Spotify AB has successfully secured about USD 250 million in new financing that values the music-streaming company much higher than USD 4 billion, according to sources. With this in mind, Spotify is now almost shoulder to shoulder with Pandora, which went public in 2011 and is currently valued at USD 5.7 billion.
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Online music-streaming service Spotify has raised $250 million in a new funding round, making it one of the world's most richly capitalized start-ups.
Music streaming site Spotify could be the spark that would reignite music sales in Sweden.
Spotify's revenues in 2012 grew more than twice as much after expansion.
The London-based online music provider tries to break into several Asian counties in an effort to race with Pandora in global expansion efforts.
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