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Zea Biosciences Corp

WALPOLE · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Zea Biosciences Corp — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$2.7M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
1.5×
Latest step-up
Top 46%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Apr 12 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zea Biosciences Corp looks under-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 agriculture sector profile.

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 0.19× the median modeled value of Seed Agriculture companies in 2019–2021 (89 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.2 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 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 Agriculture

Zea Biosciences Corp is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from WALPOLE. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 55% 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
8
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2019-04-12
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 · 2015-07-30 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)$2.0M$21MSeed2015Seed · 2018-06-08 Raised $210K (real) Modeled valuation $2.2M (est)$210K$2.2MSeed2018Seed · 2019-01-31 Raised $222K (real) Modeled valuation $2.4M (est)$222K$2.4MSeed2019Seed · 2019-04-12 Raised $336K (real) Modeled valuation $3.6M (est)$336K$3.6MSeed2019+$210K+$222K+$336KCumulative $2.7M

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 · 2015
Seed extension$210K · 2018
Seed extension$222K · 2019
Seed extension$336K · 2019

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
$3.6M
Base estimate est.
$287K
Conservative case
$28.2M
Upside case
$1.7M
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 agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $21.1M · 2015-07-302015Seed · modeled $2.2M · 2018-06-08Seed · modeled $2.4M · 2019-01-31Seed · modeled $3.6M · 2019-04-122019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
38%
Survival probability
17% low · 59% high
1.33×/yr
Annual markup
1.75×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.2 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
15 mo
Avg between rounds
$739K/yr
Capital velocity
10.9 yr
On record since
2015
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. 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) 1.2× above median
This company$2.7M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$336K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.6M
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 55% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 25% 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 #83 of 89.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Med Farm of Michigan LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.8M (est)MariCap Rolen Stone 2020, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.8M (est)Forward Greens Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $42.3M (est)Farm Cannabis GA, INC · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $40.2M (est)Hobart Biosciences Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $39.7M (est)ACE Ventures, LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.8M (est)Hemden LLC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.6M (est)HF Solutions, LCC · Seed Raised $3.6M · modeled $38.5M (est)Valliente Orchard LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $35.3M (est)Local Bounti Corp · Seed Raised $3.2M · modeled $34.3M (est)Mustang Whately Investors, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $33.4M (est)Premium Peanut, LLC · Seed Raised $4.5M · modeled $33.0M (est)Zea Biosciences Corp (this company) Raised $2.7M · modeled $3.6M (est)Zea Biosciences Corp
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Med Farm of Michigan LLCSeed$4.0M$42.8M2.28×
MariCap Rolen Stone 2020, LLCSeed$4.0M$42.8M2.28×
Forward Greens Inc.Seed$4.0M$42.3M2.26×
Farm Cannabis GA, INCSeed$3.8M$40.2M2.14×
Hobart Biosciences Holdings Inc.Seed$3.7M$39.7M2.12×
ACE Ventures, LLCSeed$3.6M$38.8M2.07×
Hemden LLCSeed$3.6M$38.6M2.06×
HF Solutions, LCCSeed$3.6M$38.5M2.06×
Valliente Orchard LLCSeed$4.0M$35.3M1.88×
Local Bounti CorpSeed$3.2M$34.3M1.83×
Mustang Whately Investors, LlcSeed$4.0M$33.4M1.78×
Premium Peanut, LLCSeed$4.5M$33.0M1.76×
Zea Biosciences Corp this companySeed$2.7M$3.6M0.19×
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$2.0M2015-07-30$9.8M$21.1M90%
Seed$210K2018-06-08$1.1M$2.2M90%
Seed$222K2019-01-31$1.1M$2.4M90%
Seed$336K2019-04-12$1.7M$3.6M90%
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$2.0M2015-07-30
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 39 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$210K2018-06-08
    • Raised again after 34 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 9.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$222K2019-01-31
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$336K2019-04-12
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 8 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~15mo cadence
$507K
Modeled next size est.range $336K$812K
1.5×
Last step-up
$739K/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
James Wilson9 other2015-07
FOSTER CHASE2019-01
JAMES HOLBROOK, JR.2019-01
Registry & provenance

Zea Biosciences Corp 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
1737991
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Zea Biosciences Corp raised?
Zea Biosciences Corp has raised approximately $2.7M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zea Biosciences Corp's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zea Biosciences Corp is approximately $3.6M (modeled range $287K–$28.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zea Biosciences Corp at?
Zea Biosciences Corp's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Apr 12.
What does Zea Biosciences Corp do and where is it based?
Zea Biosciences Corp operates in the Agriculture sector, based in WALPOLE.
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