Companies · Agtech / Foodtech

Once Upon a Farm, LLC

BERKELEY · Agtech / Foodtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Once Upon a Farm, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$99.7M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
1.9×
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Feb 28 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Once Upon a Farm, LLC looks over-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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 5.41× the median modeled value of Series C Agtech / Foodtech companies in 2022–2024 (5 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 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

Once Upon a Farm, 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
9.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2018 with $58.2M across 3 filings.
Market position
ahead of 99% of Agtech / Foodtech peers
Capital scale is ahead of 99% of Agtech / Foodtech peers; modeled value is above 98% 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
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
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 2018: $58.2M across 3 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $44.0M on 2022-02-28.
  • Filing rows sum to $141.0M, while canonical raised total is $99.7M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
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.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
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 Agtech / Foodtech

Once Upon a Farm, LLC is one of 481 Agtech / Foodtech companies tracked from BERKELEY. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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
23
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2022-02-28
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$125M$250M$375M$500MSeed · 2017-01-23 Raised $4.0M (real) Modeled valuation $48M (est)Seed2017Seed · 2017-01-23 Raised $3.1M (real) Modeled valuation $37M (est)Seed2017Series B · 2018-09-28 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $217M (est)Series B2018Series B · 2018-09-28 Raised $18M (real) Modeled valuation $194M (est)Series B2018Series B · 2018-09-28 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $217M (est)Series B2018Series B · 2020-02-14 Raised $8.9M (real) Modeled valuation $96M (est)Series B2020Series B · 2021-06-14 Raised $23M (real) Modeled valuation $206M (est)Series B2021Series C · 2022-02-28 Raised $44M (real) Modeled valuation $390M (est)Series C2022+$3.1M+$20M+$18M+$20M+$8.9M+$23M+$44MCumulative $141M

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
Seed$4.0M · 2017
Seed extension$3.1M · 2017
Series B$20.1M · 2018no Series A on file
Series B extension$18.0M · 2018
Series B extension$20.1M · 2018
Series B extension$8.9M · 2020
Series B extension$22.8M · 2021
Series C$44.0M · 2022

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 60%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$389.7M
Base estimate est.
$159.9M
Conservative case
$817.1M
Upside case
$293.4M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $47.7M · 2017-01-232017Seed · modeled $37.4M · 2017-01-23Series B · modeled $216.6M · 2018-09-28Series B · modeled $194.4M · 2018-09-28Series B · modeled $216.6M · 2018-09-28Series B · modeled $95.6M · 2020-02-14Series B · modeled $205.9M · 2021-06-14Series C · modeled $389.7M · 2022-02-282022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
73%
Survival probability
55% low · 85% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.32×/yr upside case
4.3 yr
Elapsed time used
4.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$19.6M/yr
Capital velocity
9.4 yr
On record since
2017
First round
8
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 481 companies in Agtech / Foodtech. 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) 30× above median
This company$99.7M
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$44.0M
Sector median$46.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 32× above median
This company$389.7M
Sector median$12.2M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 #1 of 5.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)BPC Metro Coffee LLC · Series C Raised $50.5M · modeled $316.0M (est)Ripple Foods, Pbc · Series C Raised $278.9M · modeled $72.0M (est)Atomo Coffee, Inc. · Series C Raised $61.0M · modeled $47.2M (est)MyForest Foods Co. · Series C Raised $65.8M · modeled $23.7M (est)Once Upon a Farm, LLC (this company) Raised $99.7M · modeled $389.7M (est)Once Upon a Farm, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Once Upon a Farm, LLC this companySeries C$99.7M$389.7M5.41×
BPC Metro Coffee LLCSeries C$50.5M$316.0M4.39×
Ripple Foods, PbcSeries C$278.9M$72.0M1.00×
Atomo Coffee, Inc.Series C$61.0M$47.2M0.66×
MyForest Foods Co.Series C$65.8M$23.7M0.33×
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.
Seed$4.0M2017-01-23$19.8M$47.7M90%
Seed$3.1M2017-01-23$15.5M$37.4M90%
Series B$20.1M2018-09-28$111.7M$216.6M90%
Series B$18.0M2018-09-28$100.3M$194.4M90%
Series B$20.1M2018-09-28$111.7M$216.6M90%
Series B$8.9M2020-02-14$49.3M$95.6M90%
Series B$22.8M2021-06-14$126.6M$205.9M90%
Series C$44.0M2022-02-28$293.4M$389.7M90%
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. Seed$4.0M2017-01-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 28 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$3.1M2017-01-23
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 23 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$20.1M2018-09-28
    • Raised 20 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 33 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$18.0M2018-09-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 31 investors on this round.
  5. Series B$20.1M2018-09-28
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 33 investors on this round.
  6. Series B$8.9M2020-02-14
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  7. Series B$22.8M2021-06-14
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 36 investors on this round.
  8. Series C$44.0M2022-02-28
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 23 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$85.0M
Modeled next size est.range $55.2M$135.9M
1.9×
Last step-up
$19.6M/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
Chuck Templeton8 other2018-09
Brett Thomas7 other2018-09
Megan Bent5 other2017-01
Jared Jacobs2 other2018-09
John Foraker2 other2018-09
Filipp Chebotarev1 other2017-01
Larry Waldman1 other2020-02
Lawrence Waldman1 other2018-09
Ari Raz2017-01
Cassandra Curtis2017-01
Debra Eschmeyer2022-02
Jennifer Garner2022-02
Larry Peiros2020-02
Registry & provenance

Once Upon a Farm, 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
1696556
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Once Upon a Farm, LLC raised?
Once Upon a Farm, LLC has raised approximately $99.7M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Once Upon a Farm, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Once Upon a Farm, LLC is approximately $389.7M (modeled range $159.9M–$817.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Once Upon a Farm, LLC at?
Once Upon a Farm, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Feb 28.
What does Once Upon a Farm, LLC do and where is it based?
Once Upon a Farm, LLC operates in the Agtech / Foodtech sector, based in BERKELEY.
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