Via 101: Please Fasten Your Seatbelts
Via began as a shared-ride service in this city, which also shares its talent for unpredictable travel times?
What is New York City
The cities and countries that Via visited during the IPO process – the itinerary that made them platinum airline and hotel members?
What is New York City, Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Scotland, and Israel
What day was this picture taken and Via officially joined the world of public companies?
What is Friday, September 12
What is the inital prepaid flat fee Via charge for its standard starting fare.
What is $5
How many percentage points did Via improve its operating margin from Q2 2024 to Q2 2025?
What is 10 ppts
The offering size (post-greenshoe) – enough for a lifetime supply of coffee (Or Clara’s diet cokes) but probably better spent increasing capitalization and financial flexibility
What is $555 Million
The Via team is known for their close nit bond and there no better way to show that then matching tattoos. Based on the #1 most-asked question by investors on the business model mix, what would their tattoo say?
What is software and service
How many investors did Via meet with across TTW and roadshow meetings before learning that "fragmented, legacy, and siloed" describes both public transit and bankers' calendars?
What is 115+
Let them eat cake! What is tastier than cake -- is a cake shaped as a [____] that was had at Via’s pricing
What is a Bus
What is Clara favorite beverage (and most likely already had three tonight)?
What is a Diet Coke
This firm decided to “go big or go home” and ended up with an allocation of $99.82 million
What is Wellington Management
How many additional shares could VIA's underwriters buy if they suddenly got FOMO (fear of missing out) during the IPO
What is $1.6 Million
Via’s secret sauce that decides how multiple riders, traffic, and routes mix into a smooth trip
What is Dynamic Routing
What was the median household income increase since Via's launch in Wilson, North Carolina
What is 19%
How many shares did Via offer in its IPO, enough to make the spreadsheets cry, Skadden sigh, and Clara to do a happy dance (post greenshoe)
What is 12 million shares
(12,072,521 to be exact)