Schmidt Brothers
OperatingBrother Brands Inc.
Retail & Consumer · Westwood, NJ
Schmidt Brothers Cutlery combines premium quality with everyday affordability — delivering exceptional kitchen tools to home cooks across America. With $83.5M in lifetime revenue, 29.6% CAGR over four years, and no institutional capital ever raised, this is the first time the public can own a piece of what we’ve built.
Financials
FY2024–FY2025 · 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; no pill means the filing didn’t state one. Headcount is the filing’s point-in-time count, not a year-end average. Manually corrected figures are marked “Corrected”.
Valuation over rounds
Post-money = pre-money + amount raised · caps markedA dashed amber step is a SAFE/note valuation cap — a conversion ceiling agreed for that instrument, not a priced valuation of the company. Steps are not comparable across bases.
Fundraising history
Team
4 people
Jared Schmidt is the operational force behind Schmidt Brothers Cutlery. With 20+ years in logistics, sales, and global sourcing, he leads end-to-end operations from manufacturing partnerships to retail distribution, driving consistent margin expansion and category growth. Jared has built the supply chain and logistics infrastructure that put Schmidt Brothers in 10,000 retail doors without institutional equity financing.
Jordan Schmidt is the creative and strategic force behind the Schmidt Brothers brand. He built Schmidt Brothers into a premium housewares brand across retail stores nationwide while growing a fast-scaling DTC channel. Jordan leads brand creative, product vision, and go-to-market strategy across all channels, and holds patents covering certain Schmidt Brothers product designs.
Salvatore Tirabassi is the Founder and Managing Director of CFO Pro+Analytics, a leading fractional and interim CFO services firm serving emerging and founder-owned companies. He brings 25+ years of expertise in financial strategy, corporate restructuring, capital raising, and GAAP-compliant financial reporting. Salvatore has raised 15 years of experience as a venture capital partners investing in growth businesses and has over a decade of CFO-experience advising growth companies on their financial strategy and operational execution. At Schmidt Brothers he advises the founder-led management team on strategy, finance and operations.
Karen Schmidt is a recognized global marketing and growth executive with 20+ years of experience building and scaling consumer brands. Former executive at American Express and Verizon Media, she has led customer-centric growth initiatives and developed sustainable go-to-market strategies for leading brands. Karen oversees Schmidt Brothers’ DTC growth strategy and brand marketing.
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Reg CF annual-report compliance
never closed a Reg CF raise
Reg CF issuers must file a Form C-AR each year until a Rule 202(b) termination trigger is met.
SEC filings
- Form CSep 14, 20260002151382-26-000002EDGAR
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