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Bird, a start-up that rents out electric scooters, is being valued at $2.5 billion in a new funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, according to three people with knowledge of the deal.
The funding puts Bird’s valuation slightly above the $2.3 billion that it was pegged at last year. At the time, the $2.3 billion figure represented double the start-up’s previous valuation, as venture capital investors fought to pour money into scooter start-ups.
▍语言点
electric scooter: 电动单车
funding round: 融资轮次
venture capital: 风险资本，风险投资
with knowledge of…: 对……有了解
valuation /ˌvæljuˈeɪʃn/ n. 估值
peg /peɡ/ vt. 用……钉住，用……标定
pour / pɔː(r)/ vt. 倾注，倾倒
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