Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins sinks $20m into Snapchat

Charlee Gothard
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Messaging app now valued at around $10bn after Kleiner Perkins investment

Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer is investing $20m into messaging app startup Snapchat, an investment that the Wall Street Journal claims values it at close to $10bn - according...

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