New King of Tech Startups: Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Raises $1.1 Billion at $45 Billion Valuation
We just completed the latest round of funding last week … Matt Hamblen / CITEworld : The rise of China's smartphone makers Wall Street Journal : Xiaomi Becomes World's Most Valuable Tech Startup Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg : Billionaire Milner Sees Xiaomi at $100 Billion Roger Cheng / CNET : Xiaomi, suddenly the world's most valuable startup, raises $1.1B Neil Gough / New York Times : Xiaomi, Chinese Phone Maker Favored by Young, Valued at $45 Billion Ewan Spence / Forbes : Xiaomi's Future Smartphone Success In 2015 Will Ignore America Connie Loizos / StrictlyVC : StrictlyVC: December 19, 2014 — Hi, good Monday morning, everyone! Geoff Gasior / The Tech Report : Leaked pictures suggest Xiaomi is building a MacBook Air clone Parmy Olson / Forbes : Xiaomi Raises $1.1 Billion At $45 Billion Valuation Rob Triggs / Android Authority : Xiaomi is the world's most valuable technology startup, worth $46 billion Tricia Duryee / GeekWire : Chinese smartphone-maker Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion at $45 billion valuation Gerry Shih / Reuters : China's Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion from investors at $45 billion valuation Kif Leswing / Gigaom : After raising $1.1B, Xiaomi is now worth $45B Stephen Hall / 9to5Google : Xiaomi valued at $45bn following $1.1bn funding round, new flagship coming in January Jack Linshi / TIME : 'China's Apple' Is Now the World's Most Valuable Startup PE Hub Blog : China's Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion from investors at $45 billion valuation-Reuters Seth Fiegerman / Mashable : Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion to become the world's most valuable startup Rajesh Pandey / Android Beat : Xiaomi to launch next flagship in January 2015 Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion on $45 billion valuation, now world's most valuable tech startup Lauren Davidson / Telegraph : Chinese tech firm Xiaomi is now worth more than Uber Steven Millward / Tech in Asia : Xiaomi confirms $1.1 billion funding, now valued at $45 billion Catherine Shu / TechCrunch : Xiaomi Confirms It Raised $1.1B At $45B Valuation Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat : Xiaomi confirms it raised monster $1.1B round and is now valued at $45B Tweets: Alyson Shontell / @ajs : Xiaomi margins don't sound great. Recode reports $56 million profit in 2013 with rev now of about $10 bil annually http://recode.net/... Jon Russell / @jonrussell : Let's please stop calling the likes of Uber & Xiaomi startups — these are companies worth more than $40 billion each http://recode.net/...