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		aston on July 20, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blake Ross on the Facebook acquisition Maybe more suprising is that they took on so much funding already. Definitely beyond the small seed level. I wonder what kind of valuation they had at the time.

blakeross on July 20, 2007 [–]

We actually took little funding at a high valuation; we just spread the love among multiple investors to benefit from different perspectives.

aston on July 20, 2007 | [–]

The high valuation's not entirely surprising. Given that, then, Facebook must've ponied up some serious f-you money/equity to get you guys to actually sell...

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