Companies · Retailing

Trunk Club Inc

CHICAGO · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Trunk Club Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.4M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 54%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Dec 30 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Trunk Club 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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.55× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Retailing companies in 2010–2012 (142 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.5 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 Retailing

Trunk Club Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from CHICAGO. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 47% 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.

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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$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2010-04-29 Raised $585K (real) Modeled valuation $4.6M (est)$585K$4.6MPre-Seed2010Pre-Seed · 2010-08-13 Raised $685K (real) Modeled valuation $5.4M (est)$685K$5.4MPre-Seed2010Pre-Seed · 2010-12-30 Raised $175K (real) Modeled valuation $1.4M (est)$175K$1.4MPre-Seed2010+$685K+$175KCumulative $1.4M

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$585K · 2010
Pre-Seed extension$685K · 2010
Pre-Seed extension$175K · 2010

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.4M
Base estimate est.
$105K
Conservative case
$15.6M
Upside case
$972K
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 $4.6M · 2010-04-292010Pre-Seed · modeled $5.4M · 2010-08-13Pre-Seed · modeled $1.4M · 2010-12-302010
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
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.2M/yr
Capital velocity
16.2 yr
On record since
2010
First round
3
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) 0.9× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.5× of median
This company$175K
Sector median$323K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.2× of median
This company$1.4M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 47% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 17% 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 #112 of 142.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Bonanzle, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Movio Network, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)REVO, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $960K · modeled $7.5M (est)WW NORTON & Co INC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.9M · modeled $7.5M (est)Fetch Enterprises Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $934K · modeled $7.3M (est)Bambeco LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $7.3M (est)FFDP & Associates, Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $925K · modeled $7.3M (est)Bremerton Cinema LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $900K · modeled $7.1M (est)Cal-Vin Holding LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $870K · modeled $6.8M (est)RAMp Sports LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $965K · modeled $6.7M (est)Minerva Worldwide Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $840K · modeled $6.6M (est)Montiel USA Corp · Pre-Seed Raised $1.1M · modeled $6.5M (est)Trunk Club Inc (this company) Raised $1.4M · modeled $1.4M (est)Trunk Club Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Bonanzle, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.15×
Movio Network, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$7.8M3.15×
REVO, Inc.Pre-Seed$960K$7.5M3.02×
WW NORTON & Co INCPre-Seed$1.9M$7.5M3.00×
Fetch Enterprises IncPre-Seed$934K$7.3M2.94×
Bambeco LLCPre-Seed$1.1M$7.3M2.94×
FFDP & Associates, IncPre-Seed$925K$7.3M2.91×
Bremerton Cinema LLCPre-Seed$900K$7.1M2.83×
Cal-Vin Holding LLCPre-Seed$870K$6.8M2.74×
RAMp Sports LLCPre-Seed$965K$6.7M2.68×
Minerva Worldwide Inc.Pre-Seed$840K$6.6M2.65×
Montiel USA CorpPre-Seed$1.1M$6.5M2.61×
Trunk Club Inc this companyPre-Seed$1.4M$1.4M0.55×
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$585K2010-04-29$3.3M$4.6M90%
Pre-Seed$685K2010-08-13$3.8M$5.4M90%
Pre-Seed$175K2010-12-30$972K$1.4M90%
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$585K2010-04-29
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$685K2010-08-13
    • Came back fast: 3 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Pre-Seed$175K2010-12-30
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
Intelligence
2011 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$175K
Modeled next size est.range $175K$280K
0.3×
Last step-up
$2.2M/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
Brian Spaly10 other2010-04
Bryan Kelly3 other2010-04
Registry & provenance

Trunk Club 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
1491757
SEC CIK
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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.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Trunk Club Inc raised?
Trunk Club Inc has raised approximately $1.4M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Trunk Club Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Trunk Club Inc is approximately $1.4M (modeled range $105K–$15.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Trunk Club Inc at?
Trunk Club Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Dec 30.
What does Trunk Club Inc do and where is it based?
Trunk Club Inc operates in the Retailing sector, based in CHICAGO.
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