Cerebras IPO returned billions to early VCs

Benchmark, Foundation, and Eclipse turned early Cerebras checks into multibillion-dollar stakes, showing how one hardware IPO can return entire funds

Cerebras IPO is a fund returner for early VCs several times over. Benchmark’s $3.26 billion stake at offering price cost $268 million; Foundation got $2.83 billion on $36.8 million invested, Eclipse turned $145.4 million into $2.49 billion.

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