Investing titan Marc Andreessen says there’s no bubble because “stuff just works”
The cloud computing revolution has made the titanic valuations of major Web 2.0 companies like Facebook and Twitter completely justified, storied venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (pictured right) said today.
Some major companies in the Web 2.0 era have become incredibly popular and have ballooning valuations. Facebook, for example, is valued at more than $80 billion. Social gaming company Zynga recently filed for an initial public offering in order to raise up … Continue Reading
Facebook’s valuation sits at $82.25B based on private sales of stock
Facebook’s valuation climbed significantly this year, settling at figures in excess of $80 billion just after the company’s developer conference this month, f8.
Shares of the company’s stock on SharesPost, a marketplace for stock of privately held companies, are currently priced around $32. Overall, Facebook’s valuation has fallen slightly from a peak of $87.5 billion, according to SharesPost prices.
In 2008, our reporters determined that Facebook was valued internally at around $4 billion. In the … Continue Reading
Today's valuations: Is it 1999 all over again?
(Editor’s note: Megan Jones is an investment banker and former Director at Hadley Partners. This story originally appeared on her blog.)
Zynga is reported to be raising $500 million at a $10 billion valuation. Twitter recently raised $200 million at a $3.75 billion valuation, and turned down a rumored offer of $5 billion from Facebook (which, itself, is valued at $50 billion). Meanwhile, Groupon turned down a reputed offer of $6 billion.
As these companies … Continue Reading
With Kleiner funding, Twitter’s valuation climbs to $3.7 billion
Folks who had a hard time believing that Twitter was worth $1 billion a year ago are going to have an even harder time swallowing the company’s new valuation.
AllThingsDigital’s Kara Swisher reports that Twitter just raised a $200 million round that valued the company at $3.7 billion.
In a company blog post, CEO Dick Costolo confirmed that the company has raised a new round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and existing investors. (Kleiner … Continue Reading
Negotiating VC funding? Look beyond ‘the pre’
Folks who had a hard time believing that Twitter was worth $1 billion a year ago are going to have an even harder time swallowing the company’s new valuation.
AllThingsDigital’s Kara Swisher reports that Twitter just raised a $200 million round that valued the company at $3.7 billion.
In a company blog post, CEO Dick Costolo confirmed that the company has raised a new round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and existing investors. (Kleiner … Continue Reading
Will statistics mess kill Digg acquisition by News Corp?
Folks who had a hard time believing that Twitter was worth $1 billion a year ago are going to have an even harder time swallowing the company’s new valuation.
AllThingsDigital’s Kara Swisher reports that Twitter just raised a $200 million round that valued the company at $3.7 billion.
In a company blog post, CEO Dick Costolo confirmed that the company has raised a new round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and existing investors. (Kleiner … Continue Reading
Best time to raise money since bubble-year 2000
Folks who had a hard time believing that Twitter was worth $1 billion a year ago are going to have an even harder time swallowing the company’s new valuation.
AllThingsDigital’s Kara Swisher reports that Twitter just raised a $200 million round that valued the company at $3.7 billion.
In a company blog post, CEO Dick Costolo confirmed that the company has raised a new round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and existing investors. (Kleiner … Continue Reading
