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Simons: Atlassian never raised institutional balance sheet capital pre-IPO

Jay Simons · Jay Simons, President @ Atlassian - The Inside Story Through IPO · Jul 7, 2017 · at 6:51

Jay Simons, President of Atlassian, discusses the company's pre-IPO funding history and approach to capital.

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“Atlassian had been bootstrapped from the very beginning, had never raised institutional capital on its balance sheet. So we did two secondary rows, second, two secondary rounds. You know, one with Excel in, ah, 2010, and one with T. Rowe Price. In 2013.”

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The claim, plainly

Atlassian was bootstrapped from the beginning and never raised institutional capital onto its balance sheet, executing only two secondary rounds: one with Accel in 2010 and one with T. Rowe Price in 2013.

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Assessment

Jay Simons correctly asserted the core capital structure history of Atlassian: the company bootstrapped from AU$10,000 in credit card debt in 2002, funded growth via organic cash flows without taking primary institutional capital onto its balance sheet prior to its December 2015 IPO, and executed exactly two pre-IPO institutional secondary rounds. Furthermore, the first secondary transaction was accurately identified as the July 2010 sale to Accel Partners ($60M). However, the claim is graded partially true because the second secondary transaction occurred in March–April 2014 (not 2013 as stated) and was co-invested by Dragoneer Investment Group alongside lead investor T. Rowe Price.

SEC Form F-1 filed November 9, 2015, confirms Atlassian took no primary institutional capital onto its balance sheet prior to its December 2015 IPO.
The first secondary round was completed with Accel Partners on July 14, 2010, for $60 million without proceeds entering the balance sheet.
The second secondary round occurred in March–April 2014 (totaling $149.7 million led by T. Rowe Price alongside Dragoneer Investment Group), rather than in 2013.

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[1] freemalta.com [2] investsmart.com.au [3] sec.gov [4] tracxn.com [5] venturecapitaljournal.com [6] getlatka.com [7] businessinsider.com [8] avcj.com

"Atlassian Corporation Plc" "Form F-1" "T. Rowe Price" "Accel" Atlassian funding history primary secondary Accel T Rowe Price "Atlassian" "T. Rowe Price" "Dragoneer" "2014" OR "2013" Atlassian Form F 1 IPO prospectus Accel 2010 secondary Atlassian secondary share sale 2014 T Rowe Price "Atlassian" "T. Rowe Price" "2013" OR "2014" secondary

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