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W Nail Bar Group, LLC

COLUMBUS · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on W Nail Bar Group, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$7.1M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.6×
Latest step-up
Top 29%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Mar 18 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

W Nail Bar Group, LLC 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.

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 0.62× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2022–2024 (1231 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
At-risk
  • Last raise 2.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

W Nail Bar Group, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
5.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2023 with $3.7M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 72% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 72% of Other peers; modeled value is above 32% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Lower applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2023: $3.7M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.4M on 2023-06-23.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
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 Other

W Nail Bar Group, LLC is one of 25015 Other companies tracked from COLUMBUS. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 72% 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
13
Investors (latest)
2020
Year incorporated
2024-03-18
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$13M$25M$38M$50MSeed · 2021-05-21 Raised $1.9M (real) Modeled valuation $25M (est)$1.9M$25MSeed2021Seed · 2023-02-24 Raised $1.4M (real) Modeled valuation $9.6M (est)$1.4M$9.6MSeed2023Seed · 2023-06-23 Raised $2.4M (real) Modeled valuation $14M (est)$2.4M$14MSeed2023Seed · 2024-03-18 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $7.0M (est)$1.5M$7.0MSeed2024+$1.4M+$2.4M+$1.5MCumulative $7.1M

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$1.9M · 2021
Seed extension$1.4M · 2023
Seed extension$2.4M · 2023
Seed extension$1.5M · 2024

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: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.0M
Base estimate est.
$1.3M
Conservative case
$20.0M
Upside case
$7.4M
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. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $25.4M · 2021-05-212021Seed · modeled $9.6M · 2023-02-24Seed · modeled $14.5M · 2023-06-23Seed · modeled $7.0M · 2024-03-182024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
2.3 yr
Elapsed time used
2.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
11 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.5M/yr
Capital velocity
5.1 yr
On record since
2021
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25015 companies in Other. 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) 3.5× above median
This company$7.1M
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$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$7.0M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 72% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 32% 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 #955 of 1,231.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Dropee Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $40.7M (est)NFH Northern Project Development, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $40.7M (est)FactorFund-Note-2022 LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $40.1M (est)Immersion Elements LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $40.0M (est)Possip, Inc. · Seed Raised $5.8M · modeled $39.7M (est)Porch Group, Inc. · Seed Raised $6.0M · modeled $38.8M (est)Rootwurks, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $38.7M (est)Cordelia Capital Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $38.4M (est)99 Counties, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $38.1M (est)2910 Richmond Hill 1 LLC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $37.5M (est)BH Polycor Holding Inc. · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $37.0M (est)FitJoy, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $36.9M (est)W Nail Bar Group, LLC (this company) Raised $7.1M · modeled $7.0M (est)W Nail Bar Group, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Dropee Inc.Seed$3.9M$40.7M3.61×
NFH Northern Project Development, LLCSeed$4.0M$40.7M3.61×
FactorFund-Note-2022 LLCSeed$4.0M$40.1M3.56×
Immersion Elements LLCSeed$3.8M$40.0M3.55×
Possip, Inc.Seed$5.8M$39.7M3.52×
Porch Group, Inc.Seed$6.0M$38.8M3.45×
Rootwurks, Inc.Seed$3.9M$38.7M3.44×
Cordelia Capital Holdings Inc.Seed$3.9M$38.4M3.41×
99 Counties, Inc.Seed$3.7M$38.1M3.38×
2910 Richmond Hill 1 LLCSeed$3.8M$37.5M3.33×
BH Polycor Holding Inc.Seed$3.9M$37.0M3.28×
FitJoy, Inc.Seed$3.7M$36.9M3.28×
W Nail Bar Group, LLC this companySeed$7.1M$7.0M0.62×
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$1.9M2021-05-21$9.5M$25.4M90%
Seed$1.4M2023-02-24$6.9M$9.6M90%
Seed$2.4M2023-06-23$11.8M$14.5M90%
Seed$1.5M2024-03-18$7.4M$7.0M90%
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$1.9M2021-05-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 10 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.4M2023-02-24
    • Raised again after 21 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 10 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$2.4M2023-06-23
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$1.5M2024-03-18
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 13 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2025 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~11mo cadence
$1.5M
Modeled next size est.range $1.5M$2.4M
0.6×
Last step-up
$2.5M/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
Amanda Mason2021-05
Lauren Hunter2021-05
Registry & provenance

W Nail Bar Group, LLC 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
1865626
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has W Nail Bar Group, LLC raised?
W Nail Bar Group, LLC has raised approximately $7.1M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is W Nail Bar Group, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for W Nail Bar Group, LLC is approximately $7.0M (modeled range $1.3M–$20.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is W Nail Bar Group, LLC at?
W Nail Bar Group, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Mar 18.
What does W Nail Bar Group, LLC do and where is it based?
W Nail Bar Group, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in COLUMBUS.
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