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Under the table: Greylock thinks Facebook's worth $525 million

ndouglas — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:37:52 EDT

It's not $2 billion, but it'll do — Greylock Ventures, who just sank $25 million into Facebook, valued the social site at $525 million, according to MarketWatch's Bambi Francisco.

If Greylock thinks Facebook is now worth about $550 mil, but that it still needs seeding to grow, it's one more sign that the social bubble still has room to inflate. Of course, it also means Facebook has that much more to pay back, and needs to hold out for higher numbers — and risk tanking like Friendster.

Oh joy, all this excitement just before a fourth of the users graduate!

Facebook Gets $25M Funding [Red Herring]
Bambi Francisco [Bambi.blogs.com]
Via: Facebook's latest valuation: "$525 million pre-money" [Lifelong Learning Blog]

Under the table: Six Apart last valued above $100 mil

ndouglas — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:44:48 EDT

Let the unconfirmed investment valuations begin! The latest valuation tip is about a popular blogging company.

Six Apart raised money at a >$100m valuation. A VC I know dropped out when the pre-money passed $80m.

The tipster also mumbled something about Technorati's valuation skyrocketing, but I only want those cold, explicit numbers. Know how much a deal went for? E-mail it to tips@valleywag.com.

Earlier: Under the table: McAfee's SiteAdvisor deal

Under the table: McAfee's SiteAdvisor deal

ndouglas — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:19:41 EDT

Grr, another article ending in "Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed." Information wants to be free! (Or at least available on an ad-supported blog!) So from now on, when you know the numbers behind a deal, send 'em to tips@valleywag.com or send an AIM to "HeyValleywag". We'll reveal the price here in a new feature, "Under the Table."

The first McAfee bought SiteAdvisor, and that's all they're telling. But a little bird says McAfee paid about $75 million.

Overpriced? A steal? Looks like comments are still broken (or everyone's switched to Flock), so copy-paste that response before you post it.

McAfee buys search-warning company [ZDNet]