Companies · Agriculture

Golden Waves Grain, LLC

LENEXA · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Golden Waves Grain, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$11.6M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 20%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jan 12 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Golden Waves Grain, LLC looks under-valued against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the agriculture 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 0.18× the median modeled value of Series A Agriculture companies in 2025–2027 (16 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Active
  • Last raise 6 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Golden Waves Grain, 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
1.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2025 with $9.3M across 4 filings.
Market position
ahead of 81% of Agriculture peers
Capital scale is ahead of 81% of Agriculture peers; modeled value is above 22% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2025: $9.3M across 4 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $6.0M on 2026-01-08.
  • Filing rows sum to $16.5M, while canonical raised total is $11.6M; 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.
  • 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 Agriculture

Golden Waves Grain, LLC is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from LENEXA. 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
11
Investors (latest)
2022
Year incorporated
2026-01-12
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$20MPre-Seed · 2025-07-01 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $678K (est)$300K$678KPre-Seed2025Seed · 2025-07-31 Raised $2.8M (real) Modeled valuation $6.8M (est)$2.8M$6.8MSeed2025Seed · 2025-07-31 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $5.3M (est)$2.1M$5.3MSeed2025Series A · 2025-07-31 Raised $4.1M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$4.1M$12MSeries A2025Series A · 2026-01-08 Raised $6.0M (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$6.0M$16MSeries A2026Series A · 2026-01-12 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $3.2M (est)$1.2M$3.2MSeries A2026+$2.8M+$2.1M+$4.1M+$6.0M+$1.2MCumulative $17M

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$300K · 2025
Seed$2.8M · 2025
Seed extension$2.1M · 2025
Series A$4.1M · 2025
Series A extension$6.0M · 2026
Series A extension$1.2M · 2026

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.2M
Base estimate est.
$1.6M
Conservative case
$4.8M
Upside case
$5.5M
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 agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $678K · 2025-07-012025Seed · modeled $6.8M · 2025-07-31Seed · modeled $5.3M · 2025-07-31Series A · modeled $11.9M · 2025-07-31Series A · modeled $15.8M · 2026-01-08Series A · modeled $3.2M · 2026-01-122026
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
52%
Survival probability
28% low · 71% high
1.24×/yr
Annual markup
1.56×/yr upside case
0.5 yr
Elapsed time used
0.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
1 mo
Avg between rounds
$21.7M/yr
Capital velocity
1.0 yr
On record since
2025
First round
6
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. 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) 5.2× above median
This company$11.6M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$5.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.2M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 81% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% 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 #16 of 16.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Old West Water, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $41.3M (est)AgZen Inc. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $32.3M (est)Farmmi, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.5M · modeled $28.9M (est)Southwestern Livestock Leasing 2025, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $28.0M (est)PowerPollen, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.2M · modeled $24.3M (est)Great Northern Salmon, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.6M · modeled $24.2M (est)Cream Co. LLC · Series A Raised $11.8M · modeled $22.6M (est)Genvor Inc · Series A Raised $7.4M · modeled $18.8M (est)Calihan Processing Cooperative · Series A Raised $6.0M · modeled $16.3M (est)Millennial Potash Corp. · Series A Raised $4.9M · modeled $15.4M (est)Jane Eyre Investment Ltd · Series A Raised $5.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Insignum AgTech, Inc. · Series A Raised $6.0M · modeled $12.9M (est)Golden Waves Grain, LLC (this company) Raised $11.6M · modeled $3.2M (est)Golden Waves Grain, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Old West Water, Inc.Series A$15.0M$41.3M2.35×
AgZen Inc.Series A$10.0M$32.3M1.84×
Farmmi, Inc.Series A$17.5M$28.9M1.65×
Southwestern Livestock Leasing 2025, LLCSeries A$10.0M$28.0M1.60×
PowerPollen, Inc.Series A$10.2M$24.3M1.38×
Great Northern Salmon, Inc.Series A$10.6M$24.2M1.38×
Cream Co. LLCSeries A$11.8M$22.6M1.29×
Genvor IncSeries A$7.4M$18.8M1.07×
Calihan Processing CooperativeSeries A$6.0M$16.3M0.93×
Millennial Potash Corp.Series A$4.9M$15.4M0.88×
Jane Eyre Investment LtdSeries A$5.0M$13.3M0.75×
Insignum AgTech, Inc.Series A$6.0M$12.9M0.73×
Golden Waves Grain, LLC this companySeries A$11.6M$3.2M0.18×
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$300K2025-07-01$1.7M$678K90%
Seed$2.8M2025-07-31$13.8M$6.8M90%
Seed$2.1M2025-07-31$10.8M$5.3M90%
Series A$4.1M2025-07-31$18.6M$11.9M90%
Series A$6.0M2026-01-08$27.3M$15.8M90%
Series A$1.2M2026-01-12$5.5M$3.2M90%
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$300K2025-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$2.8M2025-07-31
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 9.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 31 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$2.1M2025-07-31
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 31 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$4.1M2025-07-31
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 47 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$6.0M2026-01-08
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Series A$1.2M2026-01-12
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 5.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 11 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~1mo cadence
$1.2M
Modeled next size est.range $1.2M$1.9M
0.2×
Last step-up
$21.7M/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
Tony Adams1 other2025-07
Alan Townsend2025-07
Brian Linin2025-07
David C. Owen2025-07
David C Owens2026-01
John C. Mosbarger2025-07
Jon C. McCormick2025-07
Registry & provenance

Golden Waves Grain, 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
1976648
SEC CIK
2022
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Golden Waves Grain, LLC raised?
Golden Waves Grain, LLC has raised approximately $11.6M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Golden Waves Grain, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Golden Waves Grain, LLC is approximately $3.2M (modeled range $1.6M–$4.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Golden Waves Grain, LLC at?
Golden Waves Grain, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jan 12.
What does Golden Waves Grain, LLC do and where is it based?
Golden Waves Grain, LLC operates in the Agriculture sector, based in LENEXA.
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