Companies · Restaurants

J&J Russo 5 LLC

DALLAS · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on J&J Russo 5 LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.8M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 24%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

J&J Russo 5 LLC looks fair against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.41× the median modeled value of Seed Restaurants companies in 2022–2024 (115 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (141% of peer median) for its niche.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

J&J Russo 5 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
2.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $5.6M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 77% of Restaurants peers
Capital scale is ahead of 77% of Restaurants peers; modeled value is above 76% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2023: $5.6M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.8M on 2023-08-30.
  • Filing rows sum to $5.6M, while canonical raised total is $2.8M; 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.
  • 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 Restaurants

J&J Russo 5 LLC is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from DALLAS. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 77% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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
$5M–$25M
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
2023
Year incorporated
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$10MSeed · 2023-08-30 Raised $2.8M (real) Modeled valuation $6.7M (est)$2.8M$6.7MSeed2023Seed · 2023-10-10 Raised $2.8M (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$2.8M$6.6MSeed2023+$2.8MCumulative $5.6M

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$2.8M · 2023
Seed extension$2.8M · 2023

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
$6.6M
Base estimate est.
$2.1M
Conservative case
$21.3M
Upside case
$14.0M
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 restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $6.7M · 2023-08-302023Seed · modeled $6.6M · 2023-10-102023
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
34%
Survival probability
15% low · 52% high
1.13×/yr
Annual markup
1.48×/yr upside case
2.7 yr
Elapsed time used
2.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
1 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
2.8 yr
On record since
2023
First round
2
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) 3.1× above median
This company$2.8M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.6× above median
This company$2.8M
Sector median$1.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.5× above median
This company$6.6M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 77% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 76% 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 #31 of 115.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Fourth St Corner Qozb Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $11.5M (est)Please FiDi, LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $10.6M (est)Gravity Heights Mission Valley, LP · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $10.6M (est)Boba Guys Inc. · Seed Raised $5.0M · modeled $10.6M (est)Spiritless, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $10.4M (est)Ddavh Llc · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $9.9M (est)Gh 7B Holdco Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $9.7M (est)Two Hands Ventures LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $9.6M (est)Because Coffee Ten, LLC · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $9.4M (est)CenPer Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $9.2M (est)Artistry Restaurants Chapman, LLC · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $9.2M (est)Amergent Hospitality Group Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $8.6M (est)J&J Russo 5 LLC (this company) Raised $2.8M · modeled $6.6M (est)J&J Russo 5 LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Fourth St Corner Qozb LlcSeed$4.0M$11.5M2.45×
Please FiDi, LLCSeed$3.8M$10.6M2.26×
Gravity Heights Mission Valley, LPSeed$3.8M$10.6M2.26×
Boba Guys Inc.Seed$5.0M$10.6M2.26×
Spiritless, Inc.Seed$4.0M$10.4M2.22×
Ddavh LlcSeed$3.5M$9.9M2.12×
Gh 7B Holdco LlcSeed$4.0M$9.7M2.06×
Two Hands Ventures LLCSeed$4.0M$9.6M2.06×
Because Coffee Ten, LLCSeed$3.9M$9.4M2.00×
CenPer Holdings LLCSeed$3.2M$9.2M1.97×
Artistry Restaurants Chapman, LLCSeed$3.3M$9.2M1.97×
Amergent Hospitality Group Inc.Seed$3.0M$8.6M1.84×
J&J Russo 5 LLC this companySeed$2.8M$6.6M1.41×
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$2.8M2023-08-30$14.0M$6.7M90%
Seed$2.8M2023-10-10$14.0M$6.6M90%
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$2.8M2023-08-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$2.8M2023-10-10
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~1mo cadence
$2.8M
Modeled next size est.range $2.8M$4.5M
1.0×
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
Joel Bolomboy2023-08
Jonathan Brian SDherwood2023-08
Registry & provenance

J&J Russo 5 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
1991320
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has J&J Russo 5 LLC raised?
J&J Russo 5 LLC has raised approximately $2.8M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is J&J Russo 5 LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for J&J Russo 5 LLC is approximately $6.6M (modeled range $2.1M–$21.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is J&J Russo 5 LLC at?
J&J Russo 5 LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 10.
What does J&J Russo 5 LLC do and where is it based?
J&J Russo 5 LLC operates in the Restaurants sector, based in DALLAS.
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