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TechCrunch Mobility: Lime’s IPO gamble
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- After years of hints and preparation, the Uber-backed electric bike and scooter rental startup Lime filed for an initial public offering.
- Lime CEO Wayne Ting has been talking about an IPO for years.
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After years of hints and preparation, the Uber-backed electric bike and scooter rental startup Lime filed for an initial public offering. A micromobility company going public? In 2026? Surely it’s the wrong year.
Lime CEO Wayne Ting has been talking about an IPO for years. Tech Crunch spoke to him about it in 2020, 2021, and 2023. It never materialized and I sort of forgot about it, until — boom — the S-1 doc, the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, posted early Friday morning.
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