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Neobank Chime’nin One of the most expected iPo of the year earned $ 864 million in IPO, its above $ 27, its price increased from $ 27 previously declared From $ 26 to $ 26 to $ 26. This gave the start market cover of about $ 9.8 billion.
Some, according to Pitchbook’s assessments, when indicating that the last private estimate is the last of the latter, Shares opened from $ 42, in heavy trade Noon in 14.5According to Yahoo Finance. He closed the day of $ 37 and a $ 12 billion market lid. This is still high in Yesteryear, but retail investors had a healthy response.
The hungry response is mainly due to some impressive financial reason. Cymar declare In 2023, $ 1.3 billion and $ 1.7 billion in 2024. In 2023, 2023 dollars between $ 2023, $ 203 million, $ 2025 will not be in black because it is in the growth.
Again, no founder travel is always and right, and it’s especially true for chime. The company had a share of its struggles, Like the floor in 2022 and fighting with regulators in 2021 He calls himself “Bank”.
But the biggest struggle of all, B was when he died before raising a number of B.
“We set up a company in 2012, and the first, for five or six years, the opinion of convincing investors, the way I was expected,” Co-founder Ryaman King and “Techcrunch (currently the board and the main shareholder).
“Specifically, in particular, we tried to raise an extension to our series series, and 100 investors, maybe there are more and more,” he said.
The lawn was almost money left money at this point. He and his co-founder and CEO Chris Britt still believed in the mission: an online banking experience, which is aimed at the working class, and replace money for users. For example, Chime does not fill overdraft fees and offers credit building tools such as “credit cards” cash.
However, VC tried to be broken after VC looked at a very regulated industry, and until this time, the tension has grew and passed.
King remembers a technique about how the founders were established Robinity had 50 to 75 investorsAnd there are only a few times, he mocks himself, “I’m taking 50 in a week,” he said.
So what happened to save Chime? The only seed investor said Yes: Lauren Kolodny, then partner in aspect institutions, the co-founder of the master’s capital today. KOLODNY LED CHIME’S $ 9 million to extend.
“He really took a bet on Chris and me and believed in our passion and effort and attitude.” “It was the only term we had in this time.” It remained such a great support to the podium to play the opening call in Nasdaq.
In this inspection, Chime reached $ 21 million. The Britt and the king would continue to raise the estimates of about $ 2.65 billion as a private company and Pitchbook. A few years later, Iconiq will be followed by VCS.
Meanwhile, Kolodny saved the company by purchasing 26 cents for a share Disclosure of the company stock prices of private periods. Thus, the evaluation of many billions of billions on Thursday landed, he still wins. (ColoDny did not respond immediately to the request for comment.)
Again, icing in the cake’s cake for the king came during the road show where institutional investors are located to buy iPo shares.
The personality protector by the security guard by the personality protector, a white-betting building, which looks like a “billions” from the HBO show, the guard saw Brittin Chime card in the wallet.
“And the security officer is said:” Oh, I see that chime card. “And she wins us.” Founders, whether Chime is a client and the guard replied: “Verification and deposits, baby!” He gave the founders a high five.
