Or in a less negative spin, acqui-hire a group of people you already know you enjoy working together with. I don't think that there would have been that many o

Or in a less negative spin, acqui-hire a group of people you already know you enjoy working together with. I don't think that there would have been that many other suitors for pocket, so depending on how close they were to just closing the price might be extremely low (or are any numbers making the rounds?). Maybe there is not much acqui in the hire, could have been more like a deal between founders and investors, "allow me to take the brand with me to my future employer".