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J&L Eppig Brewing LLC

SAN DIEGO · Food & Beverage · refined from filed group “Other”

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on J&L Eppig Brewing LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→
$741K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 41%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 05 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

J&L Eppig Brewing LLC 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.

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 2.28× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Food & Beverage companies in 2019–2021 (57 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.4 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

J&L Eppig 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
7.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2019 with $741K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 60% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 60% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 77% 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: $741K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $741K on 2019-02-05.
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

J&L Eppig Brewing LLC is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from SAN DIEGO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 60% 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.

food-beverage

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
$0–$1M
Issuer revenue
Rule 504
Reg D exemption
18
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2019-02-05
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2019-02-05 Raised $741K (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)$741K$17MPre-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$741K · 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
$17.1M
Base estimate est.
$494K
Conservative case
$194.2M
Upside case
$4.1M
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. 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
7.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
7.7 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)▼ 0.6× of median
This company$741K
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.8× above median
This company$741K
Sector median$411K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 1.6× above median
This company$17.1M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 60% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 77% 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 #3 of 57.

This companyCohort peer
$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)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 $12.9M (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)Fluid Beverages, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $11.6M (est)J&L Eppig Brewing LLC (this company) Raised $741K · modeled $17.1M (est)J&L Eppig 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 LLC this companyPre-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$12.9M1.71×
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×
Fluid Beverages, Inc.Pre-Seed$500K$11.6M1.54×
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$741K2019-02-05$4.1M$17.1M90%
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$741K2019-02-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 18 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$1.2M
Modeled next size est.range $771K–$1.9M
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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
Clayton LeBlanc——2019-02
Nathan Stephens——2019-02
Stephanie Eppig——2019-02
Todd Warshaw——2019-02
Registry & provenance

J&L Eppig 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
1766855
SEC CIK
2015
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

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CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
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Frequently asked
How much funding has J&L Eppig Brewing LLC raised?
J&L Eppig Brewing LLC has raised approximately $741K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is J&L Eppig Brewing LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for J&L Eppig Brewing LLC is approximately $17.1M (modeled range $494K–$194.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is J&L Eppig Brewing LLC at?
J&L Eppig Brewing LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 05.
What does J&L Eppig Brewing LLC do and where is it based?
J&L Eppig Brewing LLC operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in SAN DIEGO.
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