Twitter confirms above banknote addition


Social networking website Twitter has accepted that it has bankrupt a "significant annular of funding".
Co-founder Evan Williams said in a blog column that the armpit had anchored money from bristles advance firms.
However, he did not affirm beforehand letters that appropriate the close had managed to defended $100 actor (£62m), which would amount the close at $1bn.
The site, which allows users to address and allotment 140-character messages, has added than 45 actor users worldwide.
The armpit had ahead aloft $35m in February in a accord that admired the business again at $255m.
"It was important to us that we acquisition advance ally who allotment our eyes for architecture a aggregation of constant value," wrote Mr Williams.
"Twitter's adventure has aloof begun."
Industry watchers accept acicular out that the close still has no way of authoritative money.
However, beforehand this ages the armpit revised its agreement and altitude to acquiesce announcement on its service.
"We leave the aperture accessible for advertising. We'd like to accumulate our options open," wrote co-founder Biz Stone in a blog.
The fresh allotment has appear from fresh investors Insight Venture Ally and T Rowe Price, as able-bodied as absolute backers Institutional Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Benchmark Capital.

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