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Optoro IPO

$671.02MM

Series E Valuation, Dec 2021

Completed M&A

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Optoro IPO date and status

2010

Founded

Aug 2025

MA Closed

www.optoro.com

Company details

Optoro was founded in 2010 by Adam Vitarello and Tobin Moore. When discussing the possibility of an IPO, CEO Moore said that the company "plans to keep investing in growth...If an IPO is the best way to do that at some point, we'll consider that for sure." These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.

Optoro is a logistics company that helps businesses resell excess and returned merchandise. The company's flagship product, OptiTurn, allows warehouses to process and manage inventory. The company has appeared on Deloitte's annual Technology Fast 500 list five times. Optoro has raised $366 million in venture capital funding from investors including Franklin Templeton, Revolution Growth, Grotech Ventures, Generation Investment Management, and UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. The company was last valued at $653 million.

optoro.com

Sector

Consumer & Lifestyle

Subsector

E-commerce Software

Founded

2010

Headquarters

Washington, DC, United States

Founders

Adam Vitarello, Tobin Moore

Forge Price ¹

Price not available

Market Activity ²

Limited

Last Matched Price

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Post-Money Valuation ³

$671.02MM

Total Funding

$462.21MM

Last Funding Round

Series E

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Is Optoro a publicly traded company?

Optoro became a public company following its M&A on 08/19/2025 and is now a publicly traded company.

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Will Optoro go IPO?

Optoro became a public company following its M&A on 08/19/2025.

What is Optoro’s IPO price?

The IPO price of Optoro is not currently available.

When was Optoro founded?

Optoro was founded in 2010.

What is Optoro funding to date?

Optoro has raised $462.21MM to date.

Optoro pre-IPO valuation and funding rounds

Funding history chart

Funding round and deals details

	Funding Date	Round	Amount Raised	Price per Share	Post-Money Valuation ³	Key Investors
	12/23/2021	Series E	$100MM	$19.68	$671.02MM	Franklin Templeton Investments, Generation Investment Management, Revolution, Tenfore Holdings, Ups, Volta Circle, Zebra Technologies
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 5,081,552 Liquidation Pref Order 1 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Franklin Templeton Investments, Generation Investment Management, Revolution, Tenfore Holdings, Ups, Volta Circle, Zebra Technologies
	12/20/2016	Series D	$57.14MM	$16.88	$467.73MM	Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maryland Venture Fund, Revolution, Swan & Legend Venture Partners, Tenfore Holdings, Triplepoint Capital, Ups
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 3,385,075 Liquidation Pref Order 2 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maryland Venture Fund, Revolution, Swan & Legend Venture Partners, Tenfore Holdings, Triplepoint Capital, Ups
	12/10/2014	Series C	$50.3MM	$14.50	$343.74MM	Generation Investment Management, Grotech Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Revolution, Swan & Legend Venture Partners, Tenfore Holdings
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 3,469,416 Liquidation Pref Order 3 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Generation Investment Management, Grotech Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Revolution, Swan & Legend Venture Partners, Tenfore Holdings
	11/25/2013	Series B	$25.5MM	$8.00	$149.07MM	Grotech Ventures, Legend Venture Partners, Maryland Venture Fund, Revolution, Swan
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 3,187,500 Liquidation Pref Order 3 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Participating Participation Cap 2 Key Investors Grotech Ventures, Legend Venture Partners, Maryland Venture Fund, Revolution, Swan
	01/11/2013	Series A-1	$7.41MM	$3.26	$42.41MM	Grotech Ventures, Qed Investors, Sjf Ventures
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 2,270,977 Liquidation Pref Order 3 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Participating Participation Cap 3 Key Investors Grotech Ventures, Qed Investors, Sjf Ventures
	01/13/2012	Series A	$2.18MM	$0.82	$6.89MM	Qed Investors, Sjf Ventures
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 2,651,192 Liquidation Pref Order 3 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Participating Participation Cap 3 Key Investors Qed Investors, Sjf Ventures
	01/02/2010	Series Seed	$187,349.52	$0.68	$624,498.40	Joseph Zawadzki, Maryland Department Of Commerce
Price per Share $ xx.xx Shares Outstanding 275,514 Liquidation Pref Order 3 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 7.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Participating Participation Cap 3 Key Investors Joseph Zawadzki, Maryland Department Of Commerce

Optoro IPO news and media highlights

PaymentsJournal 02/13/2019

What Country Has the Highest Online Shopping Return Rate?

Ecommerce return rates have never been bigger, having grown by 95% over the past five years, while return deliveries are estimated to cost businesses

WSJ 02/16/2018

What Stores Do With $90 Billion in Merchandise Returns

Retailers rang up their strongest holiday sales since 2011, but now they have to figure out what to do with an estimated $90 billion in returned apparel, electronics and sporting goods.

www.sustainablebrands.com 02/09/2018

Optoro Releases 2017 Annual Impact Report

Today we are proud to share our 2017 Annual Impact Report which highlights the positive impact we made on our community and environment last year.

WSJ 12/20/2017

UPS Takes a Stake in Retail Returns Specialist Optoro

UPS is taking part in a new funding round for returns technology specialist Optoro and will work with the company on services in a growing area of focus in e-commerce.

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	Discord	$265.87 -$1.10 (0.41%)	$ xx.xx	Series I	$15B	$550.62	$500MM
	Strava	$13.99 -$6.01 (30.05%)	$ xx.xx	Series F-1	$2.2B	$13.99	$50MM
	Shein	Not available	$ xx.xx	Not available	--	--	--
	SeatGeek	Not available	$ xx.xx	Series E	$1.24B	$5.35	$238MM
	SKIMS	Not available	$ xx.xx	Senior	$5B	$403.16	$225MM
	Mammoth Brands	Not available	$ xx.xx	Series F	$2.36B	$18.26	$146.08MM
	Meesho	Not available	$ xx.xx	Series E-1	$3.9B	$56.00	$227MM
	Zazzle	Not available	$ xx.xx	Not available	--	--	--
	Oyo	Not available	$ xx.xx	Not available	--	--	--
	MBX	Not available	$ xx.xx	Series X	$205.32MM	$1.00	$6.5MM

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Anduril	$105.00 -$0.53 (0.50%)	High	$xxx.xx
Databricks	$197.72 +$0.06 (0.03%)	High	$xxx.xx
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