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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Petco Holdings Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Petco Holdings Inc looks fair against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.
Petco Holdings Inc behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.
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.
Petco Holdings Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from SAN DIEGO. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% 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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. 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 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).
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 | $23.6M | — | $131.3M | $80.3M | 90% |
| Series B | $19.6M | — | $108.9M | $66.6M | 90% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Solomon | — | 6 other | — |
| John Danhakl | — | 4 other | — |
| Jonathan Coslet | — | 4 other | — |
| Gary Kusin | — | 3 other | — |
| John Baumer | — | 3 other | — |
| Carrie Wheeler | — | 2 other | — |
| Colm Lanigan | — | 2 other | — |
| Michael Foss | — | 2 other | — |
| Brian Devine | — | 1 other | — |
| Charles Piscitello | — | 1 other | — |
| Darragh Davis | — | 1 other | — |
| Elisabeth Charles | — | 1 other | — |
| Fred Simmons | — | 1 other | — |
| James Myers | — | 1 other | — |
| Larry Hayward | — | 1 other | — |
| Peter Starrett | — | 1 other | — |
| Thomas Farello | — | 1 other | — |
| Brad Weston | — | — | — |
| Dave Mathews | — | — | — |
| John Koryl | — | — | — |
| Kelly Breitenbecher | — | — | — |
| Larry Rutowski | — | — | — |
| Mark Hilborn | — | — | — |
| Razia Richter | — | — | — |
Petco Holdings Inc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petco Animal Supplies Inc | Retailing | Series B | $21.5M | $22.4M | network16 shared operators · same sector · same stage |
| TreeHouse, Inc. | Retailing | Series B | $53.1M | $88.8M | network1 shared operator · same sector · same stage |
| Second Rotation Inc | Retailing | Series B | $43.2M | $53.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Hacienda Company, LLC | Retailing | Series B | $42.7M | $124.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Generation Tux, Inc. | Retailing | Series B | $42.5M | $108.1M | same sector · same stage |
| ASHOC Beverage, LLC | Retailing | Series B | $42.4M | $63.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Maverick Work Wear, Inc. | Retailing | Series B | $42.3M | $68.7M | same sector · same stage |
| FL101, Inc. | Retailing | Series B | $42.1M | $100.6M | same sector · same stage |
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