Companies · Agtech / Foodtech

Grounded Foods Co.

WEST HOLLYWOOD · Agtech / Foodtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Grounded Foods Co. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.8M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 50%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Aug 14 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Grounded Foods Co. 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 agriculture 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 1.57× the median modeled value of Seed Agtech / Foodtech companies in 2019–2021 (39 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 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.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Agtech / Foodtech

Grounded Foods Co. is one of 481 Agtech / Foodtech companies tracked from WEST HOLLYWOOD. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 51% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
13
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2020-08-14
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2020-08-14 Raised $1.8M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$1.8M$21MSeed2020

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
Seed$1.8M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$21.5M
Base estimate est.
$1.6M
Conservative case
$163.0M
Upside case
$9.2M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 58% high
1.36×/yr
Annual markup
1.79×/yr upside case
5.9 yr
Elapsed time used
5.9 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
5.9 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 481 companies in Agtech / Foodtech. 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) 0.5× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.8× above median
This company$21.5M
Sector median$12.2M

Raised more than 51% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #13 of 39.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Hope Foods, LLC · Seed Raised $10.2M · modeled $48.2M (est)Demers Food Group Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $46.1M (est)Cali'Flour Foods, LLC · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $36.2M (est)KetoNatural Pet Foods, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $32.9M (est)ElDo Organic, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $32.8M (est)Formidable Foods, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $28.7M (est)Misha'S Kind Foods, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $28.0M (est)Ark Foods Group, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $27.0M (est)Farm One, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $24.1M (est)Blue Star Foods Corp. · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $23.0M (est)Fresh Prep Foods Inc. · Seed Raised $1.9M · modeled $22.4M (est)Hooray Foods, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.2M · modeled $22.2M (est)Grounded Foods Co. (this company) Raised $1.8M · modeled $21.5M (est)Grounded Foods Co.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Hope Foods, LLCSeed$10.2M$48.2M3.53×
Demers Food Group Inc.Seed$6.0M$46.1M3.38×
Cali'Flour Foods, LLCSeed$3.0M$36.2M2.65×
KetoNatural Pet Foods, Inc.Seed$3.3M$32.9M2.41×
ElDo Organic, LLCSeed$3.6M$32.8M2.40×
Formidable Foods, Inc.Seed$3.0M$28.7M2.10×
Misha'S Kind Foods, Inc.Seed$3.0M$28.0M2.05×
Ark Foods Group, Inc.Seed$3.0M$27.0M1.97×
Farm One, Inc.Seed$2.0M$24.1M1.76×
Blue Star Foods Corp.Seed$3.3M$23.0M1.68×
Fresh Prep Foods Inc.Seed$1.9M$22.4M1.64×
Hooray Foods, Inc.Seed$5.2M$22.2M1.62×
Grounded Foods Co. this companySeed$1.8M$21.5M1.57×
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.
Seed$1.8M2020-08-14$9.2M$21.5M90%
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. Seed$1.8M2020-08-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$3.0M
Modeled next size est.range $1.9M$4.7M
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
Johnny Ream2 other2020-08
Shaun Quade2020-08
Veronica Fil2020-08
Registry & provenance

Grounded Foods Co. 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
1818618
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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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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Semantically similar

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.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
New Grounds Food, Inc.Agtech / FoodtechSeed$30.1M88%
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MyForest Foods Co.Agtech / FoodtechSeries C$23.7M85%
Gathered Foods CorpAgtech / FoodtechSeries B$258.9M84%
Forward Food, Inc.Agtech / FoodtechSeed$3.0M84%
Beckon Foods, Inc.Agtech / FoodtechSeed$11.6M84%
Green Grass Foods IncAgtech / FoodtechSeries B$362.2M84%
New Frontier Foods Inc.Agtech / FoodtechSeries B$153.5M84%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Grounded Foods Co. raised?
Grounded Foods Co. has raised approximately $1.8M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Grounded Foods Co.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Grounded Foods Co. is approximately $21.5M (modeled range $1.6M–$163.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Grounded Foods Co. at?
Grounded Foods Co.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Aug 14.
What does Grounded Foods Co. do and where is it based?
Grounded Foods Co. operates in the Agtech / Foodtech sector, based in WEST HOLLYWOOD.
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