BOMBARDA RUM
OperatingBombarda Rum USA, Inc.
Alcohol · Miami, FL · Founded 2020
Blended premium rum in a bottle
Financials
FY2020–FY2023 · from SEC filings · hover any figure for its sourceFigures as reported by the issuer in the filing shown on hover. Each year’s pill shows the assurance level of its filed statements — audited, reviewed (CPA review, less than an audit), or unaudited, as the filing’s own report or certification states it. A dashed pill marked * is inferred instead: the SEC minimum for an offering that size, which the issuer may have exceeded. No pill means we couldn’t tell. Headcount is the filing’s point-in-time count, not a year-end average. Manually corrected figures are marked “Corrected”.
Valuation over rounds
Pre-money — the valuation set before each round’s money came inBlue bars are the pre-money valuation the company stated for a priced round.
Cap table
Principal holders% as the filing states it, Jul 23, 2024
- James Papagno87.0%of company
Sold to the crowd
- Reg CF · Jan 202310,495 shares at $3.23$33.9K· 57 investors
From the company's SEC filings: share counts per class, each class's voting and conversion terms, and the holders of 20% or more that Form C requires (officers and 10%+ holders on Form 1-A). Filings name only large holders, so most owners — including crowd investors — are not listed, and a holder's percentage may be of its own class rather than of the whole company. Prices and crowd share counts are in today's share terms — adjusted for splits and conversions since they were sold. Hover a figure for its filing.
Fundraising history
Team
8 people
James is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company, having been involved in the distilled spirits industry as a brand developer and founder since 2020. James is President of Legendary Spirits Group Inc, a company specializing in development, marketing and sales of craft spirits. James' strong leadership & financial sales background combined with his entrepreneurial spirit has allowed Bombarda Rum to grow exponentially in a short amount of time. Even though James has not spent many years in the spirit business, James applied his creativeness and can-do attitude to bring Bombarda Rum to market and developed a winning production team halfway around the World in the Netherlands. James is committed to excellence in all that he does and Bombarda Rum is a true testament to this statement. What makes something authentic and successful is how a small idea, product disruption, passion, and innovation come together.

The role of Dave is to expand European and US controlled state markets as well as open new distribution channels into the Caribbean market. As an export, duty-free, and cruise industry veteran with 26 years of experience, Dave brings a wealth of contacts to Bombarda. With experience in domestic and travel retail markets, Dave has developed luxury goods for airports, cruise ships, border stores, and inflight. Dave is highly skilled in business development, strategic planning, brand building, negotiation, marketing and communication, and talent development. Dave also operates DPH Global and consults wine brands in his field of expertise. Speaks fluent Spanish and French

Versatile brand marketer with a commercial mindset. The success of Bombardas has been attributed to Greg's leadership in establishing relationships with large retail chains. As a result of Greg's dynamic leadership in the field, our sales team has been able to define essential accounts to help the brand grow city by city across Florida. He has experience in corporate and sales management across a variety of industries. As well as co-founding Spirited Insiders, Greg leads a team that develops new spirit brands entering the market.

Contracted by Bombarda Rum, John is responsible for Florida Off - Premise sales. The responsibilities include managing Total Wines & Beyond as well as independent liquor chains throughout Florida and soon, in other states. Aside from developing and tracking customer orders, John also resolves customer problems and ensures complete customer satisfaction. With a can-do attitude, John knows how to maintain and cultivate successful off-premise and on-premise accounts for the brand. In addition, John is the sole owner of Wolfpack Wine and Spirits and is an independent contractor for Bombarda Rum. Bombarda hopes to promote John to National Sales Manager soon.

Michael is passionate about Bombarda Rum and assists Bombarda in the matters of brand awareness, sales management and is our lead investor. Michael is always lending a hand at driving sales locally in the Miami area and advice on financial matters. His success as an entrepreneur and business leader is a great asset to the team.

Miriam Gilmore has been involved with Bombarda Rum from the beginning. She works part time as Bombarda Rum's executive secretary, developing social media campaigns and designing social media channels. Miriam is responsible for creating and implementing a social media strategy. The company will eventually hand over management of these channels to a national social media company after the Start Engine raise.

Leveraging his leadership skills and tenured industry experience, Pablo’s focus is on delivering the most efficient manufacturing and production of Bombarda. Pablo is experienced in managing brand growth, production planning & process management. Pablo additionally excels in design, one of the most crowded and contested categories, while performing a balancing act of product development and manufacturing. Pablo is responsible for sourcing and organizing all dry goods, product logistics, and Bombarda's production. Additionally, Pablo manages incoming purchase leads and distributor inquiries for Bombarda's expansion in Europe. Once the Start Engine raise is complete, Pablo will hand off this role to a new sales director for our European division, Bombarda Rum EU, SL. As a minor owner, Pablo keeps the line running and all that we need to accomplish to get the product to market. Pablo is also an independent brand designer and owner of his own firm - Singular Glass and operates his role from Barcelona Spain.

WK brings his extensive premium product knowledge, sales success across multiple markets, and leadership to propel Bombarda Rum's growth across Florida and other states. WK’s Proven ability to develop new client accounts, sales team management and planning skills, combined with the ability to coordinate the efforts of many to meet organizational goals. As co-owner of Spirited Insiders Inc, Wk continues to drive growth for Bombarda Rum across multiple sales channels with a sales team of 7 people across the state of Florida. WK is also the co-founder of Spirited Insiders, a firm specializing in developing new spirits brands. Specialties: budgeting, customer relations, directing, driving, estimating, management, marketing, proposal writing, recruiting, sales, strategic planning, territory management,
Names and titles as disclosed on SEC Form C, StartEngine. Bios and photos come from the platform campaign page and may be out of date.
Reg CF annual-report compliance
Filed 2 of 4 annual reports (FY2022–FY2025)
Reg CF issuers must file a Form C-AR each year until a Rule 202(b) termination trigger is met.
SEC filings
- Form C-ARJul 23, 20240001938496-24-000003EDGAR
- Form C-TRJul 23, 20240001938496-24-000004EDGAR
- Form C-ARMay 22, 20230001938496-23-000001EDGAR
- Form C-UApr 26, 20230001665160-23-000871EDGAR
- Form C/AMar 21, 20230001665160-23-000448EDGAR
- Form CJan 18, 20230001665160-23-000091EDGAR
- Form C-WAug 16, 20220001670254-22-000847EDGAR
- Form CJul 19, 20220001670254-22-000761EDGAR
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