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Ahmed: Whoop raised $400M and reached a $3.6B valuation

Will Ahmed · How I Built Whoop Into A $3.6 BILLION Company (#411) · Jan 26, 2023 · at 5:35

Whoop founder and CEO Will Ahmed discloses the company's total funding raised and valuation.

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“Yeah, we've raised four hundred million. We last raised capital at 3.6 billion dollar valuation.”

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The claim, plainly

Whoop has raised $400 million in total capital and was last valued at $3.6 billion.

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Assessment

Both legs of Will Ahmed's statement on January 26, 2023, are confirmed by company announcements and independent reporting. On August 30, 2021, Whoop announced a $200 million Series F financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $3.6 billion post-money valuation, which was its most recent priced institutional funding round prior to January 2023. That round brought Whoop's total cumulative venture capital raised to approximately $400 million (stated as more than $400 million in official releases and independently reported by outlets such as Fierce Biotech and venture databases).

Whoop official press release (August 30, 2021) announcing a $200M Series F at a $3.6B valuation, bringing total venture capital raised to more than $400M.
Independent reporting from Fierce Biotech and pharmaphorum (August 31, 2021) corroborating cumulative funding of approximately $400M and a $3.6B valuation.
Venture database records (Crunchbase, Tracxn) confirming the August 2021 Series F was Whoop's last priced funding round prior to January 26, 2023.

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[1] whoop.com [2] tracxn.com [3] whoop.com [4] pharmaphorum.com [5] fiercehealthcare.com [6] crunchbase.com [7] sacra.com [8] revenuememo.com

Whoop funding Series F 3.6 billion 400 million valuation SoftBank August 2021 Whoop total funding raised Pitchbook Crunchbase 400 million 3.6 billion

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