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Taste Inc

SAN FRANCISCO · Restaurants

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Taste Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$14.3M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 7%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Oct 16 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Taste 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 restaurants 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 0.09× the median modeled value of Series A Restaurants companies in 2010–2012 (26 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 13.7 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 Restaurants

Taste Inc is one of 2292 Restaurants companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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$50MSeed · 2011-08-09 Raised $2.3M (real) Modeled valuation $8.1M (est)$2.3M$8.1MSeed2011Series A · 2012-07-27 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $32M (est)$11M$32MSeries A2012Series A · 2012-10-16 Raised $697K (real) Modeled valuation $2.0M (est)$697K$2.0MSeries A2012+$11M+$697KCumulative $14M

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
Seed$2.3M · 2011
Series A$11.3M · 2012
Series A extension$697K · 2012

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 67%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.0M
Base estimate est.
$799K
Conservative case
$10.9M
Upside case
$3.2M
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 restaurants sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $8.1M · 2011-08-092011Series A · modeled $32.3M · 2012-07-27Series A · modeled $2.0M · 2012-10-162012
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
46%
Survival probability
25% low · 63% high
1.05×/yr
Annual markup
1.33×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
13.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
restaurants
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
7 mo
Avg between rounds
$12.0M/yr
Capital velocity
14.9 yr
On record since
2011
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2292 companies in Restaurants. 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) 16× above median
This company$14.3M
Sector median$900K
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$697K
Sector median$5.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.8× of median
This company$2.0M
Sector median$2.6M

Raised more than 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 42% 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 #25 of 26.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Pie Face Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $42.9M (est)LJS Partners LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $42.9M (est)Fabric of Social Dining, L.P. · Series A Raised $14.4M · modeled $41.2M (est)Apollo CKE Holdings, L.P. · Series A Raised $14.1M · modeled $40.4M (est)Monument Restaurants VI LLC · Series A Raised $13.2M · modeled $37.7M (est)Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc. · Series A Raised $13.1M · modeled $37.5M (est)Global Restaurant Group, Ltd. · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $37.2M (est)Capitol BC LLC · Series A Raised $12.2M · modeled $35.0M (est)Native Foods Holdings Corp · Series A Raised $10.5M · modeled $30.1M (est)Quality Brand Capital LLC · Series A Raised $8.9M · modeled $25.6M (est)Chalak GG Expansion, LLC · Series A Raised $8.6M · modeled $24.7M (est)Southwest Brands, LLC · Series A Raised $8.5M · modeled $24.3M (est)Taste Inc (this company) Raised $14.3M · modeled $2.0M (est)Taste Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Pie Face Holdings, Inc.Series A$15.0M$42.9M1.98×
LJS Partners LLCSeries A$15.0M$42.9M1.98×
Fabric of Social Dining, L.P.Series A$14.4M$41.2M1.90×
Apollo CKE Holdings, L.P.Series A$14.1M$40.4M1.87×
Monument Restaurants VI LLCSeries A$13.2M$37.7M1.74×
Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc.Series A$13.1M$37.5M1.73×
Global Restaurant Group, Ltd.Series A$13.0M$37.2M1.72×
Capitol BC LLCSeries A$12.2M$35.0M1.62×
Native Foods Holdings CorpSeries A$10.5M$30.1M1.39×
Quality Brand Capital LLCSeries A$8.9M$25.6M1.18×
Chalak GG Expansion, LLCSeries A$8.6M$24.7M1.14×
Southwest Brands, LLCSeries A$8.5M$24.3M1.12×
Taste Inc this companySeries A$14.3M$2.0M0.09×
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.
Seed$2.3M2011-08-09$11.5M$8.1M90%
Series A$11.3M2012-07-27$51.4M$32.3M90%
Series A$697K2012-10-16$3.2M$2.0M90%
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. Seed$2.3M2011-08-09
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Series A$11.3M2012-07-27
    • Raised 12 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.9× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series A$697K2012-10-16
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 16.2× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2013 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~7mo cadence
$697K
Modeled next size est.range $697K$1.1M
0.1×
Last step-up
$12.0M/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
Andrew R. Heyer2 other2012-07
William P. Phoenix1 other2012-07
Bruce Nevins2011-08
Douglass Tomlinson2011-08
Ellen Bozzo2011-08
Paul Clayton2011-08
W. Reed Foster2011-08
Registry & provenance

Taste 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
1306123
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Taste Inc raised?
Taste Inc has raised approximately $14.3M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Taste Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Taste Inc is approximately $2.0M (modeled range $799K–$10.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Taste Inc at?
Taste Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Oct 16.
What does Taste Inc do and where is it based?
Taste Inc operates in the Restaurants sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO.
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