Companies · retail
Canada · retail · founded 2006 · http://www.typebooks.ca/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Type Bookstore — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Type Bookstore: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
Type Bookstore is one of 104 retail companies tracked from Canada, on record since 2006. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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.
Canadian company. Sector: retail.
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.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 104 companies in retail. 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 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No rounds recorded. | |||||
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace & Tate | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| A Different Booklist | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Aldi Süd | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Anaconda | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Archambault | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Athletico | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Bakers Delight | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
| Banjo's Bakery Cafe | retail | — | — | — | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapters Canadian company, based in Toronto. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 89% |
| A Different Booklist Canadian company. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 87% |
| Book City Canadian company, based in Toronto. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 87% |
| BMV Books Canadian company. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 83% |
| Coles Canadian company. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 82% |
| Toronto Women's Bookstore Canadian company. | — | — | — | 82% |
| Real Canadian Liquorstore Canadian company. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 82% |
| Dominion Stores Canadian company. Sector: retail. | retail | — | — | 82% |
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