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• SEC Watch: Skype By The Numbers

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: SEC, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Investment, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Staci D. Kramer

• eBay Successfully Sells Skype?Gets $1.9 Billion Cash Up Front

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Investment, Financial Accounting, Networking, Finance, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tameka Kee

• Skype Founders Invest In Casual, Mobile Gaming Firm Zattikka

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: Mobile, Mobile Gaming, Casual Game, Game Company, Founder, Skype Technologies S.A., Atomico Ventures, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Marketing, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee

• Industry Moves: Volpi Out As Joost Chairman

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: Industry, Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., Corporate Governance, Video On Demand (VoD), Corporate Communications, Portals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Internet, Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Staci D. Kramer

• SEC Watch: Andresseen's Fund Will Own Less Than 5 Percent Of Skype

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: SEC, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Litigation, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Legal, Regulatory, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Staci D. Kramer

• EBay Sells 65 Percent Of Skype For $1.9 Billion

  PaidContent - 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...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Staci D. Kramer

• Skype's Troubled History With Ebay, in Links

  PaidContent - 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,...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IPO, Venture Capital, Investment, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rafat Ali

• Skype About to Be Sold to Investor Group, Including Andreessen's New Firm: Report

  PaidContent - 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

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Investor, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rafat Ali