Companies · Retailing

Shop Like A Man Inc.

San Francisco · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Shop Like A Man Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$7.8M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
2.6×
Latest step-up
Top 24%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jun 08 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Shop Like A Man Inc. 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. 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.99× the median modeled value of Series A Retailing companies in 2016–2018 (61 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (99% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 10.1 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Retailing

Shop Like A Man Inc. is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from San Francisco. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 77% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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.

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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$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2014-01-22 Raised $175K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$175K$1.4MPre-Seed2014Seed · 2014-09-11 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$2.1M$13MSeed2014Series A · 2016-06-08 Raised $5.5M (real) Modeled valuation $28M (est)$5.5M$28MSeries A2016+$2.1M+$5.5MCumulative $7.8M

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$175K · 2014
Seed$2.1M · 2014
Series A$5.5M · 2016

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$28.0M
Base estimate est.
$6.7M
Conservative case
$152.4M
Upside case
$24.8M
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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.4M · 2014-01-222014Seed · modeled $13.5M · 2014-09-11Series A · modeled $28.0M · 2016-06-082016
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.45×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
10.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$3.3M/yr
Capital velocity
12.4 yr
On record since
2014
First round
3
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) 4.9× above median
This company$7.8M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× of median
This company$5.5M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.9× above median
This company$28.0M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 77% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 83% 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 #33 of 61.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Harvard Grace Tennessee Valley Ventures, Inc · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $66.8M (est)Bluestone Lane International LLC · Series A Raised $12.1M · modeled $62.1M (est)CarLotz, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.6M · modeled $61.6M (est)335C, Llc · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $61.6M (est)KNOW Brands, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $61.6M (est)New World Natural Brands, LLC · Series A Raised $11.7M · modeled $59.8M (est)AmeriClean Holdings LLC · Series A Raised $11.0M · modeled $56.8M (est)Dolls Kill, Inc. · Series A Raised $18.6M · modeled $55.1M (est)BetaBrand Corp · Series A Raised $25.2M · modeled $51.4M (est)Lovesac Co · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $51.4M (est)Rambler's Way Farm, Inc. · Series A Raised $17.4M · modeled $51.4M (est)Jibu · Series A Raised $13.4M · modeled $51.4M (est)Shop Like A Man Inc. (this company) Raised $7.8M · modeled $28.0M (est)Shop Like A Man Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Harvard Grace Tennessee Valley Ventures, IncSeries A$13.0M$66.8M2.36×
Bluestone Lane International LLCSeries A$12.1M$62.1M2.20×
CarLotz, Inc.Series A$18.6M$61.6M2.18×
335C, LlcSeries A$12.0M$61.6M2.18×
KNOW Brands, Inc.Series A$12.0M$61.6M2.18×
New World Natural Brands, LLCSeries A$11.7M$59.8M2.12×
AmeriClean Holdings LLCSeries A$11.0M$56.8M2.01×
Dolls Kill, Inc.Series A$18.6M$55.1M1.95×
BetaBrand CorpSeries A$25.2M$51.4M1.82×
Lovesac CoSeries A$10.0M$51.4M1.82×
Rambler's Way Farm, Inc.Series A$17.4M$51.4M1.82×
JibuSeries A$13.4M$51.4M1.82×
Shop Like A Man Inc. this companySeries A$7.8M$28.0M0.99×
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$175K2014-01-22$972K$1.4M90%
Seed$2.1M2014-09-11$10.7M$13.5M90%
Series A$5.5M2016-06-08$24.8M$28.0M90%
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$175K2014-01-22
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Seed$2.1M2014-09-11
    • Came back fast: 8 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 12.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$5.5M2016-06-08
    • Raised again after 21 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2017 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$13.9M
Modeled next size est.range $9.1M$22.3M
2.6×
Last step-up
$3.3M/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
Ankush Sehgal2014-01
Arush Sehgal2014-01
Dustin Dolginow2016-06
Registry & provenance

Shop Like A Man 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.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1598586
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Shop Like A Man Inc. raised?
Shop Like A Man Inc. has raised approximately $7.8M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Shop Like A Man Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Shop Like A Man Inc. is approximately $28.0M (modeled range $6.7M–$152.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Shop Like A Man Inc. at?
Shop Like A Man Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jun 08.
What does Shop Like A Man Inc. do and where is it based?
Shop Like A Man Inc. operates in the Retailing sector, based in San Francisco.
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