Enemy taxis, the controversial car service with driver (VTC) Uber could see its valuation climb to more than $ 30 billion in a new fund raising in preparation, said Saturday the Wall Street Journal .
The US startup consider lifting between one and two billion, said sources close to the matter to the US business daily. The discussions are still at a preliminary stage, no investor’s commitment to provide funds for the moment.
already collected $ 1.2 billion in a first fundraiser
By comparison, the social network Twitter, which is contrary to Uber listed on Wall Street, currently has a market capitalization of just under $ 25 billion. Uber had collected $ 1.2 billion in a previous round of early June, already valued the company at the time to $ 17 billion.
Wall Street Journal notes that the company probably did not already need money, but seeks to take advantage of the significant interest in it to supplement its war chest.
Uber is best known for its mobile geolocation application to rent a car with driver. Founded in 2009 in California, Uber is now present in over 200 cities and 45 countries, her boss and co-founder Travis Kalanick said its revenues doubling every six months.
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