Companies · Consumer / Retail

Southern Sky Brands, Llc

JACKSON · Consumer / Retail · refined from filed group “Other Health Care

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Southern Sky Brands, Llc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.1M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.3×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Feb 25 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Southern Sky Brands, Llc looks over-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 retail sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.05× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Consumer / Retail companies in 2022–2024 (34 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Issuer reports no revenue, yet is modeled well above niche peers.
Dormant
  • Last raise 4.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Southern Sky Brands, 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
5.3 yr record
Peak capital year was 2022 with $625K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 84% of Consumer / Retail peers
Capital scale is ahead of 84% of Consumer / Retail peers; modeled value is above 84% 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
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
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 2022: $625K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $625K on 2022-02-25.
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.
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 Consumer / Retail

Southern Sky Brands, Llc is one of 1161 Consumer / Retail companies tracked from JACKSON. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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.

US
Jurisdiction
No revenue
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
2
Investors (latest)
2021
Year incorporated
2022-02-25
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2021-03-04 Raised $500K (real) Modeled valuation $3.3M (est)$500K$3.3MPre-Seed2021Pre-Seed · 2022-02-25 Raised $625K (real) Modeled valuation $3.1M (est)$625K$3.1MPre-Seed2022+$625KCumulative $1.1M

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$500K · 2021
Pre-Seed extension$625K · 2022

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.1M
Base estimate est.
$375K
Conservative case
$21.3M
Upside case
$3.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seeda round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $3.3M · 2021-03-042021Pre-Seed · modeled $3.1M · 2022-02-252022
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
27%
Survival probability
11% low · 50% high
1.32×/yr
Annual markup
1.78×/yr upside case
4.3 yr
Elapsed time used
4.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
12 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.1M/yr
Capital velocity
5.3 yr
On record since
2021
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1161 companies in Consumer / Retail. 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) 0.3× of median
This company$1.1M
Sector median$3.3M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.7× above median
This company$625K
Sector median$371K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$7.9M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 84% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) 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 #4 of 34.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Gaingels Better Brand 2022 LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $725K · modeled $3.7M (est)Magical Brands, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.6M (est)Piermont Brands, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $885K · modeled $3.2M (est)Sound Brands LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.7M · modeled $3.1M (est)Yerbae Brands Co., Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $3.0M (est)ShopEX · Pre-Seed Raised $635K · modeled $2.9M (est)Patch Brand, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $695K · modeled $2.9M (est)Pathway Beauty Associates LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $750K · modeled $2.7M (est)Fetch Brands, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $2.6M (est)Commerce Topco, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $658K · modeled $2.3M (est)IndulgeRx Brands Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $553K · modeled $2.3M (est)Southern Sky Brands, Llc (this company) Raised $1.1M · modeled $3.1M (est)Southern Sky Brands, Llc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Gaingels Better Brand 2022 LLCPre-Seed$725K$3.7M2.42×
Magical Brands, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$3.6M2.34×
Piermont Brands, Inc.Pre-Seed$885K$3.2M2.13×
Southern Sky Brands, Llc this companyPre-Seed$1.1M$3.1M2.05×
Sound Brands LLCPre-Seed$1.7M$3.1M2.03×
Yerbae Brands Co., Inc.Pre-Seed$700K$3.0M1.99×
ShopEXPre-Seed$635K$2.9M1.92×
Patch Brand, LLCPre-Seed$695K$2.9M1.88×
Pathway Beauty Associates LLCPre-Seed$750K$2.7M1.75×
Fetch Brands, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$2.6M1.73×
Commerce Topco, LLCPre-Seed$658K$2.3M1.52×
IndulgeRx Brands IncPre-Seed$553K$2.3M1.49×
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$500K2021-03-04$2.8M$3.3M90%
Pre-Seed$625K2022-02-25$3.5M$3.1M90%
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$500K2021-03-04
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$625K2022-02-25
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 2 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2023 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~12mo cadence
$781K
Modeled next size est.range $625K$1.3M
1.3×
Last step-up
$1.1M/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
D. RICHARD PARTRIDGE2021-03
GLENN GATES TAYLOR2021-03
JOHN MATTHEW CRANMORE2021-03
JUSTIN K. MAHFOUZ2021-03
WILLIAM M. J. TAYLOR2021-03
W. STAN MARTIN2022-02
W Stanton Martin2021-03
Registry & provenance

Southern Sky Brands, 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
1848583
SEC CIK
2021
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Southern Sky Brands, Llc raised?
Southern Sky Brands, Llc has raised approximately $1.1M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Southern Sky Brands, Llc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Southern Sky Brands, Llc is approximately $3.1M (modeled range $375K–$21.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Southern Sky Brands, Llc at?
Southern Sky Brands, Llc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Feb 25.
What does Southern Sky Brands, Llc do and where is it based?
Southern Sky Brands, Llc operates in the Consumer / Retail sector, based in JACKSON.
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