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Twitter confirms 'significant' round of funding led by Russian investment company
Twitter has confirmed it has received significant funding from Yuri Milners DST Global.
While the micro-blogging site did not outline the size of investment led by the Russian investment company in a blog post, reports put the deal at $400m plus another $400m in secondary funding.
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DST Global, owned by Internet tycoon Yury Milner, has also made investments in Facebook, online deals site Groupon and Zynga, creator of the popular online games "Mafia Wars" and "FarmVille."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/8676064/Twitter-confirms-significant-round-of-funding-led-by-Russian-investment-company.html
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dalton99a
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(7,178 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)about Trump's "bot army," as noted, and about the suspension of accounts of anti-Trump people.
Madam45for2923
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(18,890 posts)Just.....WOW......
Thomas Hurt
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(243 posts)Not that necessarily changes anything; it actually could explain a lot in hindsight.