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Broomfield · Restaurants
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on NOODLES & Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→NOODLES & Co 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.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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NOODLES & Co is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from Broomfield. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 96% 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.
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.
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.
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%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series B — a $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
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.
Raised more than 96% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 97% of peers (estimate).
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 #6 of 10.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F&C Restaurant Holding Co. | Series B | $40.0M | $125.7M | 1.85× |
| Boudin Holdings, Inc. | Series B | $30.0M | $94.3M | 1.39× |
| Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida, LP | Series B | $27.0M | $84.9M | 1.25× |
| Islands Restaurants, L.P. | Series B | $26.3M | $82.8M | 1.22× |
| GenerationE Holding Company, LLC | Series B | $22.9M | $72.0M | 1.06× |
| NOODLES & Co this company | Series B | $20.4M | $64.0M | 0.94× |
| Deli Management, Inc. | Series B | $19.3M | $60.5M | 0.89× |
| Family Dog, LLC | Series B | $19.2M | $60.3M | 0.89× |
| Not Your Average Joes Inc | Series B | $15.1M | $47.4M | 0.70× |
| Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd | Series B | $28.4M | $417K | 0.01× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $20.4M | 2010-12-27 | $113.1M | $64.0M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Taub | — | 3 other | 2010-12 |
| Kevin Reddy | — | 1 other | 2010-12 |
| PAUL STRASEN | — | 1 other | 2010-12 |
| Dan Fogarty | — | — | 2010-12 |
| Dawn Voss | — | — | 2010-12 |
| James Rand | — | — | 2010-12 |
| Jim Pittman | — | — | 2010-12 |
| J. Michael Chu | — | — | 2010-12 |
| Keith Kinsey | — | — | 2010-12 |
| Stuart Frenkiel | — | — | 2010-12 |
NOODLES & 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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookline KKF Holding, LLC | Restaurants | Series B | $20.2M | $63.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Big Night Venues Boston Harbor Parent, LLC | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $62.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Big Night Venues New England I, LLC | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $63.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Chalak Growth Capital Fund II, LLC | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $63.5M | same sector · same stage |
| McMenamins, Inc. | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $62.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Pdq Carolina Real Estate Holdings, Llc | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $63.5M | same sector · same stage |
| PDQ Florida-Georgia Restaurant Holdings, LLC | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $63.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Pdq North Texas Real Estate Holdings, Llc | Restaurants | Series B | $20.0M | $63.5M | same sector · same stage |
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