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Zynga Close To Acquiring Whereoscope (YC S10)
- ssclafani 16y agoThis is a good acquisition for Zynga. Now parents will no longer be burdened with the hassle of knowing where their kids are while playing FarmVille. </sarcasm> Congratulations to the Whereoscope team :)
- jon_dahl 16y agoHow, and why, do these things get leaked? Is it in either Zynga's or Whereoscope's interest to get a little PR before a sale? In other words, is this sort of thing strategic, or a lack of discipline on one party's part? Whatever the case, congratulations to both sides if this comes true.
- aristus 16y agoOne vector is that investors and lawyers talk. It's hard to move millions of dollars around quietly. Once I was visiting the office of a company in acquisition negotiations. The office phone was ringing off the hook with personal wealth managers cold-calling the employees by name.
- ryan 16y agoGenerally not in either party's interest to leak (unless it's a negotiation tactic). But unfortunately when you are closing a sale there are a bunch of people you have to talk to (investors, lawyers, accountants etc) and it only takes one person with questionable scruples to email techcrunch.
- khangtoh 16y agoTalent acquisition for a team of 2 developers? Really? I find it hard to believe.
- paulbaumgart 16y agoHow is a talent acquisition of two people different from a talent acquisition of a larger number? Are you saying the time overhead of going through with an acquisition is hard to justify for just two people?
- ericmsimons 16y agoI assume they're acquiring them to put some sort of "limit your kid's usage of Farmville" type deal?