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Consumer technology
Apple’s 1978 preferred financing and 1979 private common-stock sale can be traced into its 1980 IPO. Early prices and preferred shares require different conversion factors.
3 documented share scenariosExplore →
E-commerce & cloud
Amazon’s early common-stock investments and Series A preferred financing preceded its 1997 IPO. Preferred shares converted six-for-one, before later public stock splits.
3 documented share scenariosExplore →
Social platforms & AI
Facebook’s prospectus preserves five preferred-stock series and later private common financing before its $38 IPO. Filing series names are retained rather than relabeling them from press accounts.
7 documented share scenariosExplore →
Enterprise software
Salesforce’s IPO filing documents Series A through D share prices, share counts and proceeds, making it a strong private-to-public comparison.
5 documented share scenariosExplore →
Streaming & entertainment
Netflix’s preferred funding history includes a pre-IPO reverse split and anti-dilution adjustments. Different series therefore convert into different numbers of IPO shares.
7 documented share scenariosExplore →
Data analytics & AI
Palantir’s pre-listing charter documents Series A through K issue prices and conversion terms. Its 2020 public debut was a direct listing, so there is no conventional IPO offer price.
12 documented share scenariosExplore →
Search & AI
Google’s 1999 venture raise, preferred-stock terms and 2004 auction IPO are documented. Modern comparisons value GOOGL and the GOOG shares distributed in 2014 separately.
3 documented share scenariosExplore →
Enterprise software
Microsoft’s venture-backed ownership and preferred conversion are documented in its 1986 prospectus. The calculator starts at its $21 IPO because a reliable cash subscription price is not established here.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
AI computing
Follow an IPO share through six stock splits
Split-adjusted IPO calculatorExplore →
Electric vehicles & autonomy
Conversion terms change the result
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterArtificial intelligence
Capitalization and funding terms
3 valuation comparisonsExplore →
Optional prices you enterArtificial intelligence
Funding round valuations
6 valuation comparisonsExplore →
Optional prices you enterAviation services
AAR’s business grew from an aviation-parts enterprise into a listed company. The issuer documents its initial public offering, but not a conventional venture-funding ladder.
Creative software
Adobe’s official history supplies its 1986 IPO date and a rounded split-adjusted IPO price. The calculator presents that reference as approximate rather than inventing a precise private funding price.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Payments
How entry stage changes the IPO outcome
7 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterTravel · historical IPO case
Trace preferred shares to an IPO offer-price mark.
5 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterConsumer footwear
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Entered prices · historical dates onlySemiconductors
AMD was founded in 1969 and first offered public shares in 1972. Its company FAQ documents the original offer and the complete cumulative split factor.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Aviation
Archer’s private financing included founder notes, a seed round and Series A before its Atlas Crest combination. The preferred-share prices and final merger exchange ratio are documented.
2 documented share scenariosExplore →
Payments software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterSemiconductors & infrastructure software
Today’s AVGO investment path begins with Avago’s 2009 IPO. It must not be spliced onto legacy Broadcom Corporation’s different 1998 IPO history.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Enterprise AI
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterAI & semiconductors
Cerebras has a documented preferred-share financing history from Series A through H, followed by its May 2026 IPO. The original issue prices and offering price support a detailed pre-IPO worksheet.
9 documented share scenariosExplore →
Digital infrastructure
Cipher began as a Bitfury-backed mining business and entered the public market through Good Works Acquisition Corp. Its closing financing is documented; a conventional Series A–F ladder is not.
2 documented share scenariosExplore →
Data infrastructure
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Entered prices · historical dates onlyAI infrastructure · Chip cooling
Could chip cooling produce the next unicorn?
Valuation, dilution & share scenariosExplore →
Optional prices you enterMembership retail
Costco’s 1985 IPO and later combination with Price Club follow different share histories. This profile tracks the original Costco shares, not Price Club’s separate investment path.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Online education
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCybersecurity
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterData & artificial intelligence
Reported company values, not share returns
3 valuation comparisonsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCloud monitoring
How entry stage changes the IPO outcome
5 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCloud infrastructure
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterLocal commerce
Share classes and IPO transitions
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCloud software
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterLanguage learning
How entry stage changes the IPO outcome
8 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterAI infrastructure · Grid flexibility software
A $1.05B valuation for making AI power demand flexible.
