Slack raising â¹3,200 cr, Amazon interested in buyout: Report
Business communications company Slack is raising $500 million (nearly â¹3,200 crore) at a $5 billion post-money valuation. The effort has attracted several buyers interested in acquiring the firm ahead of the funding, including Amazon which could pay $9 billion for the acquisition, according to reports. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, however, has long said he wanted to keep the company independent.