Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation

Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by ced on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:52PM (#12089577)

there isn't easy enough access to talent when you need to scale up

Isn't it harder/costlier to find talent in highly competitive SV than it is in Europe?

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by MyNameIsFred on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @05:23PM (#12089768)

That's what I would figure, as well. My company moved to Seattle when we needed to expand and hire talent. Still a tech culture, but houses are still in the 6-digit range, and you don't have to pay $200k/year for a fresh graduate with a degree from CodeAcademy.

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by hobo_mark on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @06:26PM (#12090166)

Maybe you mean a certificate, but they don't even give that.

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by MyNameIsFred on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:44PM (#12090939)

It was a (lousy) joke.

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by mathattack on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:31PM (#12090885)

It is hard, but when you're an "It" company in hypergrowth it's the only place to be. When you're 20 people, it's easier being in a small city and just finding the best talent available. It's much harder to scale like Google/Facebook/Yahoo elsewhere. (It's possible in Seattle/NY/Boston/Austin, just tougher at the hypergrowth moment)

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by baddox on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:24PM (#12090861)

Sure, but in both places the labor prices are (roughly) market prices.

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Re:Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation by eru on Thursday July 14, 2016 @03:22AM (#12092180)

How could they not be?

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