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Linkedin: $53M @ $1BN valuation - 23M 'active monthly users', $100M/year revenue Slide: $50M @ $550M valuation - "134M global unique visitors/month", ..revenue
by apexauk 18y ago
Linkedin: $53M @ $1BN valuation - 23M 'active monthly users', $100M/year revenue
Slide: $50M @ $550M valuation - "134M global unique visitors/month", ..revenue?
Meebo: $25M @ ~$200M - ~2M monthly uniques, ~$1M revenue (I think - recall reading somewhere..)
What are the main driving factors behind each of the big value investments? The perceived quality/worth of LinkedIn's userbase? The fact that they're already monetising? ($1bn = 10x multiple on yearly turnover..)
- rms 18y agoFor LinkedIn, the most important thing is definitely their very real revenue coming from their huge CPM rates. >$15CPM, I've heard. Slide's ridiculous valuation comes from their reach and the idea that eventually someone has to figure out how to monetize social networking eyeballs. When (if) that happens, Slide will be in a great position. Meebo is kind of neat and isn't trying very hard with revenue.
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