Companies · Retailing

Wolf & Shepherd, Inc.

Redondo Beach · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$9.2M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
2.0×
Latest step-up
Top 22%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jan 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.95× the median modeled value of Series A Retailing companies in 2022–2024 (100 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (95% of peer median) for its niche.
At-risk
  • Last raise 3.4 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

Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from Redondo Beach. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 79% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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
49
Investors (latest)
2023-01-26
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$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeed · 2019-06-12 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $13M (est)$2.0M$13MSeed2019Seed · 2021-09-15 Raised $2.4M (real) Modeled valuation $12M (est)$2.4M$12MSeed2021Series A · 2023-01-26 Raised $4.8M (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)$4.8M$17MSeries A2023+$2.4M+$4.8MCumulative $9.2M

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$2.0M · 2019
Seed extension$2.4M · 2021
Series A$4.8M · 2023

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
$17.4M
Base estimate est.
$5.9M
Conservative case
$52.2M
Upside case
$21.9M
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 retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $12.6M · 2019-06-122019Seed · modeled $11.8M · 2021-09-15Series A · modeled $17.4M · 2023-01-262023
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.15×/yr
Annual markup
1.45×/yr upside case
3.4 yr
Elapsed time used
3.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
22 mo
Avg between rounds
$2.5M/yr
Capital velocity
7.1 yr
On record since
2019
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) 5.8× above median
This company$9.2M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$4.8M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 3.0× above median
This company$17.4M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 79% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 74% 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 #56 of 100.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Olivela Inc. · Series A Raised $28.8M · modeled $61.0M (est)PSP Investors, LLC · Series A Raised $15.4M · modeled $53.3M (est)Coreleap, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.7M · modeled $51.9M (est)Cariloha, Inc. · Series A Raised $22.5M · modeled $51.2M (est)Elevation Cannabis, LLC · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $47.6M (est)Botany Bay Wax Co LLC · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $45.8M (est)Full Glass Wine Co., LLC · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $44.2M (est)Kafene, Inc. · Series A Raised $42.1M · modeled $43.2M (est)Skinny Butcher LLC · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $41.6M (est)G2G Ventures, PBC · Series A Raised $13.4M · modeled $38.5M (est)YCP Car Wash Portfolio LLC · Series A Raised $12.6M · modeled $37.9M (est)Elevation Bridge, LLC · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $35.9M (est)Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. (this company) Raised $9.2M · modeled $17.4M (est)Wolf & Shepherd, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Olivela Inc.Series A$28.8M$61.0M3.35×
PSP Investors, LLCSeries A$15.4M$53.3M2.93×
Coreleap, Inc.Series A$16.7M$51.9M2.85×
Cariloha, Inc.Series A$22.5M$51.2M2.81×
Elevation Cannabis, LLCSeries A$15.0M$47.6M2.61×
Botany Bay Wax Co LLCSeries A$13.3M$45.8M2.52×
Full Glass Wine Co., LLCSeries A$14.2M$44.2M2.43×
Kafene, Inc.Series A$42.1M$43.2M2.37×
Skinny Butcher LLCSeries A$10.0M$41.6M2.29×
G2G Ventures, PBCSeries A$13.4M$38.5M2.12×
YCP Car Wash Portfolio LLCSeries A$12.6M$37.9M2.08×
Elevation Bridge, LLCSeries A$12.0M$35.9M1.97×
Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. this companySeries A$9.2M$17.4M0.95×
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$2.0M2019-06-12$10.0M$12.6M90%
Seed$2.4M2021-09-15$12.0M$11.8M90%
Series A$4.8M2023-01-26$21.9M$17.4M90%
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. Seed$2.0M2019-06-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  2. Seed$2.4M2021-09-15
    • Raised again after 27 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 18 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$4.8M2023-01-26
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 49 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2024 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~22mo cadence
$9.7M
Modeled next size est.range $6.3M$15.5M
2.0×
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
Alex D Faherty2023-01
Hope D Schneider2023-01
John D Howard2019-06
Justin D Schneider2019-06
Registry & provenance

Wolf & Shepherd, 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
1780473
SEC CIK
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Semantically similar

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CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. raised?
Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. has raised approximately $9.2M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Wolf & Shepherd, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. is approximately $17.4M (modeled range $5.9M–$52.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. at?
Wolf & Shepherd, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jan 26.
What does Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. do and where is it based?
Wolf & Shepherd, Inc. operates in the Retailing sector, based in Redondo Beach.
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