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 Sequocia 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.
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electric scooter: 电动电车（ scooter: 踏板车）
founding round: 融资轮次
venture capital: 风险资本，风险投资
with knowledge of: 对……有了解
valuation: 估值
peg: 用……钉住，用……标定
pour: 倾注、倾倒
Sequoia Capital: 红杉资本