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AFAIR eBay had an investment in Craigslist. Might be wrong.
by sogen 9y ago
AFAIR eBay had an investment in Craigslist. Might be wrong.
- replicatorblog 9y agoThey owned at least 25% of the company at one point, but it was well after it started and gained critical mass, or liquidity in this case. My filter for this piece allowed for companies that raised money, but only if they managed to run independently, for a few years at least.
- zck 9y agoeBay bought a former employee's stock from him; it wasn't an investment. Craigslist later bought back the stock (https://web.archive.org/web/20040813165340/http://www.cnewmark.com/archives/000265.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040813165340/http://www.cnewma...).