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As someone who knows admittedly knows nothing about startup funding rounds, how many more rounds of funding can they do before an IPO? Is it effectively infinite?
As someone who knows admittedly knows nothing about startup funding rounds, how many more rounds of funding can they do before an IPO? Is it effectively infinite?
I believe the canonical example is Databricks on round L
As someone who knows admittedly knows nothing about startup funding rounds, how many more rounds of funding can they do before an IPO? Is it effectively infinite?
Having been through an IPO before, it was good for employee liquidity, but bad for the culture and long-term success of the company.
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I believe the canonical example is Databricks on round L
I believe Databricks series L round raised $4B in late 2025, but earlier this year they raised another $5B so technically they've maybe completed series M round and are "on" series N round now? The press releases are a bit confusing to me.
As someone who knows admittedly knows nothing about startup funding rounds, how many more rounds of funding can they do before an IPO? Is it effectively infinite?
Effectively infinite. Databricks is a good example. They're still private after 13 years and closed a Series L round last year. Stripe is similar. Having been through an IPO before, it was good for employee liquidity, but bad for the culture and long-term success of the company.
As someone who knows admittedly knows nothing about startup funding rounds, how many more rounds of funding can they do before an IPO? Is it effectively infinite?
Effectively infinite. Databricks is a good example. They're still private after 13 years and closed a Series L round last year. Stripe is similar. Having been through an IPO before, it was good for employee liquidity, but bad for the culture and long-term success of the company.
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I can have $47B in revenue if I sell something that cost $80B to produce ez pz.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Effectively infinite. Databricks is a good example. They're still private after 13 years and closed a Series L round last year. Stripe is similar. Having been through an IPO before, it was good for employee liquidity, but bad for the culture and long-term success of the company.
so how do stripe employees get liquidity? can anyone sell their secondary shares?