Via shrugs off tepid open to end first day of trading slightly above IPO price | TechCrunch

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News Summary
- Via raised about $328 million in its IPO, while existing shareholders sold another $164 million worth of stock.
- Via initially launched in 2012 by deploying Via-branded shuttles that users could hail.
- Now that tech is its core business, it sells to 689 cities and transit agencies to power their microtransit.
- The company expects to earn around $429 million in revenue in 2025, a projection based on its quarterly revenue times four.
- But the company is still in the red, though that loss is shrinking.
Investors took a cautious approach to transit software startup Vias IPO on Friday, with shares opening below the companys IPO price before recovering at end the day slightly higher.The company, wh [+2785 chars]