Cybersecurity startup Wiz said this week: Raised $1 billion in funding round It is led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital.
The success of the Israeli-American company’s latest fundraising effort is a sign that an IPO is on the horizon, but CEO and co-founder Assaf Rappaport said he is in no rush to do so.
“Our goal is to eventually become a publicly traded company.” he told Reuters. “There is no pressure to go public and there is no need to raise further capital,” he added on Tuesday. So you can time your IPO when you feel ready and when the market is ready. ”
That timing may come sooner or later, so Tech IPOs are back. The biggest IPO of 2024 so far was a luxury cruise line viking, many technology startups have successfully made their debut. For that, reddit, Microsoft-backed Rubrik, consumer rebate platform Ibottaand AI startup Astera Labs.and Reddit reports revenue that beats Wall Street expectations Shares soared 15% on Tuesday. These successes could help turn what’s been called the “mini-tech IPO window” into something bigger.
Wiz’s $12 billion valuation is nearly double that of Reddit at the time of its IPO, and more than double that of other major tech IPOs this year.
Wiz has been a major acquirer of other tech startups and plans to remain acquisitive. april company Acquired Gem Security and have Plans to acquire another cloud security startup, Lacework.
Wiz says Customers include approximately 40% of Fortune 100 companies.
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