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Sefa, Llc

SCHAUMBURG · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sefa, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$10.1M
Total raised · real
6
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 10%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Mar 19 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sefa, Llc looks under-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the restaurants 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 0.10× the median modeled value of Series A Restaurants companies in 2022–2024 (51 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Sefa, 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
13.0 yr record
Peak capital year was 2013 with $4.2M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 91% of Restaurants peers
Capital scale is ahead of 91% of Restaurants peers; modeled value is above 33% 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
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Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.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.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2013: $4.2M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $4.2M on 2013-07-01.
  • Filing rows sum to $11.1M, while canonical raised total is $10.1M; 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 Restaurants

Sefa, Llc is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from SCHAUMBURG. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 91% 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
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2024-03-19
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeries A · 2013-07-01 Raised $4.2M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)Series A2013Series A · 2015-07-01 Raised $997K (real) Modeled valuation $2.9M (est)Series A2015Series A · 2016-02-29 Raised $158K (real) Modeled valuation $451K (est)Series A2016Series A · 2017-07-07 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $5.3M (est)Series A2017Series A · 2018-04-27 Raised $372K (real) Modeled valuation $1.1M (est)Series A2018Series A · 2023-04-12 Raised $2.9M (real) Modeled valuation $7.1M (est)Series A2023Series A · 2024-03-19 Raised $576K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)Series A2024+$997K+$158K+$1.9M+$372K+$2.9M+$576KCumulative $11M

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
Series A$4.2M · 2013
Series A extension$997K · 2015
Series A extension$158K · 2016
Series A extension$1.9M · 2017
Series A extension$372K · 2018
Series A extension$2.9M · 2023
Series A extension$576K · 2024

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.4M
Base estimate est.
$660K
Conservative case
$3.1M
Upside case
$2.6M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $12.1M · 2013-07-012013Series A · modeled $2.9M · 2015-07-01Series A · modeled $451K · 2016-02-29Series A · modeled $5.3M · 2017-07-07Series A · modeled $1.1M · 2018-04-27Series A · modeled $7.1M · 2023-04-12Series A · modeled $1.4M · 2024-03-192024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
46%
Survival probability
25% low · 63% high
1.05×/yr
Annual markup
1.33×/yr upside case
2.3 yr
Elapsed time used
2.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
21 mo
Avg between rounds
$940K/yr
Capital velocity
13.0 yr
On record since
2013
First round
7
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2292 companies in Restaurants. 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) 11× above median
This company$10.1M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$576K
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.5× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 91% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 33% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #49 of 51.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Hawk Parent LLC · Series A Raised $12.5M · modeled $30.9M (est)HHC Worldwide, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $28.9M (est)7Crew Enterprises, LLC · Series A Raised $12.4M · modeled $28.7M (est)Drake's Holdings #5, LLC · Series A Raised $11.4M · modeled $28.1M (est)Nice Day Group, Inc. · Series A Raised $11.2M · modeled $27.8M (est)Cheval Brand Investors LLC · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $26.0M (est)10 Point Capital Mini, LLC · Series A Raised $10.3M · modeled $25.7M (est)CNP Holdings, LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $24.5M (est)Texas Coffee Partners Ltd. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $24.2M (est)Bcip Llc · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $24.1M (est)Odin Acquisitions LLC · Series A Raised $9.3M · modeled $23.4M (est)Mbn Brands A, Llc · Series A Raised $13.8M · modeled $23.2M (est)Sefa, Llc (this company) Raised $10.1M · modeled $1.4M (est)Sefa, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Hawk Parent LLCSeries A$12.5M$30.9M2.35×
HHC Worldwide, Inc.Series A$12.0M$28.9M2.21×
7Crew Enterprises, LLCSeries A$12.4M$28.7M2.19×
Drake's Holdings #5, LLCSeries A$11.4M$28.1M2.14×
Nice Day Group, Inc.Series A$11.2M$27.8M2.12×
Cheval Brand Investors LLCSeries A$10.9M$26.0M1.98×
10 Point Capital Mini, LLCSeries A$10.3M$25.7M1.96×
CNP Holdings, LLCSeries A$10.0M$24.5M1.87×
Texas Coffee Partners Ltd.Series A$10.0M$24.2M1.85×
Bcip LlcSeries A$10.0M$24.1M1.84×
Odin Acquisitions LLCSeries A$9.3M$23.4M1.78×
Mbn Brands A, LlcSeries A$13.8M$23.2M1.77×
Sefa, Llc this companySeries A$10.1M$1.4M0.10×
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.
Series A$4.2M2013-07-01$19.2M$12.1M85%
Series A$997K2015-07-01$4.5M$2.9M85%
Series A$158K2016-02-29$716K$451K85%
Series A$1.9M2017-07-07$8.5M$5.3M90%
Series A$372K2018-04-27$1.7M$1.1M90%
Series A$2.9M2023-04-12$13.1M$7.1M90%
Series A$576K2024-03-19$2.6M$1.4M90%
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. Series A$4.2M2013-07-01
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Series A$997K2015-07-01
    • Raised again after 24 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
  3. Series A$158K2016-02-29
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  4. Series A$1.9M2017-07-07
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 11.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$372K2018-04-27
    • Raised 10 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
  6. Series A$2.9M2023-04-12
    • Raised again after 59 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 11 investors on this round.
  7. Series A$576K2024-03-19
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2025 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~21mo cadence
$576K
Modeled next size est.range $576K$922K
0.2×
Last step-up
$940K/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
James Reid2 other2013-07
Mike Kennedy1 other2023-04
Brad Lancaster2023-04
Chris Perotte2018-04
Chris Perrotte2017-07
Jamie Arguello2024-03
Joe Ricciardi2017-07
Kelly Cain2017-07
Marc Israel2023-04
Tedde Reid2013-07
Registry & provenance

Sefa, 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
1582085
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Sefa, Llc raised?
Sefa, Llc has raised approximately $10.1M in disclosed capital across 6 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Sefa, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Sefa, Llc is approximately $1.4M (modeled range $660K–$3.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Sefa, Llc at?
Sefa, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Mar 19.
What does Sefa, Llc do and where is it based?
Sefa, Llc operates in the Restaurants sector, based in SCHAUMBURG.
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