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Updated Mar 30, 2026
Mar 2017 · CapitalG (Alphabet Growth Fund) & Founders Fund (consortium) [TechCrunch/CNBC]
Jun 2015 · Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, Kleiner Perkins (consortium) [Wired/WSJ coverage]
190 jobs at Airbnb
Apr 2014 · TPG (lead) [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/18/airbnb-has-closed-its-500m-round-of-funding-at-a-10b-valuation-led-by-tpg)
Oct 2013 · TPG, Dragoneer, Sequoia, T. Rowe Price (consortium) [Crunchbase/Tech press coverage]
Jul 2011 · Andreessen Horowitz (with DST Global, General Catalyst) [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/airbnb-bags-112-million-in-series-b-from-andreessen-and-others)
Nov 2010 · Sequoia Capital [Sequoia Capital](https://www.sequoiacap.com/)
Apr 2009 · Y Combinator and angel investors
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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).