Companies · Restaurants

Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc.

WINSTON SALEM · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$48.9M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.8×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 18 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. has raised $49M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 9.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. 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
9.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $76.3M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 98% of Restaurants peers
Capital scale is ahead of 98% of Restaurants peers; modeled value is above 99% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2016: $76.3M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $48.9M on 2016-11-18.
  • Filing rows sum to $76.3M, while canonical raised total is $48.9M; 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 Restaurants

Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from WINSTON SALEM. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% of sector peers), and among the largest 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 506(b)
Reg D exemption
34
Investors (latest)
2016
Year incorporated
2016-11-18
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries B · 2016-11-18 Raised $27M (real) Modeled valuation $86M (est)$27M$86MSeries B2016Series C · 2016-11-18 Raised $49M (real) Modeled valuation $159M (est)$49M$159MSeries C2016+$49MCumulative $76M

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
Series B$27.4M · 2016
Series C$48.9M · 2016

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 40%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$158.6M
Base estimate est.
$158.8M
Conservative case
$417.9M
Upside case
$326.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $86.1M · 2016-11-182016Series C · modeled $158.6M · 2016-11-182016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
66%
Survival probability
49% low · 76% high
0.95×/yr
Annual markup
1.09×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
9.6 yr
On record since
2016
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) 54× above median
This company$48.9M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× above median
This company$48.9M
Sector median$48.4M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 60× above median
This company$158.6M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Cambridge Franchise Partners, Llc · Series C Raised $75.3M · modeled $244.1M (est)BBD Holdco LLC · Series C Raised $71.2M · modeled $230.9M (est)Philz Coffee, Inc. · Series C Raised $93.1M · modeled $218.9M (est)Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. (this company) Raised $48.9M · modeled $158.6M (est)Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Cambridge Franchise Partners, LlcSeries C$75.3M$244.1M1.09×
BBD Holdco LLCSeries C$71.2M$230.9M1.03×
Philz Coffee, Inc.Series C$93.1M$218.9M0.97×
Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. this companySeries C$48.9M$158.6M0.71×
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.
Series B$27.4M2016-11-18$152.2M$86.1M90%
Series C$48.9M2016-11-18$326.0M$158.6M90%
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. Series B$27.4M2016-11-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  2. Series C$48.9M2016-11-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 34 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$87.3M
Modeled next size est.range $56.7M$139.6M
1.8×
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
Joachim Creus3 other2016-11
Markus Hopmann2016-11
Registry & provenance

Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. 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
1691325
SEC CIK
2016
Incorporated
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Quality Brand Group LLCRestaurantsSeries C$49.2M$182.9Msame sector · same stage
King's House of WingsRestaurantsSeries C$50.0M$218.4Msame sector · same stage
Triloma Restaurant Fund I, LLCRestaurantsSeries C$50.0M$218.4Msame sector · same stage
JL Acquisitions, Inc.RestaurantsSeries C$50.9M$215.9Msame sector · same stage
Uncommon Brands LPRestaurantsSeries C$45.4M$174.7Msame sector · same stage
Fish Super Holdings LLCRestaurantsSeries C$56.2M$182.2Msame sector · same stage
MRRC Hold Co.RestaurantsSeries C$58.0M$25.9Msame sector · same stage
K-Square Restaurant Partners, LPRestaurantsSeries C$40.5M$131.2Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Bar K Holdings, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$2.2M88%
NAKA Restaurant Group, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$360K87%
BurgerFi International, Inc.RestaurantsSeries C$268.8M87%
Kijung Hospitality Group, Inc.RestaurantsSeries A$11.5M87%
Kneads Holding Group Inc.RestaurantsSeed$3.1M86%
CK's Investment Group, LLCRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.8M86%
KOH Holdings Inc.RestaurantsSeed$201K86%
GBB Hospitality Group, LLCRestaurantsSeed$1.1M86%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. raised?
Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. has raised approximately $48.9M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. is approximately $158.6M (modeled range $158.8M–$417.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. at?
Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 18.
What does Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. do and where is it based?
Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. operates in the Restaurants sector, based in WINSTON SALEM.
Explore related

See where Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc. sits in the wider market — its sector, location and stage cohorts, each with their own leaderboards and capital-flow timelines.

Is this your company?

If you work at Krispy Kreme Holdings, Inc., claim this profile or suggest a correction. We aggregate from public filings, so help us keep your description, website and links accurate.

Is this your company? Update your profile or add contact details — and choose exactly who can reach you. Reviewed before anything is published.