Sentences with phrase «at company valuations»

At 28.93, the «Shiller P / E ratio», which looks at company valuations over a longer - term, 10 - year period and adjusts for inflation, is at the highest level EVER, except for two occasions again... 2000 crash and do not want to say the 1929 crash.

One person familiar with the matter said that a group of investors including SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic would be allowed to buy $ 1 billion to $ 1.25 billion of new Uber shares at a company valuation of $ 69 billion and 14 to 17 % of stock from current investors at a discounted valuation.

Not exact matches

For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

The two seemed to agree that some unicorn companies» high valuations are more tied to flexibility at the negotiating table than to underlying value.

This funding nearly doubles the company's valuation to at least $ 84 million, a source familiar with World View's financial information told CNBC.

The company went public, also in 2014, at a $ 2.7 billion valuation.

Roberts also had a second company go public last week, when antibacterials developer Achaogen Inc. (akao) raised $ 72 million at a valuation north of $ 200 million (it's shares have risen 35 % since the IPO).

They came in with a product the Sharks didn't understand and tried to raise at a valuation higher than any other company to appear on Shark Tank ever had.

Investors have been saying, WeLike to WeWork: This year Neumann and his coworking company raised an additional $ 2.5 billion in funding — much of which is earmarked toward aggressive expansion in Asia — at a valuation of $ 20 billion.

Today, we learned that Magic Leap, a Florida - based wearable tech company, is raising $ 500 million in fresh funding at a valuation close to $ 6 billion.

But only one company went public at a unicorn valuation in the quarter: SunRun, a residential solar company.

When Facebook took on its first round of financing in 2005, for $ 13 million, Parker pushed for a high valuation of the company»» about $ 100 million at the time.

Predictably, more big deals means more companies with so - called unicorn valuations of at least $ 1 billion.

Many of these late - stage companies are known as unicorns, as their valuations exceed $ 1 billion, and they include car - share service Uber and apartment - share service Airbnb, which are currently valued at more than $ 50 billion and $ 13 billion, respectively.

The news of that probe on Monday helped to drive the company's valuation down below what it was at the start of the year.

The Japanese company is also investing another $ 1 billion at Uber's current valuation.

As we've noted before, VC firms are raising larger and larger funds, pumping capital into venture - backed companies at the various stages, and likely inflating already - inflated tech valuations.

THIS JUST IN: DoorDash, a San Francisco - based on - demand restaurant food delivery company, is raising $ 535 million in funding at a $ 1.4 billion valuation.

His project grew through word of mouth until it grew so big, he moved the company to San Francisco and started taking on venture capital investments, eventually raising $ 259 million at a valuation of $ 1.5 billion.

«But I know of many companies who raised money at $ 1 billion valuations last year that are now being told that, to raise money now, they need to take around $ 700 million or $ 800 million.

To date EverFi has raised a total of $ 251 million including the latest round, its Series D. People familiar with the deal declined to comment on the firm's private valuation, though one person familiar with the terms suggested that the company had not, at this stage, hit that oft - vaunted billion - dollar milestone.

At most, each share will cost about 44 zlotys, giving the company a maximum valuation of about $ 3 billion.

Jet previously raised $ 225 million at a $ 600 million valuation to take on Amazon — the most equity funding ever raised in the first 12 months by a US commerce company.

That means that Snap stock will be insanely expensive: At a $ 24 billion valuation, Snap shares will have a price - to - sales ratio of 59, making it far richer than Facebook stock and other social media companies — and likely the most expensive tech IPO ever.

• Wish, a San Francisco - based e-commerce company, is raising approximately $ 250 million in new funding at a valuation that could be more than $ 8 billion, according to Axios.

Qualtrics has raised about $ 220 million at a valuation that puts the company well above the $ 1 billion unicorn threshold.

As previously reported (and now confirmed), messaging company Slack raised $ 250 million in fresh funding at a $ 5.1 billion valuation, which is up from $ 3.8 billion.

At first blush, Pivotal would seem an odd company to boast a valuation of $ 3 billion.

Having raised $ 75 million last July at a $ 750 million valuation, the company was well positioned for expansion.

An internal company valuation performed in November, 2013 determined that common stock at the time would be worth about $ 10 a share.

An early stage company raising a venture round at a very high valuation means that VCs / Angels are willing to bet long on the business.

Softbank, and a consortium of other investors, bought their Uber stakes at a steep discount, valuing the company at about $ 48 billion — about 30 % less than its previous private valuation of $ 68 billion.

That's a pretty big valuation leap from June, when the company raised $ 44 million at a valuation of $ 400 million.

Comparable companies for both the timeshare and hotel - brand businesses are trading at higher valuations, he said.

Their dedication paid off when they sold a majority share of the company at a valuation of $ 105 million, a mere five years after they launched.

The fast - growing, money - losing enterprise software company's pre-IPO valuation was $ 1.5 billion and it is trying to go public at a proposed $ 1.8 billion valuation, Smith noted.

The latest round puts the company's total funding raised to $ 841 million and its valuation at $ 5.1 billion (including cash raised).

Investors in highly valued start - ups have been concerned about the willingness of public market investors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fund manager.

The company priced its IPO higher than expected at $ 12.50 per share, a $ 1 billion valuation.

But he noted that this may have been Foursquare's best option at the time — else it fork over a greater percentage of the company's equity due to a potentially reduced valuation.

When looking at valuations, use price - to - earnings to compare companies.

It boasts 75,000 members, and with $ 350 million in venture capital, Oscar is now valued at $ 1.75 billion, landing it on this year's list of unicorns, named for companies with valuations in excess of $ 1 billion.

The prospectus reveals the company's most recent valuation, as well as the number of shares owned by its executive officers, directors, and the likely number of shares held by stockholders with at least a 5 % stake.

The CNBC Disruptor 50 companies have raised nearly $ 44 billion in venture capital at a combined implied valuation of $ 239 billion, according to PitchBook.

South of the border, Square's November 2015 IPO appraised the company at less than half the $ 6 - billion valuation ascribed to it a year earlier.

That amounts to about 1.2 % of all shares outstanding, which could be worth more than $ 300 million if the company is valued at $ 25 billion (its last reported private valuation) when it goes public — and a lot more than that over time if the stock goes up.

The home rental company last raised money in April 2014 at a $ 10 billion valuation.

The companies came close to a merger deal in November before SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son pulled out of the talks at the last minute over valuation disagreements.

The company plans to sell shares at between $ 12 and $ 14, which Fortune calculates would place Twilio at a public market capitalization of around $ 1.07 billion, which is higher than its last private market valuation.

What's prevented us from acting is really the valuation of those companies at those times.