Founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal is set to provide $700m for a $1.5bn series F round that will value the short-term accommodation provider at $10bn, while SoftBank will also take part.
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Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
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