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So... how much of the company are they going to sell? Or haven't they announced this yet either?

A $1 billion valuation would seem awfully low, since last I heard they have multiple hundreds of millions (possibly half a billion) in revenue. I personally have concerns about the long-term sustainability of their business model, but I'd expect a valuation much higher than this.

Personally I won't invest. Too evil for my tastes.



While I don't know specifically how much equity they intend to sell, investment banks typically like to make their IPOs between $12-14/ share. Given their last VC round was funded by Morgan Stanley and T. Rowe Price [1], I would guess they will be shopping the deal among their investors to gauge interest, and then price the shares as they see fit.

[1]http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zynga




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