Companies · Retailing

Tenzo Tea

Los Angeles · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Tenzo Tea — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 59%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Feb 08 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Tenzo Tea looks under-valued against its niche peers and is at-risk 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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.42× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Retailing companies in 2022–2024 (157 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
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 Retailing

Tenzo Tea is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from Los Angeles. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 42% 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
3
Investors (latest)
2024-02-08
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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2019-11-25 Raised $842K (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$842K$6.6MPre-Seed2019Pre-Seed · 2024-02-08 Raised $185K (real) Modeled valuation $538K (est)$185K$538KPre-Seed2024+$185KCumulative $1.0M

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$842K · 2019
Pre-Seed extension$185K · 2024

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$538K
Base estimate est.
$111K
Conservative case
$2.0M
Upside case
$1.0M
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 $6.6M · 2019-11-252019Pre-Seed · modeled $538K · 2024-02-082024
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
2.4 yr
Elapsed time used
2.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
50 mo
Avg between rounds
$244K/yr
Capital velocity
6.6 yr
On record since
2019
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$185K
Sector median$323K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$538K
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 42% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 4% 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 #124 of 157.

This companyCohort peer
$100K$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)in-house apparel, inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $5.0M (est)Tradewinds Enterprises, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.9M (est)Fera Pets, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.6M (est)Hometown Budz LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.5M (est)Dano's Dangerous Tequila, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.4M (est)SportingHood Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $880K · modeled $4.4M (est)4Th Wall Dance Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $4.1M (est)GATR Holdings, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $855K · modeled $3.9M (est)Hurdle Apparel, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $764K · modeled $3.9M (est)WYOS Consumer Products, Ltd. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.8M (est)Smash Dragon LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $850K · modeled $3.8M (est)Metro Business, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $3.7M (est)Tenzo Tea (this company) Raised $1.0M · modeled $538K (est)Tenzo Tea
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
in-house apparel, inc.Pre-Seed$1.1M$5.0M3.88×
Tradewinds Enterprises, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$4.9M3.84×
Fera Pets, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$4.6M3.57×
Hometown Budz LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$4.5M3.53×
Dano's Dangerous Tequila, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$4.4M3.42×
SportingHood IncPre-Seed$880K$4.4M3.41×
4Th Wall Dance Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$4.1M3.16×
GATR Holdings, Inc.Pre-Seed$855K$3.9M3.06×
Hurdle Apparel, Inc.Pre-Seed$764K$3.9M3.02×
WYOS Consumer Products, Ltd.Pre-Seed$1.0M$3.8M3.00×
Smash Dragon LLCPre-Seed$850K$3.8M2.97×
Metro Business, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$3.7M2.91×
Tenzo Tea this companyPre-Seed$1.0M$538K0.42×
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$842K2019-11-25$4.7M$6.6M90%
Pre-Seed$185K2024-02-08$1.0M$538K90%
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$842K2019-11-25
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 14 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$185K2024-02-08
    • Raised again after 50 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2028 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~50mo cadence
$185K
Modeled next size est.range $185K$297K
0.2×
Last step-up
$244K/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
Davis Justin Blaine2024-02
Robart Page2019-11
Steven O'Dell2019-11
Registry & provenance

Tenzo Tea 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
1831285
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Tenzo Tea raised?
Tenzo Tea has raised approximately $1.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Tenzo Tea's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Tenzo Tea is approximately $538K (modeled range $111K–$2.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Tenzo Tea at?
Tenzo Tea's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Feb 08.
What does Tenzo Tea do and where is it based?
Tenzo Tea operates in the Retailing sector, based in Los Angeles.
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