Single-family new house construction building permits: 1  2003: 20 buildings, average cost: $97,500. 2  2004: 42 buildings, average cost: $77,300. 3  2005: 35 buildings, average cost: $88,800. 4  2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $83,600. 5  2007: 15 buildings, average cost: $93,100. 6  2008: 20 buildings, average cost: $89,000.
Fortune has learned some early Uber shareholders did sell stock back to the company earlier this year, including at least one at around the aforementioned $135 per share price (which works out to a valuation just south of $4 billion).
Uber raised close to $1 billion thanks to investments from tech giant Microsoft Corp MSFT and Indian media company Bennett Coleman, among other financial backers. This puts Uber in line with Facebook Inc's FB previous record for a venture-backed start-up.