According
to Bloomberg, the company Slack Technologies Inc. is negotiating with investors to raise the valuation to $ 2 billion. If they succeed, the company’s valuation will be twice as high as six months ago. But until the deal is closed.
Slack - a tool for organizing corporate chat. In October 2014, the company raised $ 120 million. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures became the main investors of the round, and Slack received an estimate of $ 1.12 billion.
In the spring of 2014, Slack
attracted funding from investors such as Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz with a preliminary estimate of $ 220 million.
In February 2015, the company
celebrated its first birthday, at which its founder, Stuart Butterfield, announced that every 11 days the company increased its profitability by $ 1 million.
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According to rumors, the new estimate may be even more - closer to $ 2.5 billion.
What amount Slack plans to raise in the new round of financing is not known for sure.