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KWD Associates LLC

WESTPORT · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on KWD Associates LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$654K
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
2.1×
Latest step-up
Top 72%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Sat Mar 02 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

KWD Associates LLC looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.77× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Other companies in 2013–2015 (1650 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (77% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.3 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

KWD Associates 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
13.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2013 with $654K across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 29% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 29% of Other peers; modeled value is above 29% 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
Lower 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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2013: $654K across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $269K on 2013-03-02.
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 Other

KWD Associates LLC is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from WESTPORT. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 29% 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
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$10MPre-Seed · 2013-03-02 Raised $255K (real) Modeled valuation $5.9M (est)$255K$5.9MPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2013-03-02 Raised $130K (real) Modeled valuation $3.0M (est)$130K$3.0MPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2013-03-02 Raised $269K (real) Modeled valuation $6.2M (est)$269K$6.2MPre-Seed2013+$130K+$269KCumulative $654K

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$255K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$130K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$269K · 2013

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.2M
Base estimate est.
$179K
Conservative case
$70.5M
Upside case
$1.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $5.9M · 2013-03-022013Pre-Seed · modeled $3.0M · 2013-03-02Pre-Seed · modeled $6.2M · 2013-03-022013
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
13.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
13.3 yr
On record since
2013
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$654K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$269K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$6.2M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 29% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 29% 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 #1006 of 1,650.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Waterblue IV LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Fairway America Fund VI, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $23.1M (est)LoanTek, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.6M · modeled $23.1M (est)Roosevelt Way Investment, L.P. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)West Coast Customs Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)ICT Incentive Holdings LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)CUBES Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.1M · modeled $23.1M (est)Taylor Group Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Evolution Finance Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Shell 1000, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Architected Materials, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $23.1M (est)Waxelene, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $23.1M (est)KWD Associates LLC (this company) Raised $654K · modeled $6.2M (est)KWD Associates LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Waterblue IV LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Fairway America Fund VI, LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$23.1M2.86×
LoanTek, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.6M$23.1M2.86×
Roosevelt Way Investment, L.P.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
West Coast Customs IncPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
ICT Incentive Holdings LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
CUBES Inc.Pre-Seed$2.1M$23.1M2.86×
Taylor Group CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Evolution Finance IncPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Shell 1000, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Architected Materials, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$23.1M2.86×
Waxelene, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$23.1M2.86×
KWD Associates LLC this companyPre-Seed$654K$6.2M0.77×
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$255K2013-03-02$1.4M$5.9M90%
Pre-Seed$130K2013-03-02$722K$3.0M90%
Pre-Seed$269K2013-03-02$1.5M$6.2M90%
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$255K2013-03-02
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$130K2013-03-02
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Pre-Seed$269K2013-03-02
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$557K
Modeled next size est.range $362K$891K
2.1×
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
Ryan Drummond2013-03
Registry & provenance

KWD Associates 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
1571697
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has KWD Associates LLC raised?
KWD Associates LLC has raised approximately $654K in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is KWD Associates LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for KWD Associates LLC is approximately $6.2M (modeled range $179K–$70.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is KWD Associates LLC at?
KWD Associates LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Sat Mar 02.
What does KWD Associates LLC do and where is it based?
KWD Associates LLC operates in the Other sector, based in WESTPORT.
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