Companies · Consumer / Retail

Milestone Brands, Llc

AUSTIN · Consumer / Retail · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Milestone Brands, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$58.5M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jan 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Milestone Brands, 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 retail 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 0.42× the median modeled value of Series B Consumer / Retail companies in 2022–2024 (9 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 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

Milestone Brands, 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
9.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2020 with $21.3M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 98% of Consumer / Retail peers
Capital scale is ahead of 98% of Consumer / Retail peers; modeled value is above 94% 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
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.
  • 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: $21.3M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $21.3M on 2020-12-31.
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 Consumer / Retail

Milestone Brands, Llc is one of 1161 Consumer / Retail companies tracked from AUSTIN. 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
36
Investors (latest)
2022-01-31
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 A · 2016-08-23 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $51M (est)$10M$51MSeries A2016Series A · 2018-01-19 Raised $12M (real) Modeled valuation $62M (est)$12M$62MSeries A2018Series A · 2019-10-15 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $52M (est)$10M$52MSeries A2019Series B · 2020-12-31 Raised $21M (real) Modeled valuation $115M (est)$21M$115MSeries B2020Series B · 2022-01-31 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $25M (est)$5.0M$25MSeries B2022+$12M+$10M+$21M+$5.0MCumulative $59M

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$10.0M · 2016
Series A extension$12.0M · 2018
Series A extension$10.2M · 2019
Series B$21.3M · 2020
Series B extension$5.0M · 2022

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$24.7M
Base estimate est.
$11.3M
Conservative case
$70.1M
Upside case
$27.8M
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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $51.4M · 2016-08-232016Series A · modeled $61.6M · 2018-01-19Series A · modeled $52.5M · 2019-10-15Series B · modeled $115.2M · 2020-12-31Series B · modeled $24.7M · 2022-01-312022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
61%
Survival probability
41% low · 75% high
1.09×/yr
Annual markup
1.32×/yr upside case
4.4 yr
Elapsed time used
4.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$10.8M/yr
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1161 companies in Consumer / Retail. 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) 18× above median
This company$58.5M
Sector median$3.3M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$17.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 3.1× above median
This company$24.7M
Sector median$7.9M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 94% 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 9.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Utz Brands, Inc. · Series B Raised $43.2M · modeled $135.4M (est)Innovation Brands Corp. · Series B Raised $26.0M · modeled $107.4M (est)Ljulja Beauty Inc. · Series B Raised $23.0M · modeled $104.6M (est)Future Proof Brands LLC · Series B Raised $25.7M · modeled $74.2M (est)Kosas Cosmetics, LLC · Series B Raised $36.0M · modeled $58.2M (est)Scent Beauty, Inc. · Series B Raised $31.5M · modeled $34.4M (est)BERA Brand Management, Inc. · Series B Raised $23.9M · modeled $28.9M (est)Assembly Brands, Inc. · Series B Raised $17.1M · modeled $9.4M (est)Milestone Brands, Llc (this company) Raised $58.5M · modeled $24.7M (est)Milestone Brands, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Utz Brands, Inc.Series B$43.2M$135.4M2.33×
Innovation Brands Corp.Series B$26.0M$107.4M1.84×
Ljulja Beauty Inc.Series B$23.0M$104.6M1.80×
Future Proof Brands LLCSeries B$25.7M$74.2M1.27×
Kosas Cosmetics, LLCSeries B$36.0M$58.2M1.00×
Scent Beauty, Inc.Series B$31.5M$34.4M0.59×
BERA Brand Management, Inc.Series B$23.9M$28.9M0.50×
Milestone Brands, Llc this companySeries B$58.5M$24.7M0.42×
Assembly Brands, Inc.Series B$17.1M$9.4M0.16×
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 A$10.0M2016-08-23$45.5M$51.4M85%
Series A$12.0M2018-01-19$54.5M$61.6M90%
Series A$10.2M2019-10-15$46.4M$52.5M90%
Series B$21.3M2020-12-31$118.4M$115.2M90%
Series B$5.0M2022-01-31$27.8M$24.7M90%
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 A$10.0M2016-08-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 25 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$12.0M2018-01-19
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 35 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$10.2M2019-10-15
    • Raised 21 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 36 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$21.3M2020-12-31
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  5. Series B$5.0M2022-01-31
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 36 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$5.0M
Modeled next size est.range $5.0M$8.0M
0.2×
Last step-up
$10.8M/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
Rad Weaver3 other2016-08
Chad Auler1 other2016-08
Charles Auler1 other2020-12
Eric Dopkins1 other2016-08
James Weaver1 other2020-12
Registry & provenance

Milestone Brands, 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
1683055
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Milestone Brands, Llc raised?
Milestone Brands, Llc has raised approximately $58.5M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Milestone Brands, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Milestone Brands, Llc is approximately $24.7M (modeled range $11.3M–$70.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Milestone Brands, Llc at?
Milestone Brands, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jan 31.
What does Milestone Brands, Llc do and where is it based?
Milestone Brands, Llc operates in the Consumer / Retail sector, based in AUSTIN.
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