Skype sold, deal done. No surprises.
Skype blog post ("Great news ? we?ve closed the deal with the new investors.") and news release. Investor group pays Skype $1.9 billion in cash, $125 million note for 70% of Skype. eBay buys a $50 million note from them. Investors include Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Andreessen Horowitz Fund, and Joltid Limited. Skype now owns Joltid’s peer-to-peer intellectual property, free and clear. All the talent dedicated to replacing Joltid’s p2p engine have been reassigned to other Skype engineering projects, like its forthcoming platform for third-parties. This deal: Sold! The bullets, Phil Wolff, Skype Journal, November 6, 2009 The rumored deal devalues Skype five percent, Skype Journal, November 6, 2009 How much gold do you pay pirates?, Skype Journal, November 4, 2009 eBay 2009q3 investor results (the Skype parts), Skype Journal, October 22, 2009 Volpi’s Skype Business Concept: SIP, social, lite, layoffs, Skype Journal, October 14, 2009 Is Joltid’s using the world’s best patent troll law firm?, Skype Journal, September 20, 2009 Lawyers are cheap, Skype Journal, September 17, 2009 Labor Day thoughts on the 2009 Skype sale, Skype Journal, September 7, 2009 Who will own Skype? Om picked up the phone, Skype Journal, September 3, 2009 The Skype sale: Hot Buzz and No Response, Skype Journal, September 1, 2009 Skype sale: 20 Things We Don’t Know, Skype Journal, September 1, 2009 The Sale as described by the Buyers, Skype Journal, September 1, 2009 Skype CEO: "Today, Skype begins a new chapter", Skype Journal, September 1, 2009 The last deal: Who got what when Skype’s investors sold to eBay? Phil Wolff, Skype Journal, June 7, 2007 Sold to mwhitman, a member from San Francisco, Martin Geddes, Skype Journal, September 13, 2005 tags: skype, sale, spinout, spinoff, m&a, acquisition, ebay, investors, eBay, Silver Lake, silverlake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, cppib, Andreessen Horowitz Fund, AndreessenHorowitz, Joltid, p2p, peer-to-peer, intellectual propertypropertyCall me at +1-510-316-9773, Skype me, follow @skypejournal and @Phil Wolff.
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