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Your comment made me realize i can't remember seeing promising medium or small size companies merge and make this kind of announcement. I mean, you could very
by bsaul 11y ago
Your comment made me realize i can't remember seeing promising medium or small size companies merge and make this kind of announcement.
I mean, you could very well see this kind of company merge with people doing an advanced IDE, or even corporate frameworks.
Maybe they usually prefer to create commercial partnerships rather than merge shares.
- notahacker 11y agoBuying a smaller company gives the owners control over a resource. Merging with a similar sized company means relinquishing control for no immediate return.
- jessaustin 11y agoA company that is well-capitalized and having trouble growing might buy a similarly-sized company just for the next couple quarters of revenue. Of course that isn't a good reason but it is an "immediate return".
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Your comment made me realize i can't remember seeing promising medium or small size companies merge and make this kind of announcement. Small and medium sized companies merge all the time (but its rarely big news, because small companies), but "promising" ones in the Silicon Valley swing-for-the-fences startup sense probably don't as much, probably because that kind of merger doesn't provide the kind of exit startup investors are looking for or increase the perceived likely size of the eventual exit enough to warrant the dilution.