Commitments and Contingencies
Letters of Credit
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had standby letters of credit in the aggregate amount of $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively, related to office space leases. The Company’s restricted cash was previously held as of December 31, 2024 to secure $0.4 million of the balance of the letters of credit, and the remainder was collateralized by our 2024 Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025, due to the expiration of the related office space lease, the restricted cash balance was zero.
Tax Reserves
We conduct operations in many tax jurisdictions. In some of these jurisdictions, non-income-based taxes, such as sales and other indirect taxes, may be assessed on our operations. There is uncertainty and judgment as to the taxability of the Company’s services and what constitutes sufficient presence for a jurisdiction to levy such taxes.
The Company records tax reserves in other current liabilities on the balance sheets when they become probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, tax reserves were immaterial. Due to the estimates involved in the analysis, the Company expects that the liability will change over time and could exceed the current estimate. The Company may also be subject to examination by the relevant state taxing authorities.
Purchase Commitments
The Company has non-cancelable purchase obligations which relate to minimum commitments with certain third-party publishers and other contractual commitments primarily with software as a service providers and marketing vendors in the ordinary course of business.
As of December 31, 2025, future minimum payments with a remaining term in excess of one year under these non-cancelable purchase obligations were as follows:
| | | | | |
| Fiscal Year | In thousands |
| 2026 | $ | 38,356 | |
| 2027 | 32,681 | |
| 2028 | 26,239 | |
| 2029 | 22,612 | |
| 2030 | 19,010 | |
| Thereafter | — | |
| Total | $ | 138,898 | |
Legal Proceedings
On April 17, 2025, a putative securities class action complaint, captioned Fortune v. Ibotta, Inc., et al., No. 25-cv-01213-NYW, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Company, certain of its current and former officers and directors, and the underwriters of the Company's initial public offering. On May 21, 2025, a second putative securities class action complaint, captioned Valentine v. Ibotta, Inc., et al., No. 25-cv-01615-NYW, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the same defendants. On July 31, 2025, the court consolidated the two cases and appointed a lead plaintiff, purported Ibotta shareholder Mark Tcherkezian, in the consolidated action. On October 15, 2025, lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint against the same defendants alleging claims under Securities Act §§ 11, 12(a), and 15, Exchange Act §§ 10(b), 20(a), and 20A, and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. We intend to defend the case vigorously. We are unable to estimate a range of loss, if any, that could result were there to be an adverse final outcome in this action. If an unfavorable outcome were to occur, it is possible that the impact could be material to our results of operations in the period(s) in which any such outcome becomes probable and estimable.
Additionally, in the ordinary course of its business, the Company may be involved in various legal proceedings involving contractual and employment relationships, patent or other intellectual property rights, and a variety of other matters. We are not presently a party to any other litigation the outcome of which, we believe, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. Defending any legal proceedings is costly and can impose a significant burden on management and employees. The results of any current or future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.