Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs

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Post by vassvdm » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:09 PM UTC

Re: Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs

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Post by minimaxir » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

Suddenly Snapchat at $3B doesn't seem so ridiculous.

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Post by Karunamon » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

Welp. There's another app that I won't be accepting any updates for from now on...

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Post by higherpurpose » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

Such a waste. Most Whatsapp users already use Facebook in parallel. Facebook will never see a ROI on this acquisition. Not even close.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

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Post by tzury » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

This will be the largest Israeli Startup Exit of all times I think.

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Post by matthewhelm » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

"$4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares"

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

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Post by vladgur » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

Wow, thats an incredible return on a $8m sequoia investment

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Post by nkuttler » Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

Good for them!

Now on to uninstalling it :-(