Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

Oura plans to offer 50 million shares in an IPO priced between $40 and $44, seeking up to $2.2 billion. Most of the shares being sold—36.5 million—come from existing investors, with venture firm Forerunner Ventures intending to divest its entire 9.3% stake.

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Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

Why It Matters

The filing shows the offering functions largely as a liquidity event for prior backers rather than a capital raise for Oura, with the company expecting to use nearly all of its IPO proceeds to cover tax obligations tied to employee share vesting.

Key Facts

Shares being offered: 50 million
Price range per share: $40 to $44
Shares sold by existing shareholders: 36.5 million (about two-thirds of total)
Proceeds if listed at $42 (midpoint) — total: About $2.1 billion
Proceeds to shareholders at $42: About $1.53 billion (before fees/taxes)

Oura, the maker of the Oura smart ring, has updated its IPO filing to show an offering of 50 million shares at a proposed price range of $40 to $44 each. Existing shareholders are placing 36.5 million of those shares on the block, leaving 13.5 million shares being sold by the company itself. At the $42 midpoint of the price range, that split would translate to roughly $1.53 billion in proceeds for selling shareholders and about $567 million for Oura, before underwriting fees and expenses. A single investor accounts for the bulk of the secondary sales: Forerunner Ventures plans to sell its entire roughly 9.3% holding of about 28.7 million shares, which would generate roughly $1.20 billion at the $42 midpoint prior to fees and taxes. Forerunner first backed Oura in the company’s $28 million Series B in 2020, according to PitchBook, and its shares represent nearly 80% of the existing-holder portion of the current offering. Oura’s filing indicates the company is not treating the IPO primarily as a fundraising exercise. At the $42 midpoint Oura expects net proceeds of about $532.6 million and intends to use approximately $526.4 million of that to settle accumulated tax obligations tied to employee share grants that vest on the IPO. That would leave roughly $6.2 million for general corporate purposes. The company also reported about $372 million in cash on hand at the end of June. The offering arrives as Oura reports rapid subscription growth and an expanding membership business. Membership revenue more than doubled to $240.5 million and carried an 89% gross margin; subscriptions are expected to reach about 5.7 million paying members by the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, nearly double the prior year. Hardware sales remained the larger revenue source at $974 million. If Oura prices at the top of the range, the company could have an initial market capitalization near $14.1 billion. PitchBook shows Oura has raised about $2.06 billion to date, including a $900 million round in October 2025 that valued the company at about $11 billion.