Valuation, dilution & share scenariosExplore →
Optional prices you enterAI infrastructure · Dispatchable solar
Can stored sunlight power AI after dark?
Valuation, dilution & share scenariosExplore →
Optional prices you enterCustomer service software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterDeveloper tools
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCloud infrastructure
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Entered prices · historical dates onlyEnterprise technology
IBM’s origins are a 1911 consolidation under the Computing-Tabulating-Recording name. A modern Series A–F framework does not describe this corporate history.
Grocery delivery
How entry stage changes the IPO outcome
3 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterSemiconductors
Intel was founded in 1968 and completed an IPO in October 1971. Its early financing is historically important, but aggregate funding does not reveal a verified seed-share entry price.
Transportation
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
9 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterHomebuilding
M/I Homes began homebuilding in 1976 and became a NYSE-listed public company in 1993. Its founder-led private history is different from a modern venture-backed startup.
Payments
Mastercard’s member-bank ownership preceded its 2006 IPO. The public Class A offer gives a documented starting point without treating membership stakes as venture rounds.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Semiconductors
Micron began as a small Boise semiconductor design company, built manufacturing capacity and entered the public market in 1984. The accessible primary history does not disclose a modern-style round-by-round cap table.
Work management software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterPersonal finance
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterEnergy
Oklo used three preferred-share classes and SAFEs before merging with AltC. The filing discloses original issue prices and the conversion into listed common shares.
3 documented share scenariosExplore →
Identity security
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
3 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterWireless & autonomous systems
Ondas Networks became public through a reverse acquisition in 2018. Its later Nasdaq offering should not be mistaken for its first private funding round.
Operations software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterConnected fitness
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterVisual discovery · historical IPO case
A late private round did not guarantee an IPO gain.
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterOnline communities
Compare a late private round, the IPO, and a later price mark.
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterElectric vehicles
How entry stage changes the IPO outcome
6 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterFinancial technology
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
4 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterConnected operations
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterSpace & geospatial
Satellogic’s financing includes venture funding, convertible securities, a SPAC transaction and a Liberty investment. Share-and-warrant packages cannot safely be treated as plain stock purchases.
Cybersecurity
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCloud data
Trace nine preferred-share entries through a documented IPO.
9 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterSpace, connectivity & AI
Follow preferred shares through splits and conversion
14 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterFinancial infrastructure
Reported company values, not share returns
1 valuation comparisonExplore →
Optional prices you enterRestaurants
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterRestaurant technology
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterCommunications software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
3 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterTransportation
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterOnline education
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Entered prices · historical dates onlyConsumer lending technology
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterUniforms & workplace services
Vestis became a separate listed company when Aramark distributed its uniform-services business to shareholders. This path has no conventional standalone IPO purchase price.
Payments
Visa reorganized a member-owned payments network before its 2008 IPO. Public Class A shares are distinct from the pre-IPO membership interests and restricted share classes.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Retail
Walmart’s path was a family-founded retail business followed by its 1970 public offering. Its history does not follow a modern Series A–F venture financing ladder.
1 documented share scenariosExplore →
Enterprise software
From private funding to an IPO offer-price mark
2 IPO share modelsExplore →
Optional prices you enterAI infrastructure · Optical interconnects
The buildout’s data-traffic problem—and a bet on light.
Valuation, dilution & share scenariosExplore →
Optional prices you enterVideo communications
Private share prices and the IPO outcome
1 IPO share modelsExplore →
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Selected historical observations, not a live valuation feed or current listing status. 64 of 76 profiles support sourced calculations. The collection uses filing-sourced issuance prices and IPO offering prices.
We check each figure against the linked issuer announcement, filing, fund disclosure or identified news report. Dates, valuation basis and approximations stay visible. Source verification is not an independent audit, a current valuation or evidence of an investment you could have made. Some profiles contain a single milestone; all coverage is selective.
Only explicitly reviewed paths can be used in a calculation. Valuation comparisons and IPO share models have separate methods. A profile with two numbers is not automatically eligible.
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