Companies · Restaurants

Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC

ST. LOUIS PARK · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$8.4M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Mar 20 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, 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. 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.75× the median modeled value of Series A Restaurants companies in 2013–2015 (27 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (75% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, 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
56.5 yr record
Peak capital year was 2014 with $6.8M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 90% of Restaurants peers
Capital scale is ahead of 90% of Restaurants peers; modeled value is above 86% 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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 2014: $6.8M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $5.0M on .
  • Filing rows sum to $11.8M, while canonical raised total is $8.4M; 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

Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from ST. LOUIS PARK. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% 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.

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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeries A · Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $11M (est)$5.0M$11MSeries ASeed · 2014-03-20 Raised $3.4M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$3.4M$12MSeed2014Seed · 2014-03-20 Raised $3.4M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$3.4M$12MSeed2014+$3.4M+$3.4MCumulative $12M

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 A$5.0M
Bridge · Series A-stage$3.4M · 2014smaller follow-on
Bridge · Series A-stage$3.4M · 2014smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$12.0M
Base estimate est.
$2.6M
Conservative case
$93.8M
Upside case
$17.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $10.5M · Seed · modeled $12.0M · 2014-03-20Seed · modeled $12.0M · 2014-03-202014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
34%
Survival probability
15% low · 52% high
1.13×/yr
Annual markup
1.48×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
265 mo
Avg between rounds
$190K/yr
Capital velocity
56.5 yr
On record since
1970
First round
3
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) 9.3× above median
This company$8.4M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$3.4M
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.6× above median
This company$12.0M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 86% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #22 of 27.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Vitaligent, LLC · Series A Raised $14.0M · modeled $40.1M (est)Lyfe Kitchen, LLC · Series A Raised $23.8M · modeled $35.4M (est)Alliance Pancake Partners, LP · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $31.5M (est)Border Partners LP · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $31.2M (est)Peter DeFries Corp · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $28.6M (est)Kitchen Cafe, LLC · Series A Raised $18.2M · modeled $27.3M (est)Beefsteak LLC · Series A Raised $9.3M · modeled $26.5M (est)Bruxie, LLC · Series A Raised $10.3M · modeled $25.8M (est)Andre Blaustein Kill & Mccarthy, Llp · Series A Raised $16.9M · modeled $25.0M (est)976 Madison Restaurant LLC · Series A Raised $8.5M · modeled $24.3M (est)ModMarket, LLC · Series A Raised $11.7M · modeled $19.0M (est)Cafe Holdings Corp · Series A Raised $6.6M · modeled $19.0M (est)Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC (this company) Raised $8.4M · modeled $12.0M (est)Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Vitaligent, LLCSeries A$14.0M$40.1M2.50×
Lyfe Kitchen, LLCSeries A$23.8M$35.4M2.21×
Alliance Pancake Partners, LPSeries A$11.0M$31.5M1.97×
Border Partners LPSeries A$10.9M$31.2M1.95×
Peter DeFries CorpSeries A$10.0M$28.6M1.79×
Kitchen Cafe, LLCSeries A$18.2M$27.3M1.70×
Beefsteak LLCSeries A$9.3M$26.5M1.65×
Bruxie, LLCSeries A$10.3M$25.8M1.61×
Andre Blaustein Kill & Mccarthy, LlpSeries A$16.9M$25.0M1.56×
976 Madison Restaurant LLCSeries A$8.5M$24.3M1.52×
ModMarket, LLCSeries A$11.7M$19.0M1.19×
Cafe Holdings CorpSeries A$6.6M$19.0M1.19×
Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC this companySeries A$8.4M$12.0M0.75×
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.
Seed$3.4M2014-03-20$17.0M$12.0M90%
Seed$3.4M2014-03-20$17.0M$12.0M90%
Series A$5.0M$22.7M$10.5M90%
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. Seed$3.4M2014-03-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Seed$3.4M2014-03-20
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2036 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~265mo cadence
$3.4M
Modeled next size est.range $3.4M$5.4M
1.0×
Last step-up
$190K/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
Thomas J. Puff1 other2014-03
Jason J. Merritt2014-03
Michael J. McDermott2014-03
Registry & provenance

Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, 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
1602770
SEC CIK
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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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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC raised?
Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC has raised approximately $8.4M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC is approximately $12.0M (modeled range $2.6M–$93.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC at?
Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Mar 20.
What does Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC do and where is it based?
Ling & Louie's Minneapolis, LLC operates in the Restaurants sector, based in ST. LOUIS PARK.
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