Why are people saying this seems like a bad deal? If they really only raised $1.7b, per Crunchbase, then this seems to me like a very good outcome for everyone involved except its late stage investors. And, even for the late stage investors, they're breaking even.
I assume if you put in 100 mn at a 12 bn valuation in the last round, you're either getting 100 back at 1x pref or you're screwing over the common even more? Considering the 12bn round was back in 21, I'd expect most of the employee base to be taking a haircut on the value of their options.
Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
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#12Re: Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
#13Brex last raised $300M in Oct 2021 at a $12.3B valuation.
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#14Chase got it instead, but they are losing it next month because of their shenanigans and greed
Wish crypto hadn't been co-opted by the same people and worse
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#16But all employees after 2021 are underwater. I wonder if they got any relief from management or if they got screwed.
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#17Sold for $5.15B. Brex last raised $300M in Oct 2021 at a $12.3B valuation.
Seems like Capital One is very excited on the deal and announced it earlier while Brex hid the announcement and made it hard to find. (It's on the Brex [0] journal directory, but you cannot see it featured on its front page)
What (really) happened?
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#18They refused my business because I didn't have SV VC money Chase got it instead, but they are losing it next month because of their shenanigans and greed Wish crypto hadn't been co-opted by the same people and worse
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#19The investors all have liquidity preferences so the ones that invested at higher valuations didn't lose any money. But all employees after 2021 are underwater. I wonder if they got any relief from management or if they got screwed.
Re: Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
#20They refused my business because I didn't have SV VC money Chase got it instead, but they are losing it next month because of their shenanigans and greed Wish crypto hadn't been co-opted by the same people and worse
I see you getting downvotes, but can you elaborate a little on what happened? What kind of business did you mean? If you don't want to share more here, you can email me.