Private Equity
Uber is prepping for a 2019 IPO — at a rumored $120 billion valuation. Its last funding round valued the company at $68 billion. But in 2010, 32 different investors bought a chunk of the company for much less. Uber's seed round valued that company at just $3.86 million. These are seven of Uber's most surprising seed investors. If Uber goes public as planned in 2019, nine years and billions of dollars worth of investments will be returned to investors smart enough — or lucky enough — to have made a bet on the company's success.

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