List of PRE-IPO companies 2023 / Part 2
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Vercel IPO (Forecast Q2 ‘24)
- Founded Date — 2015 (HQ, SF, CA, US)
- Founders — Guillermo Rauch
Funding traction, total raised ~$313M
- Series A — April 2020 at val. $66M, $1.9302 pps
- Series B — Dec 2020 at val. $325M, $10.70 pps
- Series C — Jun 2021 at val. $1.09B, $32.68 pps
- Series D — Oct 2021 at val. $2.51B, $69.58pps (source)
Trading at $34 — $36 in the secondary market (Dec ‘22)
Kraken DPO (Forecast Q4 ‘23)
- Founded Date — 2011 (SF, CA,US)
- Founders — Jesse Powell
Funding traction, total raised ~$118.5M
- Series A — 2016 at val. $26M, $0.1731 pps
- Series B — 2020 at val. $4.02B, $19.84 pps
- Series C (not closed yet) — 2021 at val. $10B, $52.65 pps
1) Bitcoin exchange Kraken considers going public after record trading volumes in the first quarter (source)
2) Multi-billion-dollar investment trust backs Kraken ahead listing (source)
3) Kraken said to be raising new funding at over $10 billion valuation (source)
4) Kraken’s Incoming CEO on Jesse Powell’s Departure, IPO Plans and Crypto Winter (source)
Trading at $19— $24 in the secondary market (Dec ‘22)
Verbit IPO (Forecast Q4 ’23)
- Founded Date — 2017 (HQ, NY, US)
- Founders — Kobi Ben Tzvi, Sivan Cohen Pur, Tom Livne
Funding traction, total raised ~$569M
- Series A — 2019 at val. $64.27M, $18.3793 pps
- Series B — Jan 2020 at val. $125M, $29.1869 pps
- Series C — Nov 2020 at val. $290M, $57 pps
- Series D — Jun 2021 at val. $1.07B, $167.1829 pps
- Series E — Nov 2021 at val. $2.08B, $291.07 pps (source, source 2)
1) Verbit is a step closer to its planned IPO in the near future after closing the Series E, Livne said when asked regarding its listing plan. (source)
2) Verbit Eyes an IPO in Next 18 Months, CEO Says (source)
Trading at $195–210 per share in the secondary market (Dec ‘22)
GoPuff IPO (Forecast Q4 ’23 or Q1 ‘24)
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1) After a Boost In Capital, Investors Wonder When goPuff Will Go Public (source)
2) GoPuff raises $1.15 billion at nearly $9 billion valuation from SoftBank, others (source)
Trading at $13— $15 in the secondary market (Dec ‘22)
Shippo IPO or M&A (Forecast Q1 ’24)
- Founded Date — 2013 (SF, CA, US)
- Founders — Laura Behrens Wu, Max M. Diez, Simon Kreuz
Funding traction, total raised ~$155M
- Series A — 2016 at val. $34.94M, $2.9621 pps
- Series B — 2017 at val. $75.45M, $4.1724 pps
- Series C — 2020 at val. $225M, $9.9425 pps
- Series D — 2021 at val. $515M, $19.39 pps
- Series E — 2021 atl val. $1B, $36.018 pps
Trading at $22— $26 in the secondary market (Dec ‘22)
To Be Continued
Who is Victor Koch?
Mr. Koch — serial entrepreneur, wall street worker and late-stage investor specializing in secondary shares.
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