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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by tenaciousDaniel on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:02PM (#21116808)
I'm not knowledgeable in this area, but I think it's telling that SoftBank is the same people who gave a dog walking startup a 300M valuation: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/on-demand-dog-walking-app-...
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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by kossae on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:07PM (#21116859)
Note, the _investment_ was 300M, meaning the valuation was actually higher than that! According to Crunchbase:

> Wag has a post-money valuation in the range of $500M to $1B as of Jan 30, 2018 according to PrivCo.

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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by notfromhere on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:29PM (#21117083)
VC valuations are a solid argument against the wisdom of private markets
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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by tenaciousDaniel on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:08PM (#21116866)
lol what the fuck
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