Airbnb

Airbnb Investor Relations (PR) · Dec 2020

Airbnb priced its IPO at $68.00 per share, selling approximately 51.3M shares in the initial pricing and raising roughly $3.4B in gross proceeds; the stock began trading on Nasdaq as ABNB, marking the company's transition to a public company [Airbnb Investor Relations](https://investors.airbnb.com/press-releases/news-details/2020/Airbnb-Announces-Pricing-of-Initial-Public-Offering/default.aspx).

TechCrunch / Airbnb press · Mar 2019

Airbnb acquired HotelTonight in 2019 (deal announced March 2019) to expand instant-book hotel inventory and diversify accommodations beyond home sharing; the acquisition was a strategic move into hotels and instant bookings [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/04/airbnb-acquires-hoteltonight/).

TechCrunch / CNBC · Mar 2017

Airbnb closed a $1B private round in March 2017 led by CapitalG and Founders Fund at an approximately $31B valuation; the financing involved large institutional investors and was widely covered in tech and financial press [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/09/airbnb-closes-1-billion-round-31-billion-valuation-profitable.html) [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/09/airbnb-closes-1-billion-round-31-billion-valuation-profitable.html).

Wired / WSJ coverage · Jun 2015

In mid‑2015 Airbnb raised about $1.5B in a private placement from investors including Tiger Global, General Atlantic and Kleiner Perkins, which was reported to peg a valuation near $25.5B [Wired](https://www.wired.com/2015/12/airbnb-confirms-1-5-billion-funding-round-now-valued-at-25-5-billion).

TechCrunch · Apr 2014

Airbnb closed a roughly $500M financing in April 2014 led by TPG at an estimated $10B valuation, marking a major private-market milestone and enabling further global expansion [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/18/airbnb-has-closed-its-500m-round-of-funding-at-a-10b-valuation-led-by-tpg).