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Newcleus Research LLC

PORTLAND · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Newcleus Research LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$125K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 98%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Apr 07 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Newcleus Research 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 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 0.33× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Agriculture companies in 2016–2018 (73 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Newcleus Research 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
10.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2016 with $125K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 3% of Agriculture peers
Capital scale is ahead of 3% of Agriculture peers; modeled value is above 13% 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: $125K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $125K on 2016-04-07.
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 Agriculture

Newcleus Research LLC is one of 1055 Agriculture companies tracked from PORTLAND. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 3% 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$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MPre-Seed · 2016-04-07 Raised $125K (real) Modeled valuation $1.7M (est)$125K$1.7MPre-Seed2016

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$125K · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.7M
Base estimate est.
$79K
Conservative case
$18.9M
Upside case
$694K
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 scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
28%
Survival probability
11% low · 52% high
1.43×/yr
Annual markup
1.93×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
10.2 yr
On record since
2016
First round
1
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) 0.1× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$125K
Sector median$374K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$1.7M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 3% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 13% 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 #66 of 73.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)JBS United, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Skypack Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Blue Water Acquaculture LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Farmers Co-operative Mill & Elevator Association · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Sparkle Holdings LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Jardin De Invierno S.A. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Hathaway Activated Carbon, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $13.3M (est)Florida Cattle Ranchers, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $13.0M (est)Rio Vista Farms Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $950K · modeled $12.6M (est)Farming Fungi LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $901K · modeled $12.0M (est)Georgia Pastures I LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.8M · modeled $12.0M (est)Whole Plants LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $12.0M (est)Newcleus Research LLC (this company) Raised $125K · modeled $1.7M (est)Newcleus Research LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
JBS United, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Skypack CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Blue Water Acquaculture LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Farmers Co-operative Mill & Elevator AssociationPre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Sparkle Holdings LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Jardin De Invierno S.A.Pre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Hathaway Activated Carbon, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$13.3M2.67×
Florida Cattle Ranchers, LLCPre-Seed$975K$13.0M2.60×
Rio Vista Farms LlcPre-Seed$950K$12.6M2.53×
Farming Fungi LLCPre-Seed$901K$12.0M2.40×
Georgia Pastures I LLCPre-Seed$1.8M$12.0M2.40×
Whole Plants LLCPre-Seed$900K$12.0M2.40×
Newcleus Research LLC this companyPre-Seed$125K$1.7M0.33×
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$125K2016-04-07$694K$1.7M90%
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. Pre-Seed$125K2016-04-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $130K$320K
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
Christopher Butler1 other2016-04
Samuel Heywood1 other2016-04
Jeremy Plumb2016-04
Registry & provenance

Newcleus Research 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
1685449
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Newcleus Research LLC raised?
Newcleus Research LLC has raised approximately $125K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Newcleus Research LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Newcleus Research LLC is approximately $1.7M (modeled range $79K–$18.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Newcleus Research LLC at?
Newcleus Research LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Apr 07.
What does Newcleus Research LLC do and where is it based?
Newcleus Research LLC operates in the Agriculture sector, based in PORTLAND.
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