauty, Inc | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $25.0M | $101.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Turning Point Brands, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $27.0M | $28.2M | same sector · same stage |
| BERA Brand Management, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $23.9M | $28.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Ljulja Beauty Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $23.0M | $104.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Brand Engagement Network Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $28.7M | $3.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Scent Beauty, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $31.5M | $34.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Clarity Cosmetics Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $32.0M | $17.8M | same sector · same stage |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE Brands LLC | Consumer / Retail | Seed | $1.6M | 86% |
| Evolve Brands, LLC | Consumer / Retail | Pre-Seed | $554K | 82% |
| Innovation Brands Corp. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $107.3M | 82% |
| American Certified Brands, LLC | Consumer / Retail | Seed | $15.8M | 81% |
| AC Brands LLC | Consumer / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.3M | 81% |
| Real Brands, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | 81% |
| Ethical Brands Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series A | $7.9M | 79% |
| Brands of Holding Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Seed | $13.4M | 79% |
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