GitLab was founded in 2013 by Sid Sijbrandij and Dmitriy Zaporozhets. On the company’s strategy website, they have pegged a target IPO date of Wednesday, November 18th, 2020, with the significance of it being “five years after the first people got stock options with 4 years of vesting.” These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.

GitLab Inc. is the owner and developer of a project management platform with the same name. Gitlab has raised over $400 million in Venture Capital funding from investors including Blackrock, Coatue Management, Franklin Templeton, General Catalyst, Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ, Goldman Sachs, GV, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator. Per company press releases, Gitlab last raised $268 million in September 2019 at a post-money valuation of $2.75 billion.

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GitLab has raised $426.31MM to date.

GitLab Funding Rounds and Valuation

Funding History Chart
Funding Round Details
Funding Date Share Class Amount Raised Price per Share Post-Money Valuation Key Investors
09/17/2019 Series E $268.5MM $xx.xx $2.88B Adage Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Altimeter Capital, Blackrock, Capital Group, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Iconiq Capital, Light Street Capital Management, Tiger Global Management, Two Sigma Investments, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
14,412,851
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Adage Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Altimeter Capital, Blackrock, Capital Group, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Iconiq Capital, Light Street Capital Management, Tiger Global Management, Two Sigma Investments, Y Combinator
12/04/2018 Series D $109.6MM $xx.xx $1.12B Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, Gv, Iconiq Capital, Khosla Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
12,511,908
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, Gv, Iconiq Capital, Khosla Ventures
10/09/2017 Series C $22MM $xx.xx $204.3MM Capital Factory, Gv, Telstra Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
12,281,920
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Capital Factory, Gv, Telstra Ventures
08/18/2016 Series B $20MM $xx.xx $90MM August Capital, Inkef Capital, In-Q-Tel, Khosla Ventures, Sound Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
21,108,712
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
August Capital, Inkef Capital, In-Q-Tel, Khosla Ventures, Sound Ventures
08/28/2015 Series A $4.5MM $xx.xx $28.68MM Khosla Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
12,393,248
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Khosla Ventures
07/09/2015 Series Safe A-3 $449,996.00 $xx.xx $17.64MM 500 Startups, Fundersclub, Ilya Sukhar, Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Msd Capital, Paul Holliman, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
1,600,128
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
500 Startups, Fundersclub, Ilya Sukhar, Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Msd Capital, Paul Holliman, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Y Combinator
07/09/2015 Series Safe A-2 $1.15MM $xx.xx $17.64MM 500 Startups, Fundersclub, Ilya Sukhar, Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Msd Capital, Paul Holliman, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
5,111,668
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
500 Startups, Fundersclub, Ilya Sukhar, Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Msd Capital, Paul Holliman, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Y Combinator
03/23/2015 Series Safe A-1 $100,000.00 $xx.xx $17.64MM Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
538,792
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Y Combinator
Updated on: Dec 22, 2024

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