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Kimle Aquaculture, LLC

STORY CITY · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Kimle Aquaculture, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 56%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Nov 02 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Kimle Aquaculture, 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 agriculture 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 0.05× the median modeled value of Seed Agriculture companies in 2019–2021 (89 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Kimle Aquaculture, 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
7.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $1.7M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 45% of Agriculture peers
Capital scale is ahead of 45% of Agriculture peers; modeled value is above 6% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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: $1.7M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.5M on 2020-07-01.
  • Filing rows sum to $1.9M, while canonical raised total is $1.8M; 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.
  • 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 Agriculture

Kimle Aquaculture, LLC is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from STORY CITY. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 45% 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
Rule 504
Reg D exemption
2018
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MPre-Seed · 2019-07-01 Raised $225K (real) Modeled valuation $3.0M (est)$225K$3.0MPre-Seed2019Seed · 2020-07-01 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $16M (est)$1.5M$16MSeed2020Seed · 2020-10-21 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $981K (est)$100K$981KSeed2020Seed · 2020-11-02 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $971K (est)$100K$971KSeed2020+$1.5M+$100K+$100KCumulative $1.9M

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$225K · 2019
Seed$1.5M · 2020
Seed extension$100K · 2020
Seed extension$100K · 2020

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$971K
Base estimate est.
$86K
Conservative case
$7.0M
Upside case
$500K
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 agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $3.0M · 2019-07-012019Seed · modeled $16.1M · 2020-07-01Seed · modeled $981K · 2020-10-21Seed · modeled $971K · 2020-11-022020
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.33×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
5.7 yr
Elapsed time used
5.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
5 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.4M/yr
Capital velocity
7.0 yr
On record since
2019
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. 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) 0.8× of median
This company$1.8M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$100K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$971K
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 45% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 6% 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 #89 of 89.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Med Farm of Michigan LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.8M (est)MariCap Rolen Stone 2020, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.8M (est)Forward Greens Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.3M (est)Farm Cannabis GA, INC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $40.2M (est)Hobart Biosciences Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $39.7M (est)ACE Ventures, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.8M (est)Hemden LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.6M (est)HF Solutions, LCC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.5M (est)Valliente Orchard LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $35.3M (est)Local Bounti Corp · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $34.3M (est)Mustang Whately Investors, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $33.4M (est)Premium Peanut, LLC · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $33.0M (est)Kimle Aquaculture, LLC (this company) Raised $1.8M · modeled $971K (est)Kimle Aquaculture, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Med Farm of Michigan LLCSeed$4.0M$42.8M2.28×
MariCap Rolen Stone 2020, LLCSeed$4.0M$42.8M2.28×
Forward Greens Inc.Seed$4.0M$42.3M2.26×
Farm Cannabis GA, INCSeed$3.8M$40.2M2.14×
Hobart Biosciences Holdings Inc.Seed$3.7M$39.7M2.12×
ACE Ventures, LLCSeed$3.6M$38.8M2.07×
Hemden LLCSeed$3.6M$38.6M2.06×
HF Solutions, LCCSeed$3.6M$38.5M2.06×
Valliente Orchard LLCSeed$4.0M$35.3M1.88×
Local Bounti CorpSeed$3.2M$34.3M1.83×
Mustang Whately Investors, LlcSeed$4.0M$33.4M1.78×
Premium Peanut, LLCSeed$4.5M$33.0M1.76×
Kimle Aquaculture, LLC this companySeed$1.8M$971K0.05×
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$225K2019-07-01$1.3M$3.0M90%
Seed$1.5M2020-07-01$7.5M$16.1M90%
Seed$100K2020-10-21$500K$981K90%
Seed$100K2020-11-02$500K$971K90%
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$225K2019-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Seed$1.5M2020-07-01
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Seed$100K2020-10-21
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 15.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 504).
  4. Seed$100K2020-11-02
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • Switched to Rule 504 (was Rule 506(b)).
Intelligence
2021 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~5mo cadence
$100K
Modeled next size est.range $100K$160K
1.0×
Last step-up
$1.4M/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
Jackson Kimle2 other2019-07
Alan Leonard Hermanson2020-07
Jackson Thomas Kimle2020-07
Jared Thomas Johnson2020-10
Kevin Lee Kimle2020-07
Martin Anthony Gross2020-07
Registry & provenance

Kimle Aquaculture, 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
1765366
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Kimle Aquaculture, LLC raised?
Kimle Aquaculture, LLC has raised approximately $1.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Kimle Aquaculture, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Kimle Aquaculture, LLC is approximately $971K (modeled range $86K–$7.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Kimle Aquaculture, LLC at?
Kimle Aquaculture, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Nov 02.
What does Kimle Aquaculture, LLC do and where is it based?
Kimle Aquaculture, LLC operates in the Agriculture sector, based in STORY CITY.
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