{"id":682735,"date":"2025-08-02T01:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kleiner-perkins-is-having-a-very-good-week\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:30:23","slug":"kleiner-perkins-is-having-a-very-good-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kleiner-perkins-is-having-a-very-good-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even while the tech industry is still fanning its face over Figma\u2019s hot IPO on Thursday, another significant tech IPO occurred this week: Ambiq Micro. On Wednesday, the chip maker for wearable devices saw its shares climb from the initial price of $24 to over $42 on Friday.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one thing both companies have in common: Kleiner Perkins was a major investor. <\/p>\n

So it\u2019s been a very good week for the venerable venture firm. Just for fun, we\u2019ve calculated the value of Kleiner Perkins\u2019 stake in each company.<\/p>\n

Kleiner sold 1,346,499 shares of Figma at the IPO price of $33, Figma disclosed<\/a>, and could have sold as many as 2,756,020 shares at that price if the bankers exercised their option to nab additional shares. Given how much demand outstrip<\/a>ped supply for shares of Figma, we\u2019re going to assume the bankers will, or already have, snapp<\/a>ed up the full tranche.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kleiner still holds 52,364,374 shares of Figma, the company says. Share prices are still fluctuating wildly in heavy trading on Day 2, from about $110 to over $142, but closed Day 1 at $115, so we\u2019ll use that number.<\/p>\n

For Figma: An estimated $91 million returned from share sales and a remaining stake worth more than $6 billion.
(2,756,02 shares at $33 = $90,948,660. 52,364,374 shares at $115 = $6,021,903,010). For perspective this stake in Figma alone is worth 3x the last mega funds the firm raised, which was $2 billion across two vehicles in 2024. By the way, the Kleiner partner who oversaw its investment was Figma board member Mamoon Hamid.<\/p>\n

Ambiq is much smaller company and it was a much smaller IPO. It sold a total of 4 million shares and raised $96 million for itself in its IPO. Existing shareholders are subject to the classic 180 days lock-up before they can sell. Kleiner holds 2,081,831 shares, the company disclosed<\/a>. Shares are still trading at a premium to the IPO price as of Friday and closed Thursday at $43.85. So we\u2019ll use that price.<\/p>\n

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Ambiq stake: $91.3 million (2,081,831 at $43.85 = 91,288,289). <\/p>\n

But wait! There\u2019s more. Kleiner is also having a good month and possibly year (Kleiner has declined comment for this story).<\/p>\n

The firm reportedly scored a decent return earlier this month as part of Google\u2019s deal to license tech from Windsurf and hire away its top talent. We don\u2019t know exactly how much of the $1.1 billion or so VCs obtained from the Windsurf deal went to Kleiner specifically. But TechCrunch\u2019s Marina Temkin reports the total return was about 3x the original funding.<\/p>\n

And at least one more Kleiner-backed company is waiting in the wings to IPO. Fleet tracking startup Motive Technologies raised $150 million led by Kleiner Perkins, with Ilya Fushman joining the board, the company announced<\/a> this week. Bloomberg reported<\/a> in December that Motive is gearing up for an IPO, potentially still in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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