Over the years, Airbnb, a short-term lodging rental company founded in 2008, has raised more than $3 billion,
and secured a $1 billion line of credit, according to the research firm CB Insights.
The company, which disclosed the funding in a securities filing on Thursday, raised the money in a financing round
that began last summer and that valued the business at $30 billion.
The completion of the funding round follows the initial public offering this month of Snap, the maker of the ephemeral
messaging application Snapchat, which was also one of the most highly valued private companies before its debut.
Still, Brian Chesky, the chief executive of Airbnb, said in an interview in November that, although
he was not opposed to a public offering, the company had no immediate plans for one.
2 most valuable private company in the United States behind Uber, the ride-hailing business, according to CB Insights.
