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Hops & Grain LLC

AUSTIN · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Hops & Grain LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$125K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 96%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 24 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Hops & Grain LLC looks under-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 manufacturing 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 0.36× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (231 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports $1M–$5M revenue while modeled below niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Hops & 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
8.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $125K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 5% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 5% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 13% 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 2018: $125K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $125K on 2018-09-24.
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 Manufacturing

Hops & Grain LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 5% 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
$1M–$5M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2
Investors (latest)
2018-09-24
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$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2018-09-24 Raised $125K (real) Modeled valuation $1.9M (est)$125K$1.9MPre-Seed2018

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$125K · 2018

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.9M
Base estimate est.
$85K
Conservative case
$21.6M
Upside case
$694K
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. 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.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
—
Capital velocity
8.0 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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)▼ 0.1× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▼ 0.4× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▼ 0.2× of median
This company$1.9M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 5% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 13% 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 #208 of 231.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$10K$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Thorp Lane, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)WholeMe, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Shock Mitigation Technologies, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Southwood Holding Company, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Peachicana Products Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Dannijo, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Construction Robotics, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.2M · modeled $15.3M (est)SAC Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $15.3M (est)eatingEVOLVED, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Safeguard Equipment Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $15.3M (est)Hops & Grain LLC (this company) Raised $125K · modeled $1.9M (est)Hops & Grain LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Thorp Lane, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CorpPre-Seed$2.0M$15.3M2.86×
WholeMe, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Shock Mitigation Technologies, IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Southwood Holding Company, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Peachicana Products Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Dannijo, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Construction Robotics, LLCPre-Seed$2.2M$15.3M2.86×
SAC IncPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Blue Blaze Brewing, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$15.3M2.86×
eatingEVOLVED, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M2.86×
Safeguard Equipment Inc.Pre-Seed$1.3M$15.3M2.86×
Hops & Grain LLC this companyPre-Seed$125K$1.9M0.36×
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$125K2018-09-24$694K$1.9M90%
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. Pre-Seed$125K2018-09-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $130K–$320K
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Last step-up
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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
Joshua Steven Hare——2018-09
Registry & provenance

Hops & 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
1755294
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Hops & Grain LLC raised?
Hops & Grain LLC has raised approximately $125K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Hops & Grain LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Hops & Grain LLC is approximately $1.9M (modeled range $85K–$21.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Hops & Grain LLC at?
Hops & Grain LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 24.
What does Hops & Grain LLC do and where is it based?
Hops & Grain LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in AUSTIN.
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