Lime was founded in 2017 by Toby Sun and Brad Bao. TechCrunch reported in September 2023 that Lime is eyeing a potential IPO. CEO Wayne Ting spoke to TechCrunch saying: “we have the economics, the growth, the profitability to take Lime public hopefully as soon as the market permits.”
Lime is a transportation company that provides an operated network of bikes and scooters. Per Forge data, Lime raised $1.5 billion in funding over 11 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 5, 2021. Key investors include Uber, Bain Capital Ventures, Google Ventures, Croatue, Rainbow Technologies, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, and Fifth Wall.
These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.
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Date | Funding Round | Funding Raised | Price per Share | Last Known Valuation |
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2/6/2019 | Series D | $310MM raised | $XXX.XX | $XXX.XX |
8/20/2018 | Series C | $335.1MM raised | $XXX.XX | $XXX.XX |
2/16/2018 | Series B | $87.36MM raised | $XXX.XX | $XXX.XX |
4/6/2017 | Series A and A-1 | $12.51MM raised | $XXX.XX | $XXX.XX |