The founder of Peloton had a hard time raising VC—and now his company’s worth $4.1B
Kate Clark August 03, 2018 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-founder-of-peloton-had-a-hard-time-raising-vcand-now-his-companys-worth-4b
In the fiscal year ending next February, the company is expected to bring in $700 million in revenue, a 100% YoY growth rate, per The Wall Street Journal. And Foley says he plans to take the company public next year.
Venture capitalists, however, didn’t have much faith in the business in the beginning. “In the plans that I pitched to the investors … I said, ‘I am going to take over the world’ and for the first three years, they said, ‘Sure you are, no thanks.’ The institutional investors wouldn’t give me money,” Foley said. In Peloton’s first three years, Foley and his team resorted to angel funding as VCs turned their backs on the business. Even today, with the company’s success, he said he was very relieved to have closed the latest round.
Posted on August 6, 2018