Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

Forerunner Ventures plans to sell its entire stake in Oura for as much as $1.26 billion, according to Oura's latest IPO filing. Smart ring maker Oura is looking to raise as much as $2.2 billion in its upcoming IPO, but it looks like its current investors will be the ones making money in the process. According to the company’s updated IPO filing, Oura and its shareholders are together offering 50 million shares at a price range of $40 to $44 each. But most of the IPO’s proceeds will go to shareholders, who are offering 36.5 million shares, or almost two-thirds of the total. If the company lists at $42 per share, the midpoint of the price range, that would result in proceeds of about $1.53 billion for the shareholders and $567 million for the company, before fees and expenses.

The bulk of that will go to Forerunner Ventures, the company’s second-largest shareholder. The venture firm plans to sell its entire 9.3% stake of about 28.7 million shares for about $1.20 billion (assuming the shares list at $42) before underwriting fees and taxes. Forerunner’s shares account for nearly 80% of the shares being sold by existing shareholders in the deal. Forerunner first invested in Oura in the company’s 2020 $28 million Series B round, according to PitchBook. Meanwhile, Oura doesn’t look