kara.allthingsd.com - 4/13/2009
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The content discovery service, StumbleUpon, has gotten itself back to start-up status, after being bought by eBay two years ago.
It announced today that it was returning to being an "investor-backed startup" by a roster of well-known Silicon Valley investors, including Ram Shriram of ...
stumbleupon.com - 4/13/2009
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stumbleupon.com —
After nearly two years as a subsidiary of
eBay, today StumbleUpon returns to being an independent company. ...
StumbleUpon is now backed by myself and co-founder Geoff Smith, along with several great investors who’ve backed companies ...
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StumbleUpon is a start-up again!
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blogs.wsj.com - 4/13/2009
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A quartet of private-equity firms have joined forces
for a leveraged buyout of a global telecommunications firm...
with hundreds of millions of users. And no, this isn’t a blog post from 2006. A group including KKR, Warburg Pincus, Providence and ...
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Skype Founders Buyback EBay Niklas Zennstrom and Janus ...
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Like the Phoenix from its Ashes: StumbleUpon Buys Itself Back from eBay
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
First there were the acquisition rumors, then the acquisition. Then there were the sale rumors. Now, eBay has sold StumbleUpon—to the social discovery app (and its funders) itself.
In May 2007, eBay purchased StumbleUpon at $75 million, to much confusion in the blogosphere. At the time, eBay was taking a “wait and see” approach before integrating any of its holdings with the sharing and discovery toolbar. Just under two years later, with the help of well-known VCs, the service is returning to its roots as an independent ...
StumbleUpon Becomes Its Own Company Again
WebProNews Feed —
First there were the acquisition rumors, then the acquisition. Then there were the sale rumors. Now, eBay has sold StumbleUpon—to the social discovery app (and its funders) itself.
In May 2007, eBay purchased StumbleUpon at $75 million, to much confusion in the blogosphere. At the time, eBay was taking a “wait and see” approach before integrating any of its holdings with the sharing and discovery toolbar. Just under two years later, with the help of well-known VCs, the ...
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eBay (EBAY) has dumped StumbleUpon, the random-Web site-finding toolbar it bought for $75 million in 2007 .
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stumbleupon.com 4/13/2009 — StumbleUpon is a start-up again! Monday, April 13, 2009 After nearly two years as a subsidiary of eBay, today StumbleUpon returns to being an independent company. StumbleUpon is now backed by myself and co-founder Geoff Smith, along with several great ...
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