For a decade, Oxylabs did things the Lithuanian way: heads down, no outside money and profitable from day one.
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August 5, 2026
After a decade of turning down VCs, Oxylabs hits $3.6bn valuation: 'Right timing, right partner'
The Lithuanian data infrastructure company took its first outside money from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6bn valuation. CEO Vytautas Savickas and CFO Jurgis Rudgalvis explain why
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