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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Spartan Stores Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Spartan Stores Inc 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 retail sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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Spartan Stores Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from Grand Rapids. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% 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.
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.
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.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series C — a $40M–$100M round). 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.
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.
Raised more than 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 96% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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 5.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Holding, LLC | Series C | $182.6M | $531.2M | 1.20× |
| Zulily, Inc. | Series C | $134.6M | $494.7M | 1.11× |
| Sprouts Farmers Markets Llc | Series C | $113.3M | $444.2M | 1.00× |
| Spartan Stores Inc this company | Series C | $50.0M | $291.0M | 0.66× |
| PartsChannel Investors, Inc. | Series C | $64.9M | $117.6M | 0.26× |
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | $50.0M | 2012-12-04 | $333.3M | $291.0M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Hartline | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Alex DeYonker | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Craig deS. Sturken | — | — | 2012-12 |
| David deS. Couch | — | — | 2012-12 |
| David Staples | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Dennis Eidson | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Derek Jones | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Elizabeth Shan Nickels | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Frank Shan Gambino | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Frederick Shan Morganhill | — | — | 2012-12 |
| M. Shan Atkins | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Theodore Adornato | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Thomas deS. Van Hall | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Timothy Shan O'Donovan | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Wendy Shan Beck | — | — | 2012-12 |
| Yvonne Shan Jackson | — | — | 2012-12 |
Spartan Stores 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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glozal, Inc. | Retailing | Series C | $50.0M | $282.6M | same sector · same stage |
| Mood Media Group SA | Retailing | Series C | $50.0M | $291.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc | Retailing | Series C | $51.0M | $217.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Adoreme, Inc. | Retailing | Series C | $54.3M | $237.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Blue Mistral, LLC | Retailing | Series C | $55.2M | $321.5M | same sector · same stage |
| ACON Fiesta Investors Holdings, L.L.C. | Retailing | Series C | $45.0M | $261.9M | same sector · same stage |
| GYMBOREE HOLDING Corp | Retailing | Series C | $44.8M | $260.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Genesco Inc | Retailing | Series C | $56.4M | $328.2M | same sector · same stage |
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