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Avaya Confirms It Is In Talks With Skype
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- 2009-12-18
Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy confirmed this morning that the company is in conversations with Skype. The talks are logical given that both companies share a common private-equity owner, Silver Lake. Not very many details were provided, but Kennedy told BusinessWeek this morning: “We are having conversations with [Skype].”A partnership...
SEC Watch: Skype By The Numbers
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- 2009-11-20
The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies—and the kind of detail on Skype we aren’t likely to see much of now that it’s no...
eBay Successfully Sells Skype?Gets $1.9 Billion Cash Up Front
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- 2009-11-19
eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has closed its deal to sell VoIP service Skype for roughly $2.75 billion. The group of buyers—including Joltid Limited, Andreessen Horowitz and others—are paying $1.9 billion in cash up front, with $125 million in principal notes. eBay is retaining a 30 percent stake in Skype, as...
Skype Founders Invest In Casual, Mobile Gaming Firm Zattikka
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- 2009-10-02
Zattikka, the casual and mobile gaming company founded by Virgin Interactive vet Tim Chaney, has raised a seed round of funding led by Atomico Ventures. Atomico Ventures is the early stage VC firm created by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. The amount of the funding was not...
Industry Moves: Volpi Out As Joost Chairman
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- 2009-09-11
Mike Volpi kept the role of chairman when Joost switched to a white-label tech provider and he left as CEO for Index Ventures, an investor in the video startup. That’s over, too. Volpi told paidContent, following a report on SAI that he was out as chairman, “I will confirm...
SEC Watch: Andresseen's Fund Will Own Less Than 5 Percent Of Skype
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- 2009-09-01
EBay kicked off Tuesday with news that it’s selling Skype to an investor group for $1.9 billion in cash—and a bit of a surprise that it’s keeping a 35 percent interest. The SEC document just filed sheds a little more light on the deal, which values Skype at $2.75...
EBay Sells 65 Percent Of Skype For $1.9 Billion
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- 2009-09-01
EBay is finally putting us out of our misery when it comes to speculation about Skype but it isn’t getting completely out of the virtual phone business. Instead, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is selling 65 percent of Skype to an investor group led by Silver Lake in a deal valuing...
Skype's Troubled History With Ebay, in Links
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- 2009-09-01
Skype’s four year run under Ebay has been beset with troubles, and finally that is about to come to an end, as it gets sold to an investor group. The history of the marriage and pending divorce, in links ascending chronological order:—eBay Acquires Skype For $2.6 Billion In Cash,...
Skype About to Be Sold to Investor Group, Including Andreessen's New Firm: Report
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- 2009-09-01
Skype is finally about to be sold by Ebay to an investor group, which includes Andreessen Horowitz, the new VC firm headed by Marc Andreessen, reports NYT, citing sources. The deal will be announced tomorrow, it says. by Rafat Ali
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