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Since then, shares have headed steadily lower. This resulted in an initial valuation of over $41 billion, with shares nearly doubling once again by their November 2021 peak. What happened: User-generated game platform Roblox went public via direct listing in March 2021 under buoyant market conditions. Pre-IPO round: $520 million Series H in January 2021

Shares are now down over 80% from the top, but UiPath shares got a boost recently after a favorable earnings report. The company saw an enthusiastic reception after going public in April 2021, seeing its market cap peak at over $40 billion. What happened: UiPath’s business model combined a lot of tech investor buzzwords, with a SaaS platform employing robotic process automation to boost workforce productivity.

Pre-IPO round: Raised $2 billion in known venture funding over the years, including a $750 million Series F in February 2021. Since then, it’s been mostly down, with the company currently valued far below the $11 billion private valuation secured the year before its IPO. When it debuted on Nasdaq in late July 2021, shares surged initially but peaked shortly after. What happened: Robinhood secured fame and huge VC checks for its zero-fee stock and crypto trading platform. Pre-IPO funding: Raised over $5.5 billion in total private funding, including $3.4 billion announced in February 2021. Shares have fallen sharply since but, buoyed by strong vehicle demand, haven’t collapsed. When the company IPO’d in November 2021, public investors were pretty besotted as well, pushing the company’s initial market cap above $100 billion - higher than GM or Ford. What happened: Plymouth, Michigan-based Rivian, which put the first of its electric pickup trucks on the road a year ago, was a darling of startup investors, counting Amazon, Ford and T. Recent enterprise value 1 : $17.4 billion Pre-IPO funding: Raised $10.7 billion in total private funding, including $5.2 billion in rounds announced in January and July 2021. Below, we take a look at the six largest pre-IPO round recipients and how they’ve fared since going public. How did that turn out? To put it mildly, most underperformed expectations on the public markets. Collectively, funded companies raised more than $16 billion in pre-IPO funding. Per Crunchbase data, venture and growth investors funded over 140 rounds in 2021 for companies that have since gone public.