Companies · Retailing

Work N Gear Inc

WEYMOUTH · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Work N Gear Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.0M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
1.0×
Latest step-up
Top 47%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri May 08 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Work N Gear Inc looks over-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.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 3.29× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Retailing companies in 2007–2009 (40 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.1 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

Work N Gear Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from WEYMOUTH. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 54% of sector peers), and mid-pack 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
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 · 2009-03-20 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $7.8M (est)$1.0M$7.8MPre-Seed2009Pre-Seed · 2009-05-08 Raised $1.0M (real) Modeled valuation $7.8M (est)$1.0M$7.8MPre-Seed2009+$1.0MCumulative $2.0M

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$1.0M · 2009
Pre-Seed extension$1.0M · 2009

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$7.8M
Base estimate est.
$600K
Conservative case
$89.0M
Upside case
$5.6M
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 $7.8M · 2009-03-202009Pre-Seed · modeled $7.8M · 2009-05-082009
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
17.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
2 mo
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.3 yr
On record since
2009
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) 1.3× above median
This company$2.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 3.1× above median
This company$1.0M
Sector median$323K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 1.4× above median
This company$7.8M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 54% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 58% 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 #1 of 40.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Sonoma Vineyard Acquisitions, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $870K · modeled $6.8M (est)Aqua Skin Science, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $785K · modeled $6.2M (est)Sol Elixirs, Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $763K · modeled $6.0M (est)Zones Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $5.5M (est)easypartners 4 LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $700K · modeled $5.5M (est)G4G Llc · Pre-Seed Raised $975K · modeled $4.9M (est)Ecowell, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $830K · modeled $4.5M (est)Stonebridge Vineyard Inc · Pre-Seed Raised $552K · modeled $4.3M (est)SAC Acquisition LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $550K · modeled $4.3M (est)R. J. Julia Booksellers, LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $3.9M (est)Scout Limited, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $500K · modeled $3.9M (est)Work N Gear Inc (this company) Raised $2.0M · modeled $7.8M (est)Work N Gear Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Work N Gear Inc this companyPre-Seed$2.0M$7.8M3.29×
Sonoma Vineyard Acquisitions, LLCPre-Seed$870K$6.8M2.87×
Aqua Skin Science, Inc.Pre-Seed$785K$6.2M2.59×
Sol Elixirs, LlcPre-Seed$763K$6.0M2.51×
Zones IncPre-Seed$700K$5.5M2.31×
easypartners 4 LLCPre-Seed$700K$5.5M2.31×
G4G LlcPre-Seed$975K$4.9M2.06×
Ecowell, Inc.Pre-Seed$830K$4.5M1.91×
Stonebridge Vineyard IncPre-Seed$552K$4.3M1.82×
SAC Acquisition LLCPre-Seed$550K$4.3M1.81×
R. J. Julia Booksellers, LLCPre-Seed$500K$3.9M1.65×
Scout Limited, Inc.Pre-Seed$500K$3.9M1.65×
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$1.0M2009-03-20$5.6M$7.8M90%
Pre-Seed$1.0M2009-05-08$5.6M$7.8M90%
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$1.0M2009-03-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$1.0M2009-05-08
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2009 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~2mo cadence
$1.0M
Modeled next size est.range $1.0M$1.6M
1.0×
Last step-up
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
Stuart Davies3 other2009-03
Michael Ewald2 other2009-03
Anthony D. DiPaolo1 other2009-03
Brett L Esperance2009-03
Duane Oser2009-03
Registry & provenance

Work N Gear 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
1327693
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 Work N Gear Inc raised?
Work N Gear Inc has raised approximately $2.0M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Work N Gear Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Work N Gear Inc is approximately $7.8M (modeled range $600K–$89.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Work N Gear Inc at?
Work N Gear Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri May 08.
What does Work N Gear Inc do and where is it based?
Work N Gear Inc operates in the Retailing sector, based in WEYMOUTH.
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