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Sara Lee Corp

DOWNERS GROVE · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sara Lee Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$650.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Tue May 15 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sara Lee Corp has raised $650M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 14.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Retailing

Sara Lee Corp is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from DOWNERS GROVE. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% 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.

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$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BGrowth/Late · 2012-05-15 Raised $650M (real) Modeled valuation $3.9B (est)$650M$3.9BGrowth/Late2012

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
Growth/Late$650.0M · 2012

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.9B
Base estimate est.
$4.6B
Conservative case
$7.1B
Upside case
$6.5B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). 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.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
81%
Survival probability
70% low · 87% high
0.95×/yr
Annual markup
1.04×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
14.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
14.1 yr
On record since
2012
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 412× above median
This company$650.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$650.0M
Sector median$559.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 680× above median
This company$3.9B
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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 companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Caseys General Stores Inc · Growth/Late Raised $569.0M · modeled $3.4B (est)Army & Air Force Exchange Service · Growth/Late Raised $940.0M · modeled $1.2B (est)Sara Lee Corp (this company) Raised $650.0M · modeled $3.9B (est)Sara Lee Corp
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Sara Lee Corp this companyGrowth/Late$650.0M$3.9B1.14×
Caseys General Stores IncGrowth/Late$569.0M$3.4B1.00×
Army & Air Force Exchange ServiceGrowth/Late$940.0M$1.2B0.35×
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.
Growth/Late$650.0M2012-05-15$6.5B$3.9B90%
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. Growth/Late$650.0M2012-05-15
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$1.0B
Modeled next size est.range $676.0M$1.7B
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
Christopher B. Begley1 other2012-05
Jeffrey W. Ubben1 other2012-05
Laurette T Koellner1 other2012-05
B. Thomas Hansson2012-05
Cees J.A. Van Lede2012-05
Crandall B. Bowles2012-05
Eugenio N. Minvielle2012-05
Harm-Jan N. Van Pelt2012-05
Helen N. Kaminski2012-05
James S. Crown2012-05
Jan B. Bennink2012-05
Jan N. Bennink2012-05
Jeff S. Emme2012-05
John A. Zyck2012-05
John T. McAdam2012-05
Jonathan P. Ward2012-05
Marcel H.M. Smits2012-05
Mark A. Garvey2012-05
Mark S. Silver2012-05
Michel N. Cup2012-05
Michiel A. Herkemij2012-05
Michiel N. Herkemij2012-05
Mitch N. Marcus2012-05
Nick N. Snow2012-05
Registry & provenance

Sara Lee Corp 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
23666
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

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Beacon Holding Inc.RetailingGrowth/Late$708.0M$201.6Msame sector · same stage
CBI Parent, L.P.RetailingGrowth/Late$735.2M$388.0Msame sector · same stage
Caseys General Stores IncRetailingGrowth/Late$569.0M$3.4Bsame sector · same stage
JD.com, Inc.RetailingGrowth/Late$550.0M$3.3Bsame sector · same stage
VRV Aquapark CorpRetailingGrowth/Late$500.0M$4.0Bsame sector · same stage
K2016470219 (SOUTH AFRICA) LtdRetailingGrowth/Late$856.0M$5.2Bsame sector · same stage
Edcon Holdings LtdRetailingGrowth/Late$488.3M$2.9Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Sara Lee Corp raised?
Sara Lee Corp has raised approximately $650.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sara Lee Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sara Lee Corp is approximately $3.9B (modeled range $4.6B–$7.1B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sara Lee Corp at?
Sara Lee Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue May 15.
What does Sara Lee Corp do and where is it based?
Sara Lee Corp operates in the Retailing sector, based in DOWNERS GROVE.
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