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Google’s 5 Most Expensive Acquisitions To Date

Published by pratyushkp on August 16th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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Google announced on its blog Monday that it plans to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. If the deal is approved by antitrust regulators, then it will go down in the books as Google’s largest acquisition to-date.

Google’s VP of Corporate Development David Lawee told Reuters in 2010 that the tech giant’s agressive M&A strategy is “paying off huge.” Big bets on young companies like Android and YouTube might have raised doubts when the deals were going down, but now most will agree that those have, thus far, turned out to be success stories

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DoubleClick Founder’s New Startup Raises $6 Million

Published by pratyushkp on July 23rd, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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FindTheBest, a comparison and decision engine, has completed a $6 million round of financing courtesy of the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ sFund.

The newly secured funds will be used to launch a network of vertical comparison sites and help the budding startup expand internationally.

Founded by DoubleClick creator Kevin O’Connor, FindTheBest launched in August 2010 to help consumers make faster and more informed decisions by objectively comparing information on products and services.

The FindTheBest name is meant to suggest that users can turn to the site to find the best [insert anything here].

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