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QCS Operations, LLCNew on the radar

KANSAS CITY · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on QCS Operations, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$300K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 86%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 17 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

QCS Operations, LLC 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 manufacturing 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 0.89× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2025–2027 (48 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (89% of peer median) for its niche.
Active
  • Last raise 4 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

QCS Operations, 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
0.4 yr record
Peak capital year was 2026 with $300K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 15% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 15% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 3% 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 2026: $300K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $300K on 2026-02-17.
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 Manufacturing

QCS Operations, LLC is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from KANSAS CITY. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 15% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(c)
Reg D exemption
2025
Year incorporated
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$250K$500K$750K$1.0MPre-Seed · 2026-02-17 Raised $300K (real) Modeled valuation $583K (est)$300K$583KPre-Seed2026

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
Pre-Seed$300K · 2026

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$583K
Base estimate est.
$204K
Conservative case
$1.2M
Upside case
$1.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
0.4 yr
Elapsed time used
0.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
0.4 yr
On record since
2026
First round
New
First-time filer
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 0.1× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$300K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.0× of median
This company$583K
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 15% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 3% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #26 of 48.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Txtur LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.3M · modeled $2.6M (est)Hitch Fire Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $880K · modeled $2.5M (est)ESS Tech, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $2.2M (est)Twenty-Two Desserts, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.5M · modeled $2.1M (est)Dozy Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $800K · modeled $1.9M (est)Cottonsie Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $1.9M (est)ADI East LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $600K · modeled $1.6M (est)TNP InvestCo LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $660K · modeled $1.4M (est)Texas Water ELP, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $525K · modeled $1.3M (est)Kent Automation Systems LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $1.3M (est)Chococeuticals, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $505K · modeled $1.3M (est)Evolution Enterprises, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $1.2M (est)QCS Operations, LLC (this company) Raised $300K · modeled $583K (est)QCS Operations, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Txtur LLCPre-Seed$1.3M$2.6M4.02×
Hitch Fire Inc.Pre-Seed$880K$2.5M3.76×
ESS Tech, Inc.Pre-Seed$900K$2.2M3.33×
Twenty-Two Desserts, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.5M$2.1M3.18×
Dozy LlcPre-Seed$800K$1.9M2.86×
Cottonsie IncPre-Seed$900K$1.9M2.85×
ADI East LLCPre-Seed$600K$1.6M2.50×
TNP InvestCo LLCPre-Seed$660K$1.4M2.14×
Texas Water ELP, Inc.Pre-Seed$525K$1.3M2.05×
Kent Automation Systems LLCPre-Seed$500K$1.3M1.98×
Chococeuticals, IncPre-Seed$505K$1.3M1.98×
Evolution Enterprises, LLCPre-Seed$500K$1.2M1.77×
QCS Operations, LLC this companyPre-Seed$300K$583K0.89×
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.
Pre-Seed$300K2026-02-17$1.7M$583K90%
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. Pre-Seed$300K2026-02-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$480K
Modeled next size est.range $312K$768K
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
Caleb Muller2026-02
Ryan Hiestand2026-02
Registry & provenance

QCS Operations, 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
2101630
SEC CIK
2025
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has QCS Operations, LLC raised?
QCS Operations, LLC has raised approximately $300K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is QCS Operations, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for QCS Operations, LLC is approximately $583K (modeled range $204K–$1.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is QCS Operations, LLC at?
QCS Operations, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 17.
What does QCS Operations, LLC do and where is it based?
QCS Operations, LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in KANSAS CITY.
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