Foreign media: 12 new start-up companies valued at $1 billion trillion

According to foreign media reports, as Facebook, Zynga and Groupon and other companies experienced explosive growth, the wind is throwing money into the next wave of start-up companies. In this concern, some start-ups have entered the "1 Billion Dollar valuation club" ranks.

The following is a list of 12 new "1 Billion Dollar Club" members:

Quora

Quora has financed $11 million from Benchmark capital and independent investors, making it valued at $86 million. Sources said that Quora had another round of funding earlier this year, but rejected some capital injections that would allow the company to value 300 million of billions of dollars. The Quora founder believes that the company's potential is far more than this valuation. It is reported that Quora had refused an offer of $1 billion.

Foursquare

LBS check-in Application Foursquare completed a round of financing of $50 million trillion in June, bringing the total financing to $70 million. The news said Foursquare valuations had reached $1 billion trillion, but could end up approaching 600 million dollars.

AppNexus

Last year, AppNexus, the ad-auction site, received $50 million trillion in funding for the C round, with a total financing of $66.5 million and a valuation of nearly 1 billion dollars.

ZocDoc

Online Doctor search and reservation service ZocDoc Beijing time 7th to get 50 million dollars in DST investment. The start-up company, founded in 2007, has valued $700 million trillion.

Spotify

Spotify was invested by Kleiner, Accel and DST in June with $100 million worth of $1 billion. It is understood that Spotify currently does not have a clear profit model, and the rising cost of music copyright also makes its valuation doubtful.

Storm8

According to TechCrunch, mobile gaming company STORM8 has completed a round of $300 million trillion in financing, valued at more than 1 billion U.S. dollars. Start-up states (Accel), Marvell Crossover Ventures may lead the financing.

Square

At the end of June, Square, a mobile payment provider founded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, was Kleiner 100 million dollars in investment. The square is now valued at $1 billion trillion, and insiders expect the future square to be worth $2 billion trillion.

Gilt Groupe

Gilt Groupe, a luxury network retailer, raised $138 million earlier in the year, valuing $1 billion trillion. Industry insiders predict that Gilt groupe can generate 500 million dollars this year.

Airbnb

Personal housing short rental information intermediary Airbnb last month to invest 112 million U.S. dollars, among the 1 billion dollar club. According to the information, 2010 Airbnb room booking volume reached 800,000 times, increased by more than 800%, and still at 40%-50% monthly rate of growth.

Vente Privee

Vente Privee, a private retailer, is currently valued at $3 billion trillion, but its founder, Jacques-antoine Granjon, believes the company can be worth $15 billion. 2010 vente privee income was 1.3 billion dollars.

Dropbox

File storage and sharing services Dropbox $7.2 million in 2007 and, according to TechCrunch, Dropbox is carrying out a round of funding of $2.3 billion trillion. If the news is true, the Dropbox valuation will grow from 2 billion dollars to 50 to 10 billion dollars.

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