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Uber valued at about $51 billion after latest funding round: WSJ


    (Reuters) - Online taxi-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc has closed a new round of funding that values the company at close to $51 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

    Uber raised close to $1 billion in the round, bringing its total funding to more than $5 billion, WSJ reported on Friday, citing one of the people.

    Investors in the latest round include Microsoft Corp and the investment arm of Indian media conglomerate Bennett Coleman & Co, WSJ added.

    Uber and Bennett Coleman could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Microsoft declined to comment.

    (Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)