Uber Expands Funding Round
Uber, the mobile car-booking company, expanded its Series E round of venture financing by $1bn today. This move brings total capacity for the round up to $2.8bn and comes just weeks after the company closed a $1.2bn round of financing. Uber has now raised close to $5bn in private funding since it was founded in 2009. The company’s $40bn valuation remains unchanged since December.
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