Pre-IPO Sector News

September 22, 2021

  • Last week, Airwallex raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation.

  • Byju’s acquired Tynker, a coding platform for kids.

  • Canva raised $200 million at a $40 billion valuation.

  • Discord raised $500 million at a $15 billion valuation.

  • ForgeRock raised $275 million in its IPO at a $1.98 billion valuation.

  • GitLab filed its S1 for its upcoming IPO.

  • GrubMarket raised $120 million at a $1.12 billion valuation.

  • SpaceX completed its milestone Inspiration4 mission which orbited the Earth on a Crew Dragon spacecraft with an all-civilian crew.

The news articles and links presented below are available for your reference.

AIRWALLEX

“Airwallex Raises $200M at a $4B Valuation to Double Down on Business Banking”

BYJU’S

“Byju’s Buys Coding Site Tynker to Beef up US Expansion”

CANVA

“Canva Raises At $40 Billion Valuation — Its Founders Are Pledging Away Most Of Their Wealth”

DISCORD

“Chat App Discord Is Worth $15 Billion After New Funding”

FORGEROCK

“ForgeRock to go Public as IPO Prices Above The Expected Range, Valuing Company at Nearly $2 Billion”

GITLAB

“GitLab Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering”

GRUBMARKET

“GrubMarket Gobbles up $120M at a $1B+ Pre-money Valuation to Take on the Food Supply Chain”

SPACEX

“SpaceX's Inspiration4 Private All-civilian Orbital Mission: Live Updates”

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