Valuations news and trends

ByteDance Valuation Hits $550 Billion in Planned Share Sale
Investments // February 25, 2026

Investment company General Atlantic is reportedly selling an equity stake in ByteDance valuing it at $550 billion. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Feb. 25) from Reuters, citing sources familiar with the planned share sale at the Chinese tech giant.  According to the report, the...

Bitcoin Falls Amid Investor Concerns About Steep AI Valuations
Cryptocurrency // November 04, 2025

Crypto investors are reportedly uneasy about the high valuations of some artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The price of the leading cryptocurrency has fallen roughly 6% in the last two days, CNBC reported Tuesday (Nov. 4), while Ether, the second-biggest token in terms of market capitalization,...

Stripe Valuation Reaches Record $106 Billion
Fintech Investments // September 24, 2025

Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe’s valuation has reportedly reached a record $106.7 billion. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Sept. 23) by Bloomberg News, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Another person familar with the valuation later confirmed this figure for PYMNTS. The...

Report: Stripe Valued at $70 Billion Amid Possible Sequoia Deal
Business // July 15, 2024

The valuation of payments processing platform Stripe reportedly reached $70 billion. Sequoia Capital is offering to buy shares from investors that want to cash out, Bloomberg reported Monday (July 15), citing unnamed sources. The venture capital firm is offering $27.51 for Stripe shares and will...

Interviews & Exclusives
Unicorns Remain (IPO) Shy

July 07, 2016
Amid stock volatility, some unicorns pull back from previous IPO plans. Could there be cannibalization amid mergers and acquisitions, too?

Will Unicorns Take Flight with IPOs?

June 09, 2016
It’s raining IPOs! Well, not really, but if Bain’s Blue Coat goes public, the grand total of tech-related IPOs this year will reach — three. But other unicorns are mulling...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Backers Question Valuation Amid Anthropic Competition

April 14, 2026
OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation is reportedly causing some unease among the startup’s own investors. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (April 14), this growing scrutiny comes amid OpenAI’s new focus on enterprise customers and dealing with competition from rival artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic. In the past few months, OpenAI has made a series […]

ByteDance Valuation Hits $550 Billion in Planned Share Sale

February 25, 2026
Investment company General Atlantic is reportedly selling an equity stake in ByteDance valuing it at $550 billion. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Feb. 25) from Reuters, citing sources familiar...

Bitcoin Falls Amid Investor Concerns About Steep AI Valuations

November 04, 2025
Crypto investors are reportedly uneasy about the high valuations of some artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The price of the leading cryptocurrency has fallen roughly 6% in the last two days,...

Stripe Valuation Reaches Record $106 Billion

September 24, 2025
Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe’s valuation has reportedly reached a record $106.7 billion. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Sept. 23) by Bloomberg News, citing a person with direct knowledge of...