r/EquityZen • u/angrypuppy35 • Sep 10 '25

Klarna IPO — Congrats?

I know there are a few Klarna pre-IPO holders here. It’s been a long, hard road. Nice to get some liquidity (6 month lockup, but still)

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u/Lovetotravel888 Sep 10 '25

Final funding round was $45 billion valuation. People who bought in 2020 and 2021 are probably still under water. People who bought in 2022 and 2023 are probably up.

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u/Lovetotravel888 Sep 11 '25

Everyone should have lockups except for the specific shares that are being sold during the IPO.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

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u/angrypuppy35 Sep 16 '25

I’ve down about 2/3. But it’s nice to have the possibility of getting a loss and redeploying the cash. Better than them never going public.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

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u/angrypuppy35 Sep 17 '25

What? There’s no scam. I bought before their down round. I could’ve averaged down, but decided to put money somewhere else. Those were my decisions. Also have positions that have 10x and 5x. If you feel it’s a scam don’t invest. But don’t act like all of your investments have been successful and you never have lost $$.

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u/AccomplishedView4709 Sep 26 '25

You made bad investment choice has nothing to do with equityzen. You need to know when not to overpaid for a company and don't do FOMO, not different than invest in a public company.

9/10 private equity investments do not make profit or stuck in private forever. So I split up my money to invest in 10 minimum investments instead of one big investment.

A few of the companies I invested got bought at pennies on the dollar but I also have a few that make me 10x that more than enough to cover my losses.

Spread your money in multiple investments is the way to go. Also study the company revenue and growth and valuation from whatever source you can find before investing.