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IoT data collector Samsara’s IPO will be fun to watch
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Wilhelm" data-source="post: 1021"><p>Happy Friday! The TechCrunch crew is still in a modest period of repose thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we wanted you to have numbers to chew on all the same. So, this morning, we’re taking a brief look at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001642896/000119312521334578/d261594ds1.htm" target="_blank">Samsara’s IPO filing</a>.</p><p></p><hr /><p></p><p><strong><em>The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. </em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Read it <a href="https://techcrunch.com/subscribe/?tpcc=theexchange" target="_blank">every morning on TechCrunch+</a> or get <a href="https://techcrunch.com/newsletters" target="_blank">The Exchange newsletter</a> every Saturday.</em></strong></p><p></p><hr /><p></p><p>You may have heard of Samsara. Founded in 2015, it’s raised more than $900 million during its life as a private company, <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/samsara-2/company_financials" target="_blank">per Crunchbase data</a>, including a <a href="https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/FRANKLIN-RESOURCES-INC-11807/news/Samsara-Networks-Inc-announced-that-it-has-received-700-million-in-funding-from-a-group-of-investo-33866129/" target="_blank">simply massive $700 million round</a> in 2020 that valued Samsara at $5.4 billion.</p><p></p><p>Big bucks for a young company, yes, but does it have the results to back them up?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/subscribe/?tpcc=theexchange" target="_blank"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/exchange-banner-sq-orng-plus.jpg?w=300" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>We’ll find out. But first, we have to talk about what Samsara actually does. And for that, we have to start with a phrase that you haven’t read as much about lately: IoT.</p><p></p><h2>What does Samsara do?</h2><p></p><p>If you are new to a company, reading its IPO filing is always good fun. You get to play a very diverting game — <em>Can the Company Actually Explain What It Does? </em>Most companies cannot.</p><p></p><p>It seems, in many cases, that after seventy-eleven rounds of edits between lawyers, bankers, comms staff, PR pros and executives, how most companies talk about themselves when they go public has been reduced to a lukewarm stew of corporate gibberish.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, this is not the case with Samsara. Its business is actually pretty easy to understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Wilhelm, post: 1021"] Happy Friday! The TechCrunch crew is still in a modest period of repose thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we wanted you to have numbers to chew on all the same. So, this morning, we’re taking a brief look at [URL='https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001642896/000119312521334578/d261594ds1.htm']Samsara’s IPO filing[/URL]. [HR][/HR] [B][I]The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it [URL='https://techcrunch.com/subscribe/?tpcc=theexchange']every morning on TechCrunch+[/URL] or get [URL='https://techcrunch.com/newsletters']The Exchange newsletter[/URL] every Saturday.[/I][/B] [HR][/HR] You may have heard of Samsara. Founded in 2015, it’s raised more than $900 million during its life as a private company, [URL='https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/samsara-2/company_financials']per Crunchbase data[/URL], including a [URL='https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/FRANKLIN-RESOURCES-INC-11807/news/Samsara-Networks-Inc-announced-that-it-has-received-700-million-in-funding-from-a-group-of-investo-33866129/']simply massive $700 million round[/URL] in 2020 that valued Samsara at $5.4 billion. Big bucks for a young company, yes, but does it have the results to back them up? [URL='https://techcrunch.com/subscribe/?tpcc=theexchange'][IMG]https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/exchange-banner-sq-orng-plus.jpg?w=300[/IMG][/URL]We’ll find out. But first, we have to talk about what Samsara actually does. And for that, we have to start with a phrase that you haven’t read as much about lately: IoT. [HEADING=1]What does Samsara do?[/HEADING] If you are new to a company, reading its IPO filing is always good fun. You get to play a very diverting game — [I]Can the Company Actually Explain What It Does? [/I]Most companies cannot. It seems, in many cases, that after seventy-eleven rounds of edits between lawyers, bankers, comms staff, PR pros and executives, how most companies talk about themselves when they go public has been reduced to a lukewarm stew of corporate gibberish. Thankfully, this is not the case with Samsara. Its business is actually pretty easy to understand. [/QUOTE]
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