Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking

May 26, 2009

Facebook raises $200M

Filed under: Business, Internet — Raja @ 8:40 am

Techcrunch reports:

piles_moneyFacebook is taking that rumored $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment group. DST will take a 1.96 percent stake in the company, giving Facebook a $10 billion valuation. Facebook ultimately did not have to give up a board seat to DST in return for the cash.

Additionally, DST has the option to buy another $100 million worth of common stock from existing employees and investors.

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