Ashton Kutcher was looking at GitLab long before Wall Street noticed it. In July 2015, GitLab announced a $1.5 million seed round. Sound Ventures, the investment firm co-founded by Kutcher, was among the backers. Six years later, GitLab entered the Nasdaq at a valuation of roughly $11 billion.
The numbers suggest a Hollywood jackpot. One crucial detail remains private. Neither GitLab nor Sound Ventures disclosed the size of the firm’s investment.