Yet-to-launch marketplace Jet raises $140M, at a valuation of nearly $600M; round led by Bain; new investors include Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs
Now All It Has To Do Is Launch Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times : Jet.com Gets Investment That Values It at $600 Million Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat : Jet.com secures a $600M valuation — before it's even launched a site Kyle Russell / TechCrunch : E-commerce Site Jet Raises Another $140M Ryan Mac / Forbes : Amazon Challenger Jet.com Raises $140 Million Ahead Of Launch Reuters : Jet raises $140 mln from Bain, Google Ventures and others Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider : A startup that you can't even use yet just raised $140 million to take on Amazon Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Back in my day, companies opened for business before they could be valued at $600 million http://www.wsj.com/... Bill Gurley / @bgurley : Sorry, but a pricing model does not equate to a competitive advantage. When I see this stuff I fear the end is near. http://blogs.wsj.com/... Doug MacMillan / @dmac1 : Jet's valuation before launch: just under $600M Amazon's valuation at IPO (adjusted for inflation): just over $600M http://on.wsj.com/1zXIYnY