that is a team between cnn, vice and comedy central. the content is packaged in a cooler, hipper way that lists for 24 hours. facebook tried to buy snapchat for $3 billion in snapchat said no and raised $10 billion from investors all by itself. now snapchat seeks a new round of funding and the company could be a valued as high as $19 billion says one person with knowledge of the matter, making it the third largest company backed by venture capital firms. >> so it's not just naked selfies. david kirkpatrick joins me as well as bloomberg contributing editor and matthew wong. let me start with you. i count at least 40 companies with a billion-dollar valuation. >> i think one thing we tried last year's we saw the number of companies able to raise their first funding and a billion-dollar valuation more than double last year. for uber i think it shows investor confidence in its growth. if you imagine that across 100 companies -- investors are celebrating over. some reports have been 200 billion active users. the product is beginning to trickl

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between ukraine and pro-russian forces. right now shelling is going on if two-- going on in two cities. cnn teamsthe ground say there's incoming and outgoing artillery fire. there's been shelling throughout the region since the peace deal was reached. the port city of mariupol is of special importance to ukraine given its location and residents are nervous ahead of the cease-fire. senior international correspondent fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: pariupol is a city on the edge. we saw checkpoints and patrols checking vehicles the people saying they believe the city might be infiltrated by pro-russian separatists. one of the things that's been going on is that there is a considerable force of the pro-russian cities situated just outside of the city several kilometers away. what's happening here what's not happening in many other places along the front line is, that here it appears to be the pro-ukrainian forces that have the initiative. one of the things that happens is that a force called the asov battalion, a volunteer force affiliated with ukraine's interior ministry managed to make some ga

our cnn team on the ground said a tense quiet settled in on the region despite reportedly viegss early on and mistrust on both sides. the truce aims to end a year-long violence dwon between government forces and pro-russian militants. it took marathon talks last week to try to get the peace deal signed. our nick peyton walsh is in done nesk where he said the atmosphere has undergone a change. >> at midnight there were 40 or 50 explosions. just after midnight, it is a remarkable change in the atmosphere frankly here. one that people didn't really expect. we are hearing suggestions there have been minor cease fire violations around the area. many are hoping this may stick. that is a long shot. the head of the cease fire was unwelcoming towards it. the russian foreign minister suggested they were using logic to discourt contents of the agreements. casualties inflicted on civilians and ukrainian government areas were held by the ukrainian president perhaps a reason why the accord couldn't stick. they were clear they felt the civilian casualties caused by shellings here would make it hard to see a cease fire through. we have to wait and see how and if it lasts. at this stage