While Twitter is still struggling to come up with a business model, it doesn’t seem to be having trouble getting money from investors.
TechCrunch suggests that Twitter is going to raise another another round of financing at a $250-million valuation – half of what apparently Facebook offered a few months ago. TechCrunch believes the round will more than $20-million, which would be a big round given the current economic and venture capital landscape.
Of course, investors are probably entranced by Twitter’s traffic growth. But you wonder if Twitter is among the last online companies for awhile that can depend on traffic growth to raise venture capital – as opposed to have revenue growth as well?
Below is a chart showing Twitter’s growth (U.S.) over the past 12 months:
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More Money for Twitter
While Twitter is still struggling to come up with a business model, it doesn’t seem to be having trouble getting money from investors.
TechCrunch suggests that Twitter is going to raise another another round of financing at a $250-million valuation – half of what apparently Facebook offered a few months ago. TechCrunch believes the round will more than $20-million, which would be a big round given the current economic and venture capital landscape.
Of course, investors are probably entranced by Twitter’s traffic growth. But you wonder if Twitter is among the last online companies for awhile that can depend on traffic growth to raise venture capital – as opposed to have revenue growth as well?
Below is a chart showing Twitter’s growth (U.S.) over the past 12 months: