According to a report at All Things Digital that quotes sources “close to the situation,” Flipboard is raising a new $ 50-million round of financing from both new and existing backers that will value the mobile-content publisher at $ 800 million. The round is reportedly being led by Rizvi Traverse Management and includes Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Index Ventures. The company last raised money in 2011 at a $ 200-million valuation.
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