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10:42 9th Mar 2012

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reblogged from: damoon

Green Dot Acquires Loopt For $43.3 Million In Cash

damoon:

caterpillarcowboy:

Wait, what? Can someone explain this to me? These guys were fucked, weren’t they?

Loopt (Sequoia) -> Green Dot (Sequoia)

Thank you. Dirty VCs.
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2. damoon reblogged this from cdixon and added:
  
  My other thought was that Green Dot exhaustively evaluated the location space, identified the most innovative companies,...
3. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from cdixon and added:
  
  Do you have any thoughts on why they did do the acquisition?
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5. cdixon reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
  
  lol. yeah a VC board member forced a public company ceo to buy another one of the VCs companies. not how the world...
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10. jryu reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
  
  Here’s one connection— Sequoia invested in both those companies.
11. marksbirch said: Craziness ensues…
12. wiesen said: Crunchbase might tell you.
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