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Natural Food Works, LLC

Denver · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Natural Food Works, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.7M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.8×
Latest step-up
Top 36%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 14 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Natural Food Works, 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 manufacturing 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 1.00× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2016–2018 (141 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (100% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 9.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Natural Food Works, 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
12.8 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $2.0M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 65% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 65% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 63% 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 2016: $2.0M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.0M on 2016-09-15.
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 Manufacturing

Natural Food Works, LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from Denver. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 65% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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
1
Investors (latest)
2013
Year incorporated
2017-02-14
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2013-09-15 Raised $325K (real) Modeled valuation $5.0M (est)$325K$5.0MPre-Seed2013Pre-Seed · 2014-04-27 Raised $415K (real) Modeled valuation $6.3M (est)$415K$6.3MPre-Seed2014Pre-Seed · 2014-09-21 Raised $427K (real) Modeled valuation $6.5M (est)$427K$6.5MPre-Seed2014Seed · 2016-09-15 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $25M (est)$2.0M$25MSeed2016Seed · 2017-02-14 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $18M (est)$1.5M$18MSeed2017+$415K+$427K+$2.0M+$1.5MCumulative $4.7M

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$325K · 2013
Pre-Seed extension$415K · 2014
Pre-Seed extension$427K · 2014
Seed$2.0M · 2016
Seed extension$1.5M · 2017

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$18.4M
Base estimate est.
$1.4M
Conservative case
$144.4M
Upside case
$7.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $5.0M · 2013-09-152013Pre-Seed · modeled $6.3M · 2014-04-27Pre-Seed · modeled $6.5M · 2014-09-21Seed · modeled $24.5M · 2016-09-15Seed · modeled $18.4M · 2017-02-142017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
9.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
10 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.4M/yr
Capital velocity
12.8 yr
On record since
2013
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 2.3× above median
This company$4.7M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.5× above median
This company$18.4M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 65% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 63% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #64 of 141.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Bouldin Corp · Seed Raised $7.9M · modeled $49.1M (est)Waterloo Sparkling Water Corp. · Seed Raised $7.2M · modeled $49.1M (est)Edelta, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)ProSteel Investment Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)ButterCup Bioplastic · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)OHI Orthotics, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $49.1M (est)Arsenal Ultimate Holdco, LLC · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $47.2M (est)Piadina Inc · Seed Raised $7.5M · modeled $45.5M (est)VitaHEAT Medical Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $5.5M · modeled $45.3M (est)Fischer Block, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $42.7M (est)Material Handling Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $42.3M (est)OMB Holdings LLC · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $40.5M (est)Natural Food Works, LLC (this company) Raised $4.7M · modeled $18.4M (est)Natural Food Works, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Bouldin CorpSeed$7.9M$49.1M2.67×
Waterloo Sparkling Water Corp.Seed$7.2M$49.1M2.67×
Edelta, Inc.Seed$4.0M$49.1M2.67×
ProSteel Investment Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.67×
ButterCup BioplasticSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.67×
OHI Orthotics, LLCSeed$4.0M$49.1M2.67×
Arsenal Ultimate Holdco, LLCSeed$3.9M$47.2M2.57×
Piadina IncSeed$7.5M$45.5M2.48×
VitaHEAT Medical Holdings, LLCSeed$5.5M$45.3M2.47×
Fischer Block, Inc.Seed$3.8M$42.7M2.32×
Material Handling Holdings LLCSeed$3.5M$42.3M2.31×
OMB Holdings LLCSeed$3.3M$40.5M2.21×
Natural Food Works, LLC this companySeed$4.7M$18.4M1.00×
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$325K2013-09-15$1.8M$5.0M85%
Pre-Seed$415K2014-04-27$2.3M$6.3M85%
Pre-Seed$427K2014-09-21$2.4M$6.5M85%
Seed$2.0M2016-09-15$10.0M$24.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2017-02-14$7.5M$18.4M90%
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$325K2013-09-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$415K2014-04-27
    • Raised 7 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$427K2014-09-21
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 10 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$2.0M2016-09-15
    • Raised again after 24 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  5. Seed$1.5M2017-02-14
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~10mo cadence
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $1.5M$2.4M
0.8×
Last step-up
$1.4M/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
Michael Silverman3 other2014-04
Brian Morrow2 other2013-09
George Peinado1 other2014-04
Kevin Malloy1 other2014-04
Ross Shell1 other2013-09
Jane S. Miller2014-09
OhSang Kwon2014-04
Richard Lappen2013-09
Robert Caseria2013-09
Registry & provenance

Natural Food Works, 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
1582933
SEC CIK
2013
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Natural Food Works, LLC raised?
Natural Food Works, LLC has raised approximately $4.7M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Natural Food Works, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Natural Food Works, LLC is approximately $18.4M (modeled range $1.4M–$144.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Natural Food Works, LLC at?
Natural Food Works, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 14.
What does Natural Food Works, LLC do and where is it based?
Natural Food Works, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in Denver.
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