Companies · Retailing
DAMARISCOTTA · Retailing
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Rising Tide Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Rising Tide Inc looks under-valued 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.
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.
Rising Tide Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from DAMARISCOTTA. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 12% 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.
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). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
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 12% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 1% 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $200K | — | $1.1M | $300K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Whitaker | — | — | — |
| Leslie Bird | — | — | — |
| Mark Ward | — | — | — |
| Robert Tobey | — | — | — |
| Susan Barbera | — | — | — |
Rising Tide 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimstone Grill Inc. | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $377K | same sector · same stage |
| carter joey LLC | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $620K | same sector · same stage |
| Charles & Colvard Ltd | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $378K | same sector · same stage |
| Eleven18 Llc | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $414K | same sector · same stage |
| El Tinieblo International, Inc. | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $1.3M | same sector · same stage |
| FreeForm Brush Inc. | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $1.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Good Dad Gang, Inc. | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $374K | same sector · same stage |
| Imperfects, Inc. | Retailing | Pre-Seed | $200K | $493K | same sector · same stage |
See where Rising Tide Inc sits in the wider market — its sector, location and stage cohorts, each with their own leaderboards and capital-flow timelines.
If you work at Rising Tide Inc, claim this profile or suggest a correction. We aggregate from public filings, so help us keep your description, website and links accurate.
Is this your company? Update your profile or add contact details — and choose exactly who can reach you. Reviewed before anything is published.