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Hilltop Brewing, Llc

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

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hilltop Brewing, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$220K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 61%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Apr 17 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hilltop Brewing, Llc looks fair 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.68× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Food & Beverage companies in 2019–2021 (57 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (68% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Hilltop Brewing, 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
7.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2019 with $220K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 40% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 40% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 54% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2019: $220K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $220K on 2019-04-17.
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.
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

Hilltop Brewing, Llc is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from AKRON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 40% 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.

food-beverage

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
15
Investors (latest)
2019
Year incorporated
2019-04-17
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2019-04-17 Raised $220K (real) Modeled valuation $5.1M (est)$220K$5.1MPre-Seed2019

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$220K · 2019

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.1M
Base estimate est.
$147K
Conservative case
$57.7M
Upside case
$1.2M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
7.2 yr
On record since
2019
First round
1
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) 0.2× of median
This company$220K
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$220K
Sector median$411K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$5.1M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 40% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 54% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-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 #40 of 57.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Belbridge Brewing Company, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $22.5M (est)I & A Agave Spirits LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $910K · modeled $21.0M (est)J&L Eppig Brewing LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $741K · modeled $17.1M (est)DC Brau Brewing LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $14.2M (est)Virago Spirits, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $575K · modeled $13.3M (est)Expat Beverages, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $12.8M (est)Safe Haven Brewing Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $12.5M (est)Bluehall Bakery, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $12.4M (est)Vosa Spirits, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $12.3M (est)Pizza Party Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $524K · modeled $12.1M (est)Phase 2 Cellars, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $506K · modeled $11.7M (est)Sailfish Brewing Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $11.6M (est)Hilltop Brewing, Llc (this company) Raised $220K · modeled $5.1M (est)Hilltop Brewing, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Belbridge Brewing Company, LlcPre-Seed$975K$22.5M3.00×
I & A Agave Spirits LLCPre-Seed$910K$21.0M2.80×
J&L Eppig Brewing LLCPre-Seed$741K$17.1M2.28×
DC Brau Brewing LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$14.2M1.89×
Virago Spirits, LLCPre-Seed$575K$13.3M1.77×
Expat Beverages, LLCPre-Seed$750K$12.8M1.71×
Safe Haven Brewing Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$750K$12.5M1.66×
Bluehall Bakery, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$12.4M1.65×
Vosa Spirits, LLCPre-Seed$700K$12.3M1.64×
Pizza Party Inc.Pre-Seed$524K$12.1M1.61×
Phase 2 Cellars, LLCPre-Seed$506K$11.7M1.56×
Sailfish Brewing Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$500K$11.6M1.54×
Hilltop Brewing, Llc this companyPre-Seed$220K$5.1M0.68×
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$220K2019-04-17$1.2M$5.1M90%
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$220K2019-04-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 15 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$352K
Modeled next size est.range $229K$563K
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
Blake Squires2 other2019-04
Jeffrey Roberts1 other2019-04
Joel Tompkins1 other2019-04
Stephen Barsotti2019-04
William Levendusky2019-04
Registry & provenance

Hilltop Brewing, 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
1775171
SEC CIK
2019
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hilltop Brewing, Llc raised?
Hilltop Brewing, Llc has raised approximately $220K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hilltop Brewing, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hilltop Brewing, Llc is approximately $5.1M (modeled range $147K–$57.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hilltop Brewing, Llc at?
Hilltop Brewing, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Apr 17.
What does Hilltop Brewing, Llc do and where is it based?
Hilltop Brewing, Llc operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in AKRON.
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