Fair Value Measures - Changes in Level 3 Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - 2015 Private Warrants $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - December 31, 2020	$ 77,404
Measurement adjustment	27,056
Repurchases	(4,679)
Balance - March 31, 2021	$ 99,781

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Measurement Adjustments

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