funding-round
IPO (1999-01-22)
Metadata
| Source Table | funding_rounds |
| Source ID | MNamY-CXx6 |
| Description | raised $42,000,000, equity |
| Source URL | www.aviewfromthecave.com/when-did-nvidia-go-public/ |
| Parent | NVIDIA |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 24, 2026, 4:44 PM |
| Updated | Mar 24, 2026, 4:44 PM |
| Synced | Mar 24, 2026, 4:44 PM |
Record Data
id | MNamY-CXx6 |
companyId | NVIDIA(organization) |
companyEntityId | NVIDIA(organization) |
companyDisplayName | — |
name | IPO |
date | 1999-01-22 |
raised | 42000000 |
raisedLow | 42000000 |
raisedHigh | 42000000 |
valuation | 600000000 |
valuationLow | 600000000 |
valuationHigh | 600000000 |
instrument | equity |
leadInvestor | — |
leadInvestorEntityId | — |
leadInvestorDisplayName | — |
source | www.aviewfromthecave.com/when-did-nvidia-go-public/ |
notes | NVIDIA went public on NASDAQ (ticker: NVDA) on January 22, 1999 at $12 per share, raising approximately $42 million. The IPO market cap was ~$600 million. |
Source Check Verdicts
confirmed95% confidence
Last checked: 4/12/2026
The source text explicitly confirms all four key fields: (1) name 'IPO' is correct, (2) date of January 22, 1999 is exact match, (3) raised amount of $42 million is explicitly stated as 'approximately $42 million', and (4) valuation of $600 million falls within the 'hundreds of millions' range stated in the source ('market capitalization was measured in the hundreds of millions'). All claims are directly supported by the source text.
Debug info
Thing ID: MNamY-CXx6
Source Table: funding_rounds
Source ID: MNamY-CXx6