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Simmons Bedding Co

ATLANTA · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Simmons Bedding Co — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$425.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jan 20 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Simmons Bedding Co 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 0.67× the median modeled value of Growth/Late Manufacturing companies in 2010–2012 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 16.4 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.
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

Simmons Bedding Co is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from ATLANTA. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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 · 2010-01-20 Raised $425M (real) Modeled valuation $5.0B (est)$425M$5.0BGrowth/Late2010

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$425.0M · 2010

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
$5.0B
Base estimate est.
$3.4B
Conservative case
$8.9B
Upside case
$4.3B
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 manufacturing 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.
92%
Survival probability
80% low · 98% high
1.04×/yr
Annual markup
1.14×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
16.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
16.4 yr
On record since
2010
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) 210× above median
This company$425.0M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$425.0M
Sector median$503.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 414× above median
This company$5.0B
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% 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 company ranks #8 of 10.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0B$100.0M$1.0B$10.0BCapital raised (log)Michelin Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin /Fi · Growth/Late Raised $1.7B · modeled $20.0B (est)Colfax CORP · Growth/Late Raised $805.0M · modeled $9.4B (est)Chicago Bridge & Iron Co (Delaware) · Growth/Late Raised $800.0M · modeled $9.4B (est)Sealed Air Corp/De · Growth/Late Raised $754.1M · modeled $8.8B (est)Dow Corning Corp · Growth/Late Raised $700.0M · modeled $8.2B (est)Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $576.6M · modeled $6.8B (est)Carpenter Technology Corp · Growth/Late Raised $433.0M · modeled $5.1B (est)Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $2.9B · modeled $1.2B (est)Johnsondiversey Holdings Inc · Growth/Late Raised $738.3M · modeled $15.8M (est)Simmons Bedding Co (this company) Raised $425.0M · modeled $5.0B (est)Simmons Bedding Co
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Michelin Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin /FiGrowth/Late$1.7B$20.0B2.67×
Colfax CORPGrowth/Late$805.0M$9.4B1.26×
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co (Delaware)Growth/Late$800.0M$9.4B1.25×
Sealed Air Corp/DeGrowth/Late$754.1M$8.8B1.18×
Dow Corning CorpGrowth/Late$700.0M$8.2B1.10×
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.Growth/Late$576.6M$6.8B0.90×
Carpenter Technology CorpGrowth/Late$433.0M$5.1B0.68×
Simmons Bedding Co this companyGrowth/Late$425.0M$5.0B0.67×
Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc.Growth/Late$2.9B$1.2B0.16×
Johnsondiversey Holdings IncGrowth/Late$738.3M$15.8M0.00×
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$425.0M2010-01-20$4.3B$5.0B90%
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$425.0M2010-01-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$680.0M
Modeled next size est.range $442.0M$1.1B
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
Timothy F. Oakhill1 other2010-01
WILLIAM S. CREEKMUIR1 other2010-01
Andrew F. Claerhout2010-01
Bennett F. Rosenthal2010-01
Burton Richard Kaplan2010-01
Dominick A. Azevedo2010-01
E. Richard Yulman2010-01
James F. Hirshorn2010-01
Kimberly A. Samon2010-01
Kristen K. McGuffey2010-01
Mark F. Chambless2010-01
Nav F. Rahemtullah2010-01
Norman F. Axelrod2010-01
Romeo F. Leemrijse2010-01
Stephen. G Fendrich2010-01
Registry & provenance

Simmons Bedding Co 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
1014022
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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New Precision Parent, LLCManufacturingGrowth/Late$418.7M$4.1Bsame sector · same stage
Carpenter Technology CorpManufacturingGrowth/Late$433.0M$5.1Bsame sector · same stage
Braidy Industries, Inc.ManufacturingGrowth/Late$401.1M$4.7Bsame sector · same stage
Trident Parent, Inc.ManufacturingGrowth/Late$505.9M$5.9Bsame sector · same stage
Allflex CorpManufacturingGrowth/Late$538.3M$6.3Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Simmons Bedding Co raised?
Simmons Bedding Co has raised approximately $425.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Simmons Bedding Co's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Simmons Bedding Co is approximately $5.0B (modeled range $3.4B–$8.9B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Simmons Bedding Co at?
Simmons Bedding Co's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jan 20.
What does Simmons Bedding Co do and where is it based?
Simmons Bedding Co operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in ATLANTA.
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