Airbnb, the home rental startup, is raising another $850 million (£651m), according to a new report by Bloomberg, at a valuation of $30 billion, making it the second most valuable start-up, right behind the $68-billion-worth car-sharing Uber. The document, filed with the state of Delaware, does not show who the investors are, and Airbnb has yet to make a comment. It currently has more than 1,500,000 listings in 34,000 cities and 191 countries. Business Insider reports that the state of New York has passed a bill which will prevent people from advertising short-term rentals. That basically means Airbnb will not be able to do…
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