Google buys Feedburner for $100 million

feedburner.jpgTechCrunch reported that Google is indeed buying Feedburner for $100 million.

“Feedburner is in the closing stages of being acquired by Google for around $100 million. The deal is all cash and mostly upfront, according to our source, although the founders will be locked in for a couple of years. The information we have is that the deal is now under a binding term sheet and will close in 2-3 weeks, and there is nothing that can really derail it at this point,” Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch posted.

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  1. The company was founded in 2003 and actually raised just $10 million in capital over two rounds. $100 million is a huge markup for a company with $10 million in capital!

    By SEO Reloaded on May 24, 2007 3:29 am

  2. [...] Πηγές: TechCrunch, 901am [...]

    By BloGR » “Βέβαιη η αγορά του Feedburner” on May 24, 2007 3:33 am

  3. [...] that much. Google is on a hot pursuit for expansion into the blogging world, confirmed by the acquisition of Feedburner.com, the favorite blogger’s tool for RSS feed management, for a whopping $100 [...]

    By Will Google buy Twitter? | Technology Corner on September 3, 2007 6:09 am

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