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What Happened to Nextdoor Holdings?

Ticker: KINDSPAC Year: 2021Merger: 2021

Return

-82.0%

Current Price

$1.8

Peak Price

$17

Trust Size

$415M

Summary

Neighborhood social network went public via Khosla Ventures SPAC at $4.3B. Crashed 90% as advertising revenue growth stalled and user engagement disappointed.

What Happened

Nextdoor merged with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Corp II in November 2021. The hyper-local social network connects neighbors for recommendations, safety alerts, and local commerce. It had 33M weekly active users but struggled to monetize — local advertising is a brutally competitive market dominated by Google and Facebook. Revenue grew slowly while losses mounted. Stock crashed from $17 to under $2.

Key People

Sarah FriarCEO— Ex-Square CFO, hired to scale the business
Vinod KhoslaSPAC Sponsor— Legendary VC, Sun Microsystems co-founder

Timeline

2021-07

SPAC merger announced

2021-11

Merger completed

2022-06

Stock falls 70%

2023-03

Layoffs, cost cutting

2025-01

Stock under $2

Risk Indicators

⚖ïļ Class Action Lawsuit