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Rip van Wafels LLC

PROVIDENCE · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Rip van Wafels LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$182K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 93%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Oct 28 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Rip van Wafels LLC looks under-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 manufacturing sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.57× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2010–2012 (240 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 14.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 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

Rip van Wafels 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
14.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $182K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 8% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 8% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 19% 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 2011: $182K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $182K on 2011-10-28.
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.
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

Rip van Wafels LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from PROVIDENCE. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 8% 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
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2011-10-28 Raised $182K (real) Modeled valuation $2.8M (est)$182K$2.8MPre-Seed2011

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$182K · 2011

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.8M
Base estimate est.
$124K
Conservative case
$31.5M
Upside case
$1.0M
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
14.7 yr
On record since
2011
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 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$182K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$182K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$2.8M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 8% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 19% 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 #178 of 240.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Green Folks & MacLeod, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)American Nano Silicon Technologies, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Dynamic Turbine Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Sajar Plastics, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)J.W.D. Machine, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Boboli International, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Beltway Brewing Company, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Ansam Metals Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Skyrocket Toys LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)SylvanSport, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Polymer Instrumentation & Consulting Services, Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)EarthClean Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.8M · modeled $15.2M (est)Rip van Wafels LLC (this company) Raised $182K · modeled $2.8M (est)Rip van Wafels LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Green Folks & MacLeod, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
American Nano Silicon Technologies, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Dynamic Turbine LlcPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Sajar Plastics, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
J.W.D. Machine, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Boboli International, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Beltway Brewing Company, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Ansam Metals CorpPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Skyrocket Toys LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
SylvanSport, LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
Polymer Instrumentation & Consulting Services, Ltd.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.16×
EarthClean CorpPre-Seed$1.8M$15.2M3.15×
Rip van Wafels LLC this companyPre-Seed$182K$2.8M0.57×
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$182K2011-10-28$1.0M$2.8M90%
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$182K2011-10-28
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$291K
Modeled next size est.range $189K$466K
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
Abhishek Pruisken1 other2011-10
Registry & provenance

Rip van Wafels 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
1533498
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Rip van Wafels LLC raised?
Rip van Wafels LLC has raised approximately $182K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Rip van Wafels LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Rip van Wafels LLC is approximately $2.8M (modeled range $124K–$31.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Rip van Wafels LLC at?
Rip van Wafels LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Oct 28.
What does Rip van Wafels LLC do and where is it based?
Rip van Wafels LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in PROVIDENCE.
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