Last month I wrote about how HomeAway.com is in talks for a $300 million IPO. It turns out that HomeAway.com has filed for a $230 million IPO. HomeAway.com lets users rent houses, condos, etc. that the owners list. HomeAway has 500,000 listings across 145 countries. HomeAway made $167.9 million in revenues last year with a net profit of $16.9 million. Austin Ventures owns 24.4% of HomeAway and CEO Brian Sharples owns 3%. [Statesman]

HomeAway.com is in talks with several banks about a $300 million IPO according to BusinessWeek sources. The banks that HomeAway is talking to include Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Goldman Sachs.

The investment arm of Google, Google Ventures, has invested in HomeAway.com. HomeAway is a vacation rentals website. Google Ventures bought shares in HomeAway from existing shareholders. This round of funding is at about $25 million. HomeAway has already raised $410 million thus far.

Google Ventures has invested in HomeAway, an online vacation home rental service. HomeAway now has a $1.4 billion valuation after the investment. Google Ventures is rumored to have invested $25 million in the company. Google Ventures purchased stock directly from HomeAway shareholders. HomeAway has grown rapidly since they launched in 2005. So far about half a billion dollars have been invested in HomeAway. [TechCrunch]