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Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC

Louisville · Food & Beverage · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.4M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 9%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jan 22 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC looks over-valued against its niche peers and is quiet on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.61× the median modeled value of Series A Food & Beverage companies in 2022–2024 (19 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 2.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector 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

Old Bourbon County Distillery 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
2.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2024 with $10.6M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 92% of Food & Beverage peers
Capital scale is ahead of 92% of Food & Beverage peers; modeled value is above 92% 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 2024: $10.6M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $10.4M on 2024-01-22.
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.
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 Food & Beverage

Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC is one of 567 Food & Beverage companies tracked from Louisville. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 92% 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.

food-beverage

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2022
Year incorporated
2024-01-22
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2024-01-22 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $54M (est)$10M$54MSeries A2024Pre-Seed · 2024-01-22 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $486K (est)$100K$486KPre-Seed2024Pre-Seed · 2024-01-22 Raised $100K (real) Modeled valuation $486K (est)$100K$486KPre-Seed2024+$100K+$100KCumulative $11M

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$10.4M · 2024
Bridge · Series A-stage$100K · 2024smaller follow-on
Bridge · Series A-stage$100K · 2024smaller follow-on

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: 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
$54.1M
Base estimate est.
$14.2M
Conservative case
$129.6M
Upside case
$47.3M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $54.1M · 2024-01-222024Pre-Seed · modeled $486K · 2024-01-22Pre-Seed · modeled $486K · 2024-01-222024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
55%
Survival probability
30% low · 75% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.70×/yr upside case
2.4 yr
Elapsed time used
2.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
2.4 yr
On record since
2024
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 567 companies in Food & Beverage. 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) 8.7× above median
This company$10.4M
Sector median$1.2M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$100K
Sector median$5.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 5.1× above median
This company$54.1M
Sector median$10.6M

Raised more than 92% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 92% 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 #2 of 19.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)VNGR Beverage, LLC · Series A Raised $27.4M · modeled $104.9M (est)Arrow&Branch Winery, Llc · Series A Raised $7.8M · modeled $49.6M (est)Roar Beverages, Inc. · Series A Raised $35.1M · modeled $49.1M (est)Theo Chocolate, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $42.7M (est)Nosotros Life & Spirits, Inc. · Series A Raised $7.0M · modeled $42.2M (est)Vide Beverages Inc. · Series A Raised $8.1M · modeled $41.0M (est)Ohio River Beverages, LLC · Series A Raised $6.4M · modeled $39.8M (est)Update Beverages Inc. · Series A Raised $8.0M · modeled $34.6M (est)Fierce Whiskers Distillery, LLC · Series A Raised $5.7M · modeled $33.6M (est)Chocolate Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $7.7M · modeled $31.6M (est)Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corp · Series A Raised $9.0M · modeled $31.3M (est)Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC (this company) Raised $10.4M · modeled $54.1M (est)Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
VNGR Beverage, LLCSeries A$27.4M$104.9M3.13×
Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC this companySeries A$10.4M$54.1M1.61×
Arrow&Branch Winery, LlcSeries A$7.8M$49.6M1.48×
Roar Beverages, Inc.Series A$35.1M$49.1M1.46×
Theo Chocolate, Inc.Series A$13.0M$42.7M1.27×
Nosotros Life & Spirits, Inc.Series A$7.0M$42.2M1.26×
Vide Beverages Inc.Series A$8.1M$41.0M1.22×
Ohio River Beverages, LLCSeries A$6.4M$39.8M1.19×
Update Beverages Inc.Series A$8.0M$34.6M1.03×
Fierce Whiskers Distillery, LLCSeries A$5.7M$33.6M1.00×
Chocolate Holdings, Inc.Series A$7.7M$31.6M0.94×
Hawaiian Ola Brewing CorpSeries A$9.0M$31.3M0.93×
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$10.4M2024-01-22$47.3M$54.1M90%
Pre-Seed$100K2024-01-22$556K$486K90%
Pre-Seed$100K2024-01-22$556K$486K90%
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$10.4M2024-01-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 55 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$100K2024-01-22
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 104.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  3. Pre-Seed$100K2024-01-22
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 506(c)).
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$100K
Modeled next size est.range $100K$160K
1.0×
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
Jason Helmkamp1 other2024-01
Caleb Kilburn2024-01
Cordell Lawrence2024-01
Registry & provenance

Old Bourbon County Distillery 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
2010762
SEC CIK
2022
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC raised?
Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC has raised approximately $10.4M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC is approximately $54.1M (modeled range $14.2M–$129.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC at?
Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jan 22.
What does Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC do and where is it based?
Old Bourbon County Distillery LLC operates in the Food & Beverage sector, based in Louisville.
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