優步擬再融資10億美元 將成估值最高初創公司

Just three Months after raising an enormous sum of money from investors, Uber is at it again.

三個月前剛從投資者那裏籌集到一大筆錢的優步(Uber)又要融資了。

The ride-hailing service is planning to raise close to $1 billion in new venture capital from investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Investors are looking at a valuation of $60 billion to $70 billion.

知情人士稱，這家叫車服務公司計劃從投資者那裏籌集近10億美元風險投資。投資者預期該公司的估值在600億美元到700億美元之間。

Such a fundraising round would make Uber the world's most valuable private startup by far. A round just this summer valued the company at more than $50 billion, a bit more than Facebook's last big private capital raise in 2011.

這樣一輪融資會讓優步成爲目前世界上估值最高的初創公司。今年夏天那一輪融資對該公司的估值是500多億美元，略高於Facebook上市前在2011年進行的最後一輪融資中的估值。

Nearly as eye-popping as its soaring valuations has been the furious pace at which Uber has been raising money. The latest round of financing will be the eighth that the company has sought over the last five years.

幾乎和日漸飆升的估值同樣吸引眼球的，是優步的融資步伐。最新一輪融資將是該公司在五年時間裏的第八次融資。

More precise targets on the size and the valuations will be determined after the company begins talks with investors in coming weeks, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Executives at Uber and the company's board have approved another round, and the company plans to start holding official conversations in the next few weeks, they said.

要求匿名的消息人士稱，有關融資規模和公司估值的準確目標，接下來幾周該公司與投資者開始談判後，才能確定下來。他們表示，優步的高管和公司董事會已經批准進行另一輪融資，公司計劃在未來幾周正式開始對話。

An Uber spokeswoman declined to comment Friday.

週五，優步的一名女發言人拒絕置評。

While Facebook's last big fundraising round took place a year before the social network went public, Travis Kalanick, Uber's founder and chief executive, has little interest in going public in the near future.

儘管Facebook最後一輪大規模融資結束一年後，這家社交網絡公司便上市了，但優步創始人兼首席執行官特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克(Travis Kalanick)對於在近期內上市幾乎沒什麼興趣。

“We're like eighth-graders. We're in junior high and someone is telling us that we need to go to the prom, and it's just a little early,” Kalanick said at The Wall Street Journal's WSJDLive Conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday. “Let us get into high school before we start talking about these sorts of things.”

“我們就像八年級學生。我們剛上初中，就有人對我們說，要參加畢業舞會，實在有點早，”卡蘭尼克週二在《華爾街日報》(The Wall Street Journal)在加州拉古納海灘舉辦的WSJDLive全球科技大會上說。“我們還是先上了高中再談這些事情吧。”

Founded in San Francisco in 2009, Uber has swollen to operations in more than 300 cities across 63 countries around the globe.

2009年成立於舊金山的優步，業務已遍及全球63個國家的300多個城市。

Throughout Uber's rapid expansion, investors have poured money into the company at a staggering rate. To date, the company has raised more than $8 billion from investors including Benchmark and Google Ventures, as well as large financial firms like Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth.

在優步的快速擴張中，投資者大筆投錢的速度令人震驚。迄今爲止，該公司已籌集了逾80億美元，投資者包括Benchmark和谷歌風投(Google Ventures)，以及高盛(Goldman Sachs)和TPG Growth等大型金融機構。