Travelers can keep pinning as Pinterest raises $200 million
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Pinterest is now valued at $2.5 billion, but it seems like its buzz factor in travel has toned down over the last year or so.
Pinterest Inc., an online bulletin board where members share photos of clothing, food and art, raised $200 million in a financing round that values the company at $2.5 billion.
The funding was led by Valiant Capital Management, San Francisco-based Pinterest said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital also contributed.
Pinterest is now worth more than publicly traded Internet companies Zynga Inc., Yelp In
