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Grill Concepts Inc

Woodland Hills · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Grill Concepts Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$15.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 7%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Sep 24 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Grill Concepts 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 restaurants 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 2.72× the median modeled value of Series A Restaurants companies in 2007–2009 (14 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Restaurants

Grill Concepts Inc is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from Woodland Hills. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% 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.

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$50MSeries A · 2009-09-24 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $43M (est)$15M$43MSeries A2009

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$15.0M · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$42.9M
Base estimate est.
$17.2M
Conservative case
$233.5M
Upside case
$68.2M
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 restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
46%
Survival probability
25% low · 63% high
1.05×/yr
Annual markup
1.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.8 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2292 companies in Restaurants. 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) 17× above median
This company$15.0M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.6× above median
This company$15.0M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 16× above median
This company$42.9M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% 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 #1 of 14.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)P&MC's Holding LLC · Series A Raised $14.3M · modeled $40.9M (est)Restaurant Technologies Inc · Series A Raised $19.0M · modeled $32.7M (est)Five Guys Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $28.6M (est)Monument Restaurants V Llc · Series A Raised $6.0M · modeled $17.2M (est)FG Houston Management Group, LLC · Series A Raised $5.9M · modeled $16.9M (est)Buffet Partners, L.P. · Series A Raised $5.7M · modeled $16.3M (est)Cro Development Ii Lp · Series A Raised $5.3M · modeled $15.2M (est)Smashburger MSP JV LLC · Series A Raised $5.0M · modeled $14.3M (est)Smashburger SLC & BOISE JV LLC · Series A Raised $5.0M · modeled $14.3M (est)Hrg Pitt Llc · Series A Raised $12.9M · modeled $13.4M (est)Spicy Pickle Franchising Inc · Series A Raised $6.7M · modeled $13.3M (est)Grill Concepts Inc (this company) Raised $15.0M · modeled $42.9M (est)Grill Concepts Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Grill Concepts Inc this companySeries A$15.0M$42.9M2.72×
P&MC's Holding LLCSeries A$14.3M$40.9M2.59×
Restaurant Technologies IncSeries A$19.0M$32.7M2.08×
Five Guys Holdings, Inc.Series A$10.0M$28.6M1.81×
Monument Restaurants V LlcSeries A$6.0M$17.2M1.09×
FG Houston Management Group, LLCSeries A$5.9M$16.9M1.07×
Buffet Partners, L.P.Series A$5.7M$16.3M1.03×
Cro Development Ii LpSeries A$5.3M$15.2M0.97×
Smashburger MSP JV LLCSeries A$5.0M$14.3M0.91×
Smashburger SLC & BOISE JV LLCSeries A$5.0M$14.3M0.91×
Hrg Pitt LlcSeries A$12.9M$13.4M0.85×
Spicy Pickle Franchising IncSeries A$6.7M$13.3M0.84×
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$15.0M2009-09-24$68.2M$42.9M90%
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$15.0M2009-09-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$24.0M
Modeled next size est.range $15.6M$38.4M
Last step-up
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
John Sola2009-09
Louie Feinstein2009-09
Michael Weinstock2009-09
Philip Gay2009-09
Robert Spivak2009-09
Wayne Lipschitz2009-09
Registry & provenance

Grill Concepts 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
895041
SEC CIK
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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.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Grill Concepts Inc raised?
Grill Concepts Inc has raised approximately $15.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Grill Concepts Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Grill Concepts Inc is approximately $42.9M (modeled range $17.2M–$233.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Grill Concepts Inc at?
Grill Concepts Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Sep 24.
What does Grill Concepts Inc do and where is it based?
Grill Concepts Inc operates in the Restaurants sector, based in Woodland Hills.
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