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 trillion Quora is currently valued at $86 million trillion, 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 trillion 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 trillion ZocDoc this week to complete a round of $50 million trillion in financing, the company's round of financing led by DST.　　ZocDoc was founded in 2007. 4.Appnexus, a 850 million-dollar ad-bidding network, AppNexus $50 million trillion in financing 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, $1 billion worth of music services Spotify financed $1 billion worth of $100 million in June this year, with investors including Kester, Accel 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, a 1 billion dollar estimate, has reported that mobile gaming company STORM8 will complete a round of 300 million dollars in financing, including Accel and Marvell Crossover Ventures.　　If this round of financing is completed, STORM8 's valuation will reach $1 billion trillion. 7.Square, a $1 billion worth of mobile payment services, founded by Twitter founder Dorsey (Jack Dorsey), is valued at $1 billion. At the end of June this year, Kay PengTDF led the company round to a total of 100 million dollars 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 dollars.　　The company's revenue this year is expected to reach $500 million trillion. 9.Airbnb, valued at $1 billion trillion despite 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, the $3 billion retail website Vente Privee is currently valued at $3 billion, 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, estimated at 5 billion to 10 billion US dollars, Dropbox completed a round of $7.2 million trillion in funding as early as 2007, with rumours that the company is currently in the 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, $200 million trillion last year, "Angry Bird" developer Rovio received 5 million dollars in revenue and 3 million dollars in profits. 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. (D-Gold)