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Riff LLC

BEND · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Riff LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.2M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
8.1×
Latest step-up
Top 50%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jan 14 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Riff LLC 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.

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

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.81× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1101 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (81% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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

Riff 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
8.9 yr record
Peak capital year was 2019 with $1.2M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 51% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 51% of Other peers; modeled value is above 56% 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
Lower 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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2019: $1.2M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $1.2M on 2019-01-14.
  • Filing rows sum to $2.4M, while canonical raised total is $2.2M; 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 Other

Riff LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from BEND. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 51% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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
20
Investors (latest)
2017
Year incorporated
2019-01-14
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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2017-08-14 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)$1.0M$23MPre-Seed2017Pre-Seed · 2017-08-14 Raised $150K (real) Modeled valuation $3.5M (est)$150K$3.5MPre-Seed2017Seed · 2019-01-14 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$1.2M$22MSeed2019+$150K+$1.2MCumulative $2.4M

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$1.0M · 2017
Pre-Seed extension$150K · 2017
Seed$1.2M · 2019

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$22.5M
Base estimate est.
$1.1M
Conservative case
$176.5M
Upside case
$6.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $23.1M · 2017-08-142017Pre-Seed · modeled $3.5M · 2017-08-14Seed · modeled $22.5M · 2019-01-142019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.6M/yr
Capital velocity
8.9 yr
On record since
2017
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 companies in Other. 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) 1.1× above median
This company$2.2M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$1.2M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.3× above median
This company$22.5M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 51% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 56% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #716 of 1,101.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)SEAM Group Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)AL International Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)BlueStripe Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Clean Beam, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Yardstik, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Esperos, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5 · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Labyrinthe Holdings Corp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.3M (est)HemTex Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.3M (est)Phg Oz I, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.7M (est)Betasv L.P. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.3M (est)Riff LLC (this company) Raised $2.2M · modeled $22.5M (est)Riff LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
SEAM Group Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
AL International Holdings Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
BlueStripe Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY CoSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Clean Beam, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Yardstik, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Esperos, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Labyrinthe Holdings CorpSeed$4.0M$74.3M2.66×
HemTex Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.3M2.66×
Phg Oz I, LlcSeed$4.0M$73.7M2.64×
Betasv L.P.Seed$4.0M$73.3M2.63×
Riff LLC this companySeed$2.2M$22.5M0.81×
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$1.0M2017-08-14$5.6M$23.1M90%
Pre-Seed$150K2017-08-14$833K$3.5M90%
Seed$1.2M2019-01-14$6.0M$22.5M90%
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$1.0M2017-08-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 40 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$150K2017-08-14
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 6.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 6 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.2M2019-01-14
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 20 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2019 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$3.6M
Modeled next size est.range $2.4M$5.8M
8.1×
Last step-up
$1.6M/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
Steve Barham1 other2017-08
Bobby Evers2017-08
Kevin Smyth2019-01
Nate Armbrust2017-08
Paul Evers2017-08
Registry & provenance

Riff 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
1715315
SEC CIK
2017
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Riff LLC raised?
Riff LLC has raised approximately $2.2M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Riff LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Riff LLC is approximately $22.5M (modeled range $1.1M–$176.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Riff LLC at?
Riff LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jan 14.
What does Riff LLC do and where is it based?
Riff LLC operates in the Other sector, based in BEND.
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