[caiobegotti]

Over half a billion of USD looks like real value to me, I wish I could make that much with vanilla Kubernetes and Helm charts. Let's be respectful for Rancher's fantastic exit.

[techntoke]

They recently when through a Series D round for $75 million, but yet you believe they have half a billion in the bank? They were on their last leg begging for seed money to keep them afloat.

[caiobegotti]

That's a lower estimate of the acquisition based on the info about this deal linked elsewhere in the thread and on the net.

[techntoke]

Did they publicly announce the finances? They wouldn't have sold to SUSE unless their investors were getting desperate for some return.