GitLab didn’t disclose the phrases of its providing. The corporate was final valued at $6 billion after a secondary share sale in January, in accordance with startup knowledge platform PitchBook.
In accordance with the submitting, GitLab generated income of $108.1 million for the six months ended July 31, a rise of 69% year-over-year. Nevertheless, it incurred a internet lack of $69 million in the identical interval, in contrast with $43.6 million a 12 months earlier.
GitLab creates on-line instruments to scale back the software program growth cycle by permitting groups to collaborate and work collectively. Trade leaders akin to Nvidia Corp., Siemens AG and Goldman Sachs are amongst its prospects, in accordance with the corporate’s web site.
The corporate, whose complete workforce of 1,350 in over 65 nations has been working remotely since its inception in 2014, started as an open-source venture three years previous to that.
Over the previous few years, GitLab’s valuation has surged several-fold and the corporate has raised capital from massive traders akin to Altimeter Capital, Franklin Templeton, TCV and Coatue Administration. To date, GitLab has raised over $400 million in exterior funding.
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In an interview with Reuters, GitLab cofounder Sid Sijbrandij had mentioned the corporate was planning to go public in 2020. These plans had been delayed, with the corporate deciding to go public a 12 months later as an alternative.
GitLab plans to listing on the Nasdaq below the image “GTLB”.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and BofA Securities are the lead underwriters for the IPO. Legislation companies Fenwick & West LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP are advisors on the deal.