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Hello Beverages, LLC

Summit · Food & Beverage · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hello Beverages, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.9M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
3.5×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Apr 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hello Beverages, LLC looks fair 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.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.85× the median modeled value of Seed Food & Beverage companies in 2025–2027 (12 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (85% of peer median) for its niche.
Active
  • Last raise 15 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 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

Hello Beverages, 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
9.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $2.6M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 84% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 84% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 46% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2020: $2.6M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.4M on 2020-10-26.
  • Filing rows sum to $5.7M, while canonical raised total is $4.9M; 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.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
  • 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 Food & Beverage

Hello Beverages, LLC is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from Summit. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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
$1M–$5M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
9
Investors (latest)
2025-04-14
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$50MPre-Seed · 2017-06-07 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $9.2M (est)Pre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2017-07-01 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $9.2M (est)Pre-Seed2017Seed · 2018-02-28 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $24M (est)Seed2018Pre-Seed · 2018-02-28 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $2.3M (est)Pre-Seed2018Seed · 2020-10-26 Raised $2.4M (real) Modeled valuation $39M (est)Seed2020Pre-Seed · 2020-10-26 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $5.0M (est)Pre-Seed2020Seed · 2025-04-14 Raised $880K (real) Modeled valuation $2.8M (est)Seed2025+$400K+$1.3M+$100K+$2.4M+$250K+$880KCumulative $5.7M

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$400K · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$400K · 2017
Seed$1.3M · 2018
Bridge · Seed-stage$100K · 2018smaller follow-on
Seed extension$2.4M · 2020
Bridge · Seed-stage$250K · 2020smaller follow-on
Seed extension$880K · 2025

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.8M
Base estimate est.
$792K
Conservative case
$5.9M
Upside case
$4.4M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $9.2M · 2017-06-072017Pre-Seed · modeled $9.2M · 2017-07-01Seed · modeled $24.2M · 2018-02-28Pre-Seed · modeled $2.3M · 2018-02-28Seed · modeled $38.8M · 2020-10-26Pre-Seed · modeled $5.0M · 2020-10-26Seed · modeled $2.8M · 2025-04-142025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
1.2 yr
Elapsed time used
1.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$628K/yr
Capital velocity
9.1 yr
On record since
2017
First round
7
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 567 companies in Food & Beverage. 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) 4.1× above median
This company$4.9M
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$880K
Sector median$1.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$2.8M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 46% 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 #8 of 12.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Old Terrell Distillery Co LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $13.6M (est)Ethel's Bakery, LLC · Seed Raised $6.1M · modeled $9.7M (est)Pocket Cafe, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $9.0M (est)Kitchen Stadium Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $6.0M (est)Spirits Capital Corp · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $4.3M (est)Sobelini Pizza Crunch Company, LLC · Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $3.7M (est)Blind Spirits LLC · Seed Raised $1.2M · modeled $2.8M (est)Oscar Wilde Spirits, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $1.2M (est)Shelter Distilling, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.4M · modeled $985K (est)Walker Brothers Beverage Co. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $898K (est)Gagnon-Kennedy Vineyards, LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $856K (est)Hello Beverages, LLC (this company) Raised $4.9M · modeled $2.8M (est)Hello Beverages, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Old Terrell Distillery Co LLCSeed$4.0M$13.6M4.17×
Ethel's Bakery, LLCSeed$6.1M$9.7M2.97×
Pocket Cafe, Inc.Seed$3.5M$9.0M2.78×
Kitchen Stadium Inc.Seed$2.5M$6.0M1.83×
Spirits Capital CorpSeed$2.8M$4.3M1.33×
Sobelini Pizza Crunch Company, LLCSeed$1.2M$3.7M1.13×
Blind Spirits LLCSeed$1.2M$2.8M0.87×
Hello Beverages, LLC this companySeed$4.9M$2.8M0.85×
Oscar Wilde Spirits, Inc.Seed$2.5M$1.2M0.36×
Shelter Distilling, Inc.Seed$5.4M$985K0.30×
Walker Brothers Beverage Co.Seed$4.0M$898K0.28×
Gagnon-Kennedy Vineyards, LLCSeed$3.2M$856K0.26×
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$400K2017-06-07$2.2M$9.2M90%
Pre-Seed$400K2017-07-01$2.2M$9.2M90%
Seed$1.3M2018-02-28$6.5M$24.2M90%
Pre-Seed$100K2018-02-28$556K$2.3M90%
Seed$2.4M2020-10-26$11.8M$38.8M90%
Pre-Seed$250K2020-10-26$1.4M$5.0M90%
Seed$880K2025-04-14$4.4M$2.8M90%
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$400K2017-06-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$400K2017-07-01
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Seed$1.3M2018-02-28
    • Came back fast: 8 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 11 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$100K2018-02-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 13.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  5. Seed$2.4M2020-10-26
    • Raised again after 32 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 23.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Revenue band moved $0–$1M → $1M–$5M.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  6. Pre-Seed$250K2020-10-26
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 9.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  7. Seed$880K2025-04-14
    • Raised again after 54 mo — slower than the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 9 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$2.6M
Modeled next size est.range $1.7M$4.2M
3.5×
Last step-up
$628K/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
Joseph Hanni2025-04
Rusty Jones2017-06
Tom Bushkie2017-06
Troy Beauchamp2025-04
Registry & provenance

Hello Beverages, 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
1707598
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hello Beverages, LLC raised?
Hello Beverages, LLC has raised approximately $4.9M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hello Beverages, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hello Beverages, LLC is approximately $2.8M (modeled range $792K–$5.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hello Beverages, LLC at?
Hello Beverages, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Apr 14.
What does Hello Beverages, LLC do and where is it based?
Hello Beverages, LLC operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in Summit.
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