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Bolt

Fintech (checkout/payments)USA
✂️ Markdown
Peak $11 BillionToday
~-97%
from peak
  1. 🦄
    Became a unicorn
    2021
  2. 📈
    Peak valuation
    $11 Billion ’22
  3. 💔
    Became a Unitard
    ~2024
  4. 💸
    Last valuation
    ~$330M
Current status
~$300M implied (secondary/buyback 2024)

How it happened

Bolt is a U.S. fintech offering one-click checkout and payments technology for online merchants, peaking at a ~$11B valuation in 2022. Slowing growth, leadership turmoil, and investor disputes eroded its standing. Secondary-market transactions and a 2024 share buyback implied a valuation of only around $300M, roughly 97% below peak. (Distinct from the Estonian ride-hailing firm Bolt.)

Source: Wikipedia/Crunchbase; distinct from Estonian Bolt