According to TechCrunch’s sources, the startup is raising a new investment round of at least $50 million to bring the company’s valuation upward of $1 billion. However, it’s too soon, the sources said, to know exactly how high the round of funding will go as the company is rumored to be meeting with additional investors.
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The startup, which launched publicly in May 2010, currently processes over $3 million-worth of mobile transactions per day, according to Square CEO Jack Dorsey. The company’s total investment to date is $37.5 million, which does not include an undisclosed strategic investment from credit card giant Visa in April.
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