Companies · Retailing

Wowo, Inc.

Beverly Hills · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Wowo, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.5M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 52%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Apr 14 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Wowo, Inc. looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.86× the median modeled value of Seed Retailing companies in 2007–2009 (25 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (86% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
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

Wowo, Inc. is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from Beverly Hills. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 49% 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$10MSeed · 2009-04-14 Raised $1.5M (real) Modeled valuation $9.6M (est)$1.5M$9.6MSeed2009

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$1.5M · 2009

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
$9.6M
Base estimate est.
$1.2M
Conservative case
$75.2M
Upside case
$7.6M
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 scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
36%
Survival probability
16% low · 56% high
1.23×/yr
Annual markup
1.61×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
17.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
17.2 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
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) 1.0× of median
This company$1.5M
Sector median$1.6M
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) 1.7× above median
This company$9.6M
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 49% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 63% 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 #16 of 25.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Innoventions International, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $25.2M (est)Moxsie Inc · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $23.4M (est)Musicnotes, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $22.3M (est)Harrow Sports Inc · Seed Raised $3.5M · modeled $22.1M (est)OriginalSoupman, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $21.6M (est)Lighter Living, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $19.2M (est)Boathouse Row Sports Ltd · Seed Raised $2.8M · modeled $17.9M (est)Enviro Solutions, Llc · Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $16.2M (est)Send the Trend, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $15.8M (est)Urban Brands, Inc. · Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $15.8M (est)Marucci Sports, LLC · Seed Raised $2.4M · modeled $15.0M (est)Eco Products Inc · Seed Raised $2.0M · modeled $12.6M (est)Wowo, Inc. (this company) Raised $1.5M · modeled $9.6M (est)Wowo, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Innoventions International, LLCSeed$4.0M$25.2M2.27×
Moxsie IncSeed$3.7M$23.4M2.11×
Musicnotes, Inc.Seed$3.5M$22.3M2.01×
Harrow Sports IncSeed$3.5M$22.1M1.99×
OriginalSoupman, Inc.Seed$3.6M$21.6M1.94×
Lighter Living, Inc.Seed$3.0M$19.2M1.73×
Boathouse Row Sports LtdSeed$2.8M$17.9M1.62×
Enviro Solutions, LlcSeed$2.6M$16.2M1.45×
Send the Trend, Inc.Seed$2.5M$15.8M1.42×
Urban Brands, Inc.Seed$2.5M$15.8M1.42×
Marucci Sports, LLCSeed$2.4M$15.0M1.35×
Eco Products IncSeed$2.0M$12.6M1.14×
Wowo, Inc. this companySeed$1.5M$9.6M0.86×
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$1.5M2009-04-14$7.6M$9.6M90%
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$1.5M2009-04-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$2.4M
Modeled next size est.range $1.6M$3.9M
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
Martin Key1 other2009-04
Fang Jiulun2009-04
I-fa Chang2009-04
Liao Xuan Rong2009-04
Li Qiongfeng2009-04
Ren Yan2009-04
Tang Yaohua2009-04
Registry & provenance

Wowo, 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
1458728
SEC CIK
Similar companies

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.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Theater Venture Group CorpRetailingSeed$1.5M$9.6Msame sector · same stage
Ash & Erie, Inc.RetailingSeed$1.5M$9.6Msame sector · same stage
Packed Party, Inc.RetailingSeed$1.5M$9.5Msame sector · same stage
Both& Apparel CorpRetailingSeed$1.5M$8.5Msame sector · same stage
Savannah Bourbon Company, LLCRetailingSeed$1.5M$9.7Msame sector · same stage
Top Hat IncRetailingSeed$1.5M$9.5Msame sector · same stage
Asian Food Center Beaverton, LLCRetailingSeed$1.5M$9.5Msame sector · same stage
AtoZ Botanicals, Inc.RetailingSeed$1.5M$6.3Msame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Wowo, Inc. raised?
Wowo, Inc. has raised approximately $1.5M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Wowo, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Wowo, Inc. is approximately $9.6M (modeled range $1.2M–$75.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Wowo, Inc. at?
Wowo, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Apr 14.
What does Wowo, Inc. do and where is it based?
Wowo, Inc. operates in the Retailing sector, based in Beverly Hills.
Explore related

See where Wowo, Inc. sits in the wider market — its sector, location and stage cohorts, each with their own leaderboards and capital-flow timelines.

Is this your company?

If you work at Wowo, Inc., claim this profile or suggest a correction. We aggregate from public filings, so help us keep your description, website and links accurate.

Is this your company? Update your profile or add contact details — and choose exactly who can reach you. Reviewed before anything is published.