Blog List 12 valuations soar Internet startups: Quora first

Lead: Business Insider, US technology blogger, said today that valuations for start-ups such as Facebook, Zynga and Groupon have risen sharply, and venture capitalists are starting to look at other companies, leading to a sharp rise in valuations in many companies recently.

Business Insider listed 12 start-ups with soaring valuations:

1.Quora, valued at $86 million

Quora is currently valued at only 86 million dollars, but is committed to becoming a company valued at $1 billion trillion. So far, Quora has financed $11 million trillion from benchmark capital and individual investors at a 86 million dollar valuation. Earlier this year, there were rumours that investment companies were willing to invest 300 million of dollars in valuations to Quora, but were rejected by Quora on low valuations. Quora's founder believes that the company's potential is much higher than this level. There have also been reports that Quora had rejected a 1 billion dollar takeover offer from other companies.

2.Foursquare, valued at $600 million

Foursquare completed a round of $50 million trillion in funding this June. The company had previously financed 20 million of dollars. There are rumours that Foursquare's valuation has reached $1 billion trillion, but may actually be closer to $600 million.

3.ZocDoc, valued at $700 million

ZocDoc this week to complete a round of 50 million dollars in financing, the company's round of financing by DST led. ZocDoc was founded in 2007.

4.Appnexus, valued at $850 million

The ad-Bidding network AppNexus $50 million trillion in funding for the C round last year, with valuations rising to $850 million. The company has so far financed 65.5 million of dollars.

5.Spotify, valued at $1 billion

The music service Spotify financed $1 billion trillion in June this year with $100 million trillion in valuations, including the Accel, the United States and DST. No online music company has a good profitability, and Spotify needs to find a profit model. The company paid a lot of money to record labels, so if there is no clear business model, the valuation is a castle in the making.

6.STORM8, valued at 1 billion dollars

It is reported that mobile gaming company STORM8 will complete a round of 300 million dollars of financing, investors including Accel and Marvell Crossover Ventures. If this round of financing is completed, STORM8 's valuation will reach $1 billion trillion.

7.Square, valued at $1 billion

The mobile payments service, created by Twitter founder Dorsey (Jack Dorsey), is also valued at $1 billion trillion. At the end of June this year, the company led a round of $100 million trillion in financing. Some have begun to speculate on when Square's valuation will reach $2 billion trillion.

8.Gilt Groupe, valued at $1 billion

Earlier this year, Gilt groupe financed $138 million trillion. The company's revenue this year is expected to reach $500 million trillion.

9.Airbnb, valued at $1 billion

Despite the impact of a series of negative news, Airbnb is still doing well. Last month, the company completed a round of $112 million trillion in funding, valued at $1 billion trillion.

10.Vente Privee, valued at $3 billion

Retail website vente Privee is currently valued at $3 billion trillion, but the company's founder Jacques-Anthony Granjon (Jacques-antoine Granjon) wants to keep valuations up. 2010, Vente privee revenue of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, and this year's revenue is expected to be 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Granjon's goal is to bring the company's revenues to $15 billion trillion to become the Amazon of Europe.

11.Dropbox, valued at 5 billion to 10 billion USD

Dropbox has completed a round of 7.2 million dollars in funding as early as 2007, with rumours that it is currently in the business of a new round of financing. Technology blog TechCrunch reported that Dropbox plans to finance 200 million to 300 million dollars. As a result, the company's valuation will rise from 2 billion U.S. dollars to 5 billion to 10 billion dollars.

12.Rovio, valued at $200 million

Angry bird developer Rovio received 5 million dollars in revenue and 3 million dollars in profits last year. In March this year, Rovio completed a new round of financing, valued at $200 million trillion. But if "Angry Birds" continue to perform well, Rovio's valuation will quickly break 1 billion dollars.