Uber is now the world’s most valuable startup at nearly $51 billion

Uber has been consistently ranked as one of the world’s most valuable startups for a few years now, but the company’s recent $1 billion round of funding may have turned it into THE most valuable startup in the world. Now valued at almost $51 billion thanks to funding from the likes of Bennett Coleman and Microsoft, Uber has surpassed Xiaomi to become the most valuable startup in the world at the moment.