Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs. Today it IPO’d at $14.5B

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One of the year’s most anticipated IPOs took place on Thursday when neobank Chime raised $864 million in its IPO, pricing its shares at $27, which is above its previously announced range of $24 to $26. That gave it a starting market cap of about $9.8 billion.
While some would point out…

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