Holy guacamole!
Texas' homegrown taco chain may spice up growth with $300 million stock offering

Just four months after reeling in an investment of $400 million, Torchy’s Tacos reportedly is pursuing an IPO that would value the company at $1 billion.
Citing unnamed sources, the Bloomberg news service reported March 14 that Austin-based Torchy’s is pondering an IPO — perhaps as soon as this year — that could raise $300 million.
Plans for the IPO haven’t been finalized, though. Torchy’s and its major investors are staying mum about the potential stock offering.
Michael Rypka founded Torchy’s in 2006 as an Austin food truck. Last month, the Austin Business Journalreported the company operated 83 restaurants in the U.S. and was eyeing a total of 100 locations by the end of 2021. It opened its fourth San Antonio location last month.
Torchy’s announced in November that it had collected $400 million in venture capital from private equity firm General Atlantic, the taco chain’s major owner, along with investment firm D1 Capital Partners, investment manager T. Rowe Price, and hedge funds Lone Pine Capital and XN. Rypka and other members of the original ownership group also chipped in money.