We are externally managed by RGC, an investment adviser that has registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Administrator, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RGC, provides all the administrative services necessary for us to operate.
In October 2015, in connection with our formation, we issued and sold 1,667 shares of common stock to R. David Spreng, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. The sale of shares of common stock was approved by the unanimous consent of the sole director at the time. On December 1, 2017, we completed our Initial Private Offering, in which we issued 18,241,157 shares of our common stock to stockholders for a total purchase price of $275,000,000 in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and other applicable securities laws.
As of March 31, 2022, we had completed multiple closings under our second private offering (the “Second Private Offering”) and had accepted aggregate capital commitments of $181,673,500. As of March 31, 2022, in connection with the Second Private Offering we have issued 9,617,379 shares of our common stock for a total purchase price of $144,260,683. Concurrent with the IPO, all undrawn commitments under the Second Private Offering were cancelled.
On October 25, 2021, we closed our IPO, issuing 6,850,000 shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $14.60 per share. Net of underwriting fees and offering costs, we received net cash proceeds of $93.0 million. Our common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RWAY” on October 21, 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, we have issued 22,564 shares as an additional direct investment by Runway Growth Holdings LLC, an affiliate of RGC, for a total purchase price of $338,453. As of March 31, 2022, we have issued an additional 6,647,847 shares as part of our dividend reinvestment plan. Refer to Note 6 for further detail.
On August 10, 2020, we, RGC, and certain other funds and accounts sponsored or managed by RGC and/or its affiliates were granted an order (the “Order”) that permits us greater flexibility than the 1940 Act permits to negotiate the terms of co-investments if the Board determines that it would be advantageous for us to co-invest with other accounts sponsored or managed by RGC or its affiliates in a manner consistent with our investment objective or criteria, positions, policies, strategies and restrictions as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors. We believe that the ability to co-invest with similar investment structures and accounts sponsored or managed by RGC or its affiliates will provide additional investment opportunities and the ability to achieve greater diversification. Under the terms of the Order, a majority of our independent directors are required to make certain determinations in connection with a co-investment transaction, including that (1) the terms of the proposed transaction are reasonable and fair to us and our stockholders and do not involve overreaching of us or our stockholders on the part of any person concerned and (2) the transaction is consistent with the interests of our stockholders and is consistent with our investment objective, criteria, positions, policies, strategies and restrictions as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors.
In addition, pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC on April 8, 2020 and applicable to all BDCs with exemptive orders, through December 31, 2020, we were permitted, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to co-invest in our existing portfolio companies with certain affiliates that are private funds even if such other funds had not previously invested in such existing portfolio company. Without this order, such affiliated funds that are private funds would not be able to participate in such co-investments with us unless the affiliated funds had previously acquired securities of the portfolio company in a co-investment transaction with us. Although the conditional exemptive order expired on December 31, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management indicated that until March 31, 2022, it would not recommend enforcement action, to the extent that any BDC with an existing co-investment order continued to engage in certain transactions described in the conditional exemptive order, pursuant to the same terms and conditions described therein.
In connection with the expiration of the conditional exemptive order, the Division of Investment Management has indicated that, although BDCs would not be able to rely on the conditional exemptive order subsequent to March 31, 2022, BDCs can apply to amend their existing orders to permanently implement the relief. We intend to file an amendment to our existing Order to permanently implement the relief, but there is no guarantee that such amendment will be granted.