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LinkedIn, while not really a startup, was an all cash purchase.
by nbclark 10y ago
LinkedIn, while not really a startup, was an all cash purchase.
- cm3 10y agoInteresting, do you have a source for that? All I recall is that LinkedIn is struggling and it's hard to understand why MS would pay 26bn (http://www.recode.net/2016/6/13/11920416/linkedin-acquisition-microsoft-reasons http://www.recode.net/2016/6/13/11920416/linkedin-acquisitio...).
- itsprofitbaron 10y ago"Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash" http://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/ http://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-li...