Companies · Manufacturing

Specialty Cups, Inc.

BEND · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Specialty Cups, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.6M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.9×
Latest step-up
Top 47%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Mar 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Specialty Cups, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is active 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.74× the median modeled value of Seed Manufacturing companies in 2025–2027 (81 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (74% of peer median) for its niche.
Active
  • Last raise 4 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.
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

Specialty Cups, Inc. is one of 3256 Manufacturing companies tracked from BEND. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 54% 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
7
Investors (latest)
2023
Year incorporated
2026-03-05
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 · 2024-08-23 Raised $325K (real) Modeled valuation $1.1M (est)$325K$1.1MPre-Seed2024Pre-Seed · 2025-10-15 Raised $803K (real) Modeled valuation $1.8M (est)$803K$1.8MPre-Seed2025Seed · 2026-03-05 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $3.4M (est)$1.5M$3.4MSeed2026+$803K+$1.5MCumulative $2.6M

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$325K · 2024
Pre-Seed extension$803K · 2025
Seed$1.5M · 2026

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.4M
Base estimate est.
$1.4M
Conservative case
$5.7M
Upside case
$7.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $1.1M · 2024-08-232024Pre-Seed · modeled $1.8M · 2025-10-15Seed · modeled $3.4M · 2026-03-052026
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
41%
Survival probability
18% low · 63% high
1.35×/yr
Annual markup
1.77×/yr upside case
0.3 yr
Elapsed time used
0.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
9 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.7M/yr
Capital velocity
1.9 yr
On record since
2024
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3256 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) 1.3× above median
This company$2.6M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$1.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.4M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 54% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 23% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (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 #58 of 81.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Enthos Circular Feed Technologies, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $11.9M (est)Cutsforth Capital Holdings, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $11.7M (est)SmartAuger, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $10.8M (est)AeroShield Materials, Inc. · Seed Raised $9.8M · modeled $10.4M (est)Stetson Steel LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $10.3M (est)Aeon Industries LLC · Seed Raised $4.3M · modeled $10.2M (est)Pathfinder Spirit Inc · Seed Raised $7.5M · modeled $9.9M (est)Badger Bevs, LLC · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $9.8M (est)Sightline Services Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $9.7M (est)LumiTerra, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $9.7M (est)Fourth Generation, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $9.5M (est)Tidal Flight, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.4M · modeled $8.7M (est)Specialty Cups, Inc. (this company) Raised $2.6M · modeled $3.4M (est)Specialty Cups, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Enthos Circular Feed Technologies, Inc.Seed$4.0M$11.9M2.63×
Cutsforth Capital Holdings, Inc.Seed$4.0M$11.7M2.57×
SmartAuger, Inc.Seed$3.5M$10.8M2.37×
AeroShield Materials, Inc.Seed$9.8M$10.4M2.29×
Stetson Steel LLCSeed$4.0M$10.3M2.26×
Aeon Industries LLCSeed$4.3M$10.2M2.24×
Pathfinder Spirit IncSeed$7.5M$9.9M2.18×
Badger Bevs, LLCSeed$6.0M$9.8M2.16×
Sightline Services Holdings, LLCSeed$3.2M$9.7M2.13×
LumiTerra, Inc.Seed$3.8M$9.7M2.12×
Fourth Generation, Inc.Seed$3.0M$9.5M2.08×
Tidal Flight, Inc.Seed$3.4M$8.7M1.91×
Specialty Cups, Inc. this companySeed$2.6M$3.4M0.74×
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$325K2024-08-23$1.8M$1.1M90%
Pre-Seed$803K2025-10-15$4.5M$1.8M90%
Seed$1.5M2026-03-05$7.5M$3.4M90%
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. Pre-Seed$325K2024-08-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$803K2025-10-15
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$1.5M2026-03-05
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 7 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2026 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~9mo cadence
$2.8M
Modeled next size est.range $1.8M$4.5M
1.9×
Last step-up
$1.7M/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
Michael Walker1 other2026-03
Mike Walker1 other2024-08
Elisabeth Cullington2024-08
Payton Walker2024-08
Shaun Madden2024-08
S. James Miller Jr.2024-08
Registry & provenance

Specialty Cups, 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
2034978
SEC CIK
2023
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Specialty Cups, Inc. raised?
Specialty Cups, Inc. has raised approximately $2.6M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Specialty Cups, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Specialty Cups, Inc. is approximately $3.4M (modeled range $1.4M–$5.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Specialty Cups, Inc. at?
Specialty Cups, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Mar 05.
What does Specialty Cups, Inc. do and where is it based?
Specialty Cups, Inc. operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in BEND.
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