TikTok owner's valuation exceeds $100 billion in private markets: Report
ByteDance valuation has risen at least a third to more than $100 billion in recent private share transactions, people familiar with the matter said, reflecting expectations the owner of video phenomenon TikTok will keep pulling in advertisers. Stock in the world’s most valuable start-up has changed hands recently at a price that suggests its value has risen more than 33 per cent from about $75 billion during a major round of funding two years ago, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter isn’t public. Some trades recently valued the Chinese company between $105 billion and $110 billion on the secondary markets, some of people said. It has also traded as high as $140 billion, one person said. Read More