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.
Funding Date | Share Class | Amount Raised | Price per Share | Post-Money Valuation | Key Investors | |
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02/06/2019 | Series D | $310MM | $xx.xx | $250.55B | Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Bling Capital, Coatue, Dcm, Fidelity Investments, Fifth Wall, Fj Labs, Ggv Capital, Gic, Gr Capital, Gsv Capital, Gv, Ivp, St. Augustine Partners | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
1,278,350,515
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Bling Capital, Coatue, Dcm, Fidelity Investments, Fifth Wall, Fj Labs, Ggv Capital, Gic, Gr Capital, Gsv Capital, Gv, Ivp, St. Augustine Partners
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08/20/2018 | Series C | $335.1MM | $xx.xx | $124.41B | Alphabet, Alpha Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Ascolta Ventures, Atel Capital Group, Atomico, Basis Set Ventures, Bmw I Ventures, Coatue Management, Fidelity Management & Research, Fifth Wall Ventures, Ggv Capital, Gic Private, Green Bay Ventures, Gv, Ivp, Moving Capital, Uber | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
1,832,747,945
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Alphabet, Alpha Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Ascolta Ventures, Atel Capital Group, Atomico, Basis Set Ventures, Bmw I Ventures, Coatue Management, Fidelity Management & Research, Fifth Wall Ventures, Ggv Capital, Gic Private, Green Bay Ventures, Gv, Ivp, Moving Capital, Uber
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02/16/2018 | Series B | $87.36MM | $xx.xx | $26B | Ame Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Cbre Group (Los Angeles), Coatue Management, Dcm Ventures, Equity Residential, Fifth Wall Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments, Ggv Capital, Hines Corporation, Host Hotels & Resorts, Imo Ventures, Lennar, Macerich, Ngp Capital, Prologis, Rainbow Technologies, Section 32, Startx, The Durant Company | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
1,305,511,387
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Ame Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Cbre Group (Los Angeles), Coatue Management, Dcm Ventures, Equity Residential, Fifth Wall Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments, Ggv Capital, Hines Corporation, Host Hotels & Resorts, Imo Ventures, Lennar, Macerich, Ngp Capital, Prologis, Rainbow Technologies, Section 32, Startx, The Durant Company
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04/06/2017 | Series A-1 | $510,132.00 | $xx.xx | $3.02B | Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, Dcm Ventures, Decent Capital, Free Wu, Gang Wang, Idg Capital, Immersion Ventures, Jason Zeng, Stanford University Venture Fund, Uphonest Capital | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
172,932,100
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, Dcm Ventures, Decent Capital, Free Wu, Gang Wang, Idg Capital, Immersion Ventures, Jason Zeng, Stanford University Venture Fund, Uphonest Capital
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04/06/2017 | Series A | $12MM | $xx.xx | $4.22B | Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, Dcm Ventures, Decent Capital, Free Wu, Gang Wang, Idg Capital, Immersion Ventures, Jason Zeng, Stanford University Venture Fund, Uphonest Capital | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
747,164,100
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, Dcm Ventures, Decent Capital, Free Wu, Gang Wang, Idg Capital, Immersion Ventures, Jason Zeng, Stanford University Venture Fund, Uphonest Capital
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