Companies · Agriculture

Limoneira CO

SANTA PAULA · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Limoneira CO — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$25.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 12%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jun 18 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Limoneira CO 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 0.08× the median modeled value of Series B Agriculture companies in 2013–2015 (8 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Agriculture

Limoneira CO is one of 1055 Agriculture companies tracked from SANTA PAULA. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 89% 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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeries B · 2013-09-06 Raised $16M (real) Modeled valuation $153M (est)$16M$153MSeries B2013Series B · 2014-03-21 Raised $9.3M (real) Modeled valuation $89M (est)$9.3M$89MSeries B2014Series B · 2014-06-18 Raised $519K (real) Modeled valuation $5.0M (est)$519K$5.0MSeries B2014+$9.3M+$519KCumulative $26M

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$16.0M · 2013
Series B extension$9.3M · 2014
Series B extension$519K · 2014

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: 25%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.0M
Base estimate est.
$1.2M
Conservative case
$19.1M
Upside case
$2.9M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $152.7M · 2013-09-062013Series B · modeled $89.0M · 2014-03-21Series B · modeled $5.0M · 2014-06-182014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
65%
Survival probability
43% low · 79% high
1.18×/yr
Annual markup
1.43×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
5 mo
Avg between rounds
$33.0M/yr
Capital velocity
12.8 yr
On record since
2013
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1055 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) 12× above median
This company$25.8M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$519K
Sector median$17.4M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 89% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 31% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #8 of 8.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Marrone Bio Innovations Inc · Series B Raised $84.1M · modeled $382.8M (est)Coastal Group Intermediate Holdings, Llc · Series B Raised $19.9M · modeled $190.5M (est)Just Greens, LLC · Series B Raised $24.8M · modeled $166.9M (est)Pecan Grove Farms LLC · Series B Raised $25.1M · modeled $60.2M (est)Chia Inc. · Series B Raised $27.5M · modeled $57.7M (est)Ash Creek Orchards, LLC · Series B Raised $2.9M · modeled $27.8M (est)Ceres, Inc. · Series B Raised $35.1M · modeled $20.1M (est)Limoneira CO (this company) Raised $25.8M · modeled $5.0M (est)Limoneira CO
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Marrone Bio Innovations IncSeries B$84.1M$382.8M6.50×
Coastal Group Intermediate Holdings, LlcSeries B$19.9M$190.5M3.23×
Just Greens, LLCSeries B$24.8M$166.9M2.83×
Pecan Grove Farms LLCSeries B$25.1M$60.2M1.02×
Chia Inc.Series B$27.5M$57.7M0.98×
Ash Creek Orchards, LLCSeries B$2.9M$27.8M0.47×
Ceres, Inc.Series B$35.1M$20.1M0.34×
Limoneira CO this companySeries B$25.8M$5.0M0.08×
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$16.0M2013-09-06$88.7M$152.7M90%
Series B$9.3M2014-03-21$51.7M$89.0M90%
Series B$519K2014-06-18$2.9M$5.0M90%
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$16.0M2013-09-06
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
  2. Series B$9.3M2014-03-21
    • Came back fast: 6 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  3. Series B$519K2014-06-18
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 17.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2014 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~5mo cadence
$519K
Modeled next size est.range $519K$830K
0.1×
Last step-up
$33.0M/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
Lecil E Cole2 other2013-09
Alex M Teague1 other2013-09
Harold S. Edwards1 other2013-09
Alan M Teague2013-09
Allan M. Pinkerton2013-09
Gordon E Kimball2013-09
John W Blanchard2013-09
John W H Merriman2013-09
Joseph D Rumley2013-09
Keith W Renken2013-09
Robert M Sawyer2013-09
Ronald L Michaelis2014-03
Ronald W.H. Michaelis2013-09
Scott S Slater2014-03
Scott W. Slater2013-09
Registry & provenance

Limoneira CO 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
1342423
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Limoneira CO raised?
Limoneira CO has raised approximately $25.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Limoneira CO's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Limoneira CO is approximately $5.0M (modeled range $1.2M–$19.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Limoneira CO at?
Limoneira CO's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jun 18.
What does Limoneira CO do and where is it based?
Limoneira CO operates in the Agriculture sector, based in SANTA PAULA.
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