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Panera Holdings Corp.

FENTON · Restaurants · https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Panera Holdings Corp. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$151.9M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 17 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Panera Holdings Corp. 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.32× the median modeled value of Series D+ Restaurants companies in 2016–2018 (6 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (132% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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

Panera Holdings Corp. 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
8.6 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $1.3B across 8 filings.
Market position
ahead of 100% of Restaurants peers
Capital scale is ahead of 100% of Restaurants peers; modeled value is above 100% 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
Some evidence
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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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.
  • Capital program peaked in 2017: $1.3B across 8 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $182.3M on 2017-11-17.
  • Filing rows sum to $1.3B, while canonical raised total is $151.9M; 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 Restaurants

Panera Holdings Corp. is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from FENTON. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

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US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
200
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2017-11-17
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $177M (real) Modeled valuation $579M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $167M (real) Modeled valuation $545M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $146M (real) Modeled valuation $475M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $152M (real) Modeled valuation $496M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $143M (real) Modeled valuation $468M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $181M (real) Modeled valuation $591M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $182M (real) Modeled valuation $595M (est)Series D+2017Series D+ · 2017-11-17 Raised $177M (real) Modeled valuation $579M (est)Series D+2017+$167M+$146M+$152M+$143M+$181M+$182M+$177MCumulative $1.3B

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 D+$177.4M · 2017
Series D+ extension$167.0M · 2017
Series D+ extension$145.6M · 2017
Series D+ extension$151.9M · 2017
Series D+ extension$143.3M · 2017
Series D+ extension$181.1M · 2017
Series D+ extension$182.3M · 2017
Series D+ extension$177.4M · 2017

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$496.0M
Base estimate est.
$723.2M
Conservative case
$1.1B
Upside case
$1.3B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series D+ · modeled $579.1M · 2017-11-172017Series D+ · modeled $545.3M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $475.4M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $496.0M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $467.8M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $591.3M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $595.2M · 2017-11-17Series D+ · modeled $579.1M · 2017-11-172017
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
71%
Survival probability
57% low · 79% high
0.91×/yr
Annual markup
1.01×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
0 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.6 yr
On record since
2017
First round
8
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 169× above median
This company$151.9M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.5× above median
This company$177.4M
Sector median$120.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 189× above median
This company$496.0M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) 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 6.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Tasty Brands, LP · Series D+ Raised $150.0M · modeled $489.7M (est)Cipriani USA, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $120.0M · modeled $391.8M (est)Border Parent Holdings, LP · Series D+ Raised $111.0M · modeled $362.4M (est)Krystal Parent Holdings, LP · Series D+ Raised $100.5M · modeled $328.1M (est)Fitness Food Holdings, LLC · Series D+ Raised $135.0M · modeled $53.3M (est)Panera Holdings Corp. (this company) Raised $151.9M · modeled $496.0M (est)Panera Holdings Corp.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Panera Holdings Corp. this companySeries D+$151.9M$496.0M1.32×
Tasty Brands, LPSeries D+$150.0M$489.7M1.30×
Cipriani USA, Inc.Series D+$120.0M$391.8M1.04×
Border Parent Holdings, LPSeries D+$111.0M$362.4M0.96×
Krystal Parent Holdings, LPSeries D+$100.5M$328.1M0.87×
Fitness Food Holdings, LLCSeries D+$135.0M$53.3M0.14×
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 D+$177.4M2017-11-17$1.5B$579.1M90%
Series D+$167.0M2017-11-17$1.4B$545.3M90%
Series D+$145.6M2017-11-17$1.2B$475.4M90%
Series D+$151.9M2017-11-17$1.3B$496.0M90%
Series D+$143.3M2017-11-17$1.2B$467.8M90%
Series D+$181.1M2017-11-17$1.5B$591.3M90%
Series D+$182.3M2017-11-17$1.5B$595.2M90%
Series D+$177.4M2017-11-17$1.5B$579.1M90%
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 D+$177.4M2017-11-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
    • 200 investors on this round.
  2. Series D+$167.0M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 171 investors on this round.
  3. Series D+$145.6M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 146 investors on this round.
  4. Series D+$151.9M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 156 investors on this round.
  5. Series D+$143.3M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 133 investors on this round.
  6. Series D+$181.1M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 217 investors on this round.
  7. Series D+$182.3M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 228 investors on this round.
  8. Series D+$177.4M2017-11-17
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 200 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$177.4M
Modeled next size est.range $177.4M$283.8M
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
David Bell16 other2017-11
James White12 other2017-11
Scott Galloway5 other2017-11
Thomas Dolan3 other2017-11
Diane Hessan2 other2017-11
Lubomira Rochet2 other2017-11
Paul Michaels2 other2017-11
Blaine Hurst1 other2017-11
David G. Bell1 other2017-11
Konrad Meyer1 other2017-11
Mark Wooldridge1 other2017-11
Marlene Gordon1 other2017-11
Michael Tattersfield1 other2017-11
Niren Chaudhary1 other2017-11
Olivier Goudet1 other2017-11
Patricia Capel1 other2017-11
Paul Carbone1 other2017-11
Adriano Capofero2017-11
Adriano G. Capofero2017-11
Adriano J. Capofero2017-11
Bart J. Becht2017-11
Blaine J. Hurst2017-11
David J. Bell2017-11
Diane G. Hessan2017-11
Registry & provenance

Panera Holdings Corp. 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
1724199
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
Recent activityActive

Discovered from panerabread — the partnerships, launches, hiring and press it publishes about itself. Evidence the company is alive and what it is doing now, not financial data.

Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Panera Brands, Inc.RestaurantsSeries A$7.9M$21.5Mnetwork10 shared operators · same sector
Tasty Brands, LPRestaurantsSeries D+$150.0M$489.7Msame sector · same stage
RL Parent Holdings LLCRestaurantsSeries D+$165.2M$821.7Msame sector · same stage
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.RestaurantsSeries D+$169.0M$551.8Msame sector · same stage
Fitness Food Holdings, LLCRestaurantsSeries D+$135.0M$53.3Msame sector · same stage
ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.RestaurantsSeries D+$178.3M$766.3Msame sector · same stage
Hwood Group, LlcRestaurantsSeries D+$185.0M$648.8Msame sector · same stage
Gourmet Acquisition Holdings, Inc.RestaurantsSeries D+$188.9M$70.4Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Panera Brands, Inc.RestaurantsSeries A$21.5M81%
Chai Pani Holdings, Inc.RestaurantsSeed$5.1M73%
Italian Regional Delicacies LlcRestaurantsPre-Seed$2.2M73%
Salad House Franchising, LLCRestaurantsSeed$3.5M72%
Gourmet Acquisition Holdings, Inc.RestaurantsSeries D+$70.4M72%
Just Kitchen Holdings Corp.RestaurantsPre-Seed$1.9M72%
Platinum Restaurants East, LLCRestaurantsSeed$9.3M72%
Lunchbreak CorpRestaurantsPre-Seed$1.1M72%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Panera Holdings Corp. raised?
Panera Holdings Corp. has raised approximately $151.9M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Panera Holdings Corp.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Panera Holdings Corp. is approximately $496.0M (modeled range $723.2M–$1.1B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Panera Holdings Corp. at?
Panera Holdings Corp.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 17.
What does Panera Holdings Corp. do and where is it based?
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