Sentence examples for of the highest valuation from inspiring English sources

Take some of the highest valuation companies from the past year, such as Airbnb and Uber.

Uber chief executive officer Kalanick last week announced $1.2bn in new funding, valuing the company at $18.2bn, one of the highest valuations ever for a Silicon valley startup.

The company, which now holds most of its value in its Alibaba investment, was once a $125 billion behemoth that dominated internet search and commanded one of the highest valuations of any online business — it was Google before Google was Google.

Today, the Wall Street Journal announced that the company is now valued at 18.2 billion dollars, one of the highest valuations ever for a start-up company.

And, Vivendi Universal shares were upgraded at Morgan Stanley to "equal weight" from "under weight" due to the higher valuation of its U.S. entertainment assets.

"A consortium BNP-CA-Intesa could even pay more, and mostly in cash, thanks to the high valuation of Intesa and its deep pockets," said Meijer.

The offering, which would also be among the most anticipated since Google's in 2004, would also represent the highest valuation of the company to date.

LinkedIn's flotation makes it easily the highest valuation of a US internet firm since Google went public in 2004.

But it has the highest valuation of any social network and has established itself as a business platform, ready to join other dominant platform providers.

The optimal design discounts the effort of the high valuation player in order to induce him to compete vigorously.

Investors and executives point to a number of reasons for the high valuations.