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Twitter to Raise $100 Million From Investors

moneyLast week we reported that Twitter has plans to press for funds at a $1 Billion valuation. This is now no longer a rumor with WSJ confirming the case.

It was reported that “investors are valuing Twitter, which has yet to generate revenue or finalize its plans for making money, at about $1 billion.

A person familiar with the deal said investors are applying a similar value to Twitter as that applied to Facebook…”

It was just in February that Twitter was valued at $250 million, raising $35 million in a Series C round of funding.

Shortly after 7 months, it is now valued at a $1 billion, raising $100 million and is comparable to Facebook which was valued at $6.5 billion back in July.

With sufficient funds in the bank, we anticipate how Twitter is going to put these resources to good use.

Oh and let’s hope there is less fail whale and bugs too :)

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About Willis Wee

Co-founder of Penn Olson who is also an entrepreneur since 2005. He has had experience in crafting social media strategies for organizations such as Marriott Vacation Club, James Cook University, Reach Singapore and Unilever. Contact him at willis[at]penn-olson[dot]com

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  • strategic_growth_advisors

    Right on the sweet spot, Willis. I guess since Twitter now has sufficient finances, there are a lot of possibilities coming our way in the next few days (or as soon as the prominent social media giant decides to move) but I will be only sharing a couple: one, a “new look” Twitter will be launched, complete with a new interface, lots of advertising deals and a considerable amount of new users — or number two, all social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Digg, etc.) will be “Twitterized,” using the term you provided in an earlier post.

  • http://twitter.com/williswee Willis Wee

    that's deep thinking! As a social media fan. it willl be exciting to see all these changes come through.

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