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Re:Uber Confirms New $1.2B Funding Round, Looks to Asia for ... by venomsnake on Thursday December 04, 2014 @12:57PM (#8700568)
That's almost 3 whatsapps.

Congratulations to the team. Although lately I feel like Dr. Evil and his 1 million ransom when I see that kind of valuations thrown around.

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Re:Uber Confirms New $1.2B Funding Round, Looks to Asia for ... by sz4kerto on Thursday December 04, 2014 @01:51PM (#8700922)
Well, not exactly. Whatsapp has been sold for $19B, this is a _valuation_ of $40B. I think selling something for $19B is bigger than being valued at $40B and getting $1.2B in funding.

Huge numbers though, I can't realistically appreciate these amounts.

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Re:Uber Confirms New $1.2B Funding Round, Looks to Asia for ... by pbreit on Thursday December 04, 2014 @02:11PM (#8701020)
With $2b in revenues vs ~$0, I'd put the Uber valuation in the bigger category.
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