Messaging startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon: Bloomberg

[June 15, 2017]  (Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc, a corporate messaging and collaboration software startup, has received inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com Inc, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San Francisco, California January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach

A deal could value the company at at least $9 billion, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter. https://bloom.bg/2s3CqrD

Slack is a platform where employees can send messages, collaborate, organize and share files. The technology also integrates with a wide variety of business software - such as Salesforce.com Inc and Microsoft Corp's Skype - so employees can do all their work within Slack.

San Francisco-based Slack has raised more than $500 million from venture capitalists and was valued at $3.8 billion at its last private financing round a year ago.

Both, Amazon and Slack were not immediately available to comment outside of regular U.S. business hours.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)

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