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Zilks Foods LLC

AUSTIN · Manufacturing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Zilks Foods LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$427K
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
0.9×
Latest step-up
Top 82%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Feb 11 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zilks Foods LLC 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 manufacturing 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 0.66× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Manufacturing companies in 2013–2015 (248 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

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

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Zilks Foods 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
15.2 yr record
Peak capital year was 2011 with $227K across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 19% of Manufacturing peers
Capital scale is ahead of 19% of Manufacturing peers; modeled value is above 22% 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
Normal 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.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2011: $227K across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $227K on 2011-04-18.
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 Manufacturing

Zilks Foods LLC is one of 3257 Manufacturing companies tracked from AUSTIN. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 19% 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
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$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5.0MPre-Seed · 2011-04-18 Raised $227K (real) Modeled valuation $3.5M (est)$227K$3.5MPre-Seed2011Pre-Seed · 2014-02-11 Raised $200K (real) Modeled valuation $3.1M (est)$200K$3.1MPre-Seed2014+$200KCumulative $427K

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$227K · 2011
Pre-Seed extension$200K · 2014

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

Modeled valuation trajectory
$3.1M
Base estimate est.
$136K
Conservative case
$34.6M
Upside case
$1.1M
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 manufacturing sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $3.5M · 2011-04-182011Pre-Seed · modeled $3.1M · 2014-02-112014
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
31%
Survival probability
12% low · 56% high
1.44×/yr
Annual markup
1.95×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
12.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
manufacturing
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
34 mo
Avg between rounds
$151K/yr
Capital velocity
15.2 yr
On record since
2011
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 3257 companies in Manufacturing. 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) 0.2× of median
This company$427K
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Pre-Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.6× of median
This company$200K
Sector median$350K
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$3.1M
Sector median$12.0M

Raised more than 19% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% 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 #169 of 248.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$100K$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)IRradiance Glass, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)On Track Enterprises, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Perham Egg Ohio LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $2.5M · modeled $15.3M (est)OxCart Products LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)N P Design, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Mojo Organics, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $2.6M · modeled $15.3M (est)Protective Sports Equipment International, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)K C HiLites, Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)B. E. Peterson Inc. · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Selas Heat Technology Co LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Plusfoam Compound Technologies LLC · Pre-Seed Raised $1.0M · modeled $15.3M (est)Ldb Beverage Co · Pre-Seed Raised $989K · modeled $15.1M (est)Zilks Foods LLC (this company) Raised $427K · modeled $3.1M (est)Zilks Foods LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
IRradiance Glass, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
On Track Enterprises, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
Perham Egg Ohio LLCPre-Seed$2.5M$15.3M3.30×
OxCart Products LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
N P Design, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
Mojo Organics, Inc.Pre-Seed$2.6M$15.3M3.30×
Protective Sports Equipment International, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
K C HiLites, Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
B. E. Peterson Inc.Pre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
Selas Heat Technology Co LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
Plusfoam Compound Technologies LLCPre-Seed$1.0M$15.3M3.30×
Ldb Beverage CoPre-Seed$989K$15.1M3.27×
Zilks Foods LLC this companyPre-Seed$427K$3.1M0.66×
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$227K2011-04-18$1.3M$3.5M90%
Pre-Seed$200K2014-02-11$1.1M$3.1M90%
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$227K2011-04-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
  2. Pre-Seed$200K2014-02-11
    • Raised again after 34 mo — slower than the ~12 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~34mo cadence
$200K
Modeled next size est.range $200K$320K
0.9×
Last step-up
$151K/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
John Anderson21 other2011-04
Clayton Christopher12 other2014-02
Stephen Arata1 other2014-02
Patrick Parker2014-02
William McMeans2011-04
Registry & provenance

Zilks Foods 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
1519790
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Zilks Foods LLC raised?
Zilks Foods LLC has raised approximately $427K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zilks Foods LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zilks Foods LLC is approximately $3.1M (modeled range $136K–$34.6M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zilks Foods LLC at?
Zilks Foods LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Feb 11.
What does Zilks Foods LLC do and where is it based?
Zilks Foods LLC operates in the Manufacturing sector, based in AUSTIN.
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