Facebook buys Whatsapp for $16billion

Jeff Lenney 11 years ago

Originally Posted by egoldzone

really........?

No, he just made the whole thing up to fool you.... :rolleyes:
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GGpaul

11 years ago

Retirement coming up for Mark Zuckerberg. 16 BILLION though. SHEESH. I don't even know what I would do with that money.

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sojuncoke

11 years ago

The real question is, what does that mean for advertisers?

More precise targeted ads?

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sojuncoke

11 years ago

Originally Posted by jasonallvall

I'm certainly looking forward to the FB stock opening tomorrow

It usually affects the stock that was bought out. In which case it's Sequoia Fund SEQUX.

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Lemonzer

11 years ago

I just see this in my facebook newsfeed. It it legit news ??

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Lynker

11 years ago

This can be game changer for them but depends, if they force advertise, people may leave. Yet another better app arrive and people move there. This is insane money and I feel they nearly wasted it.

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sojuncoke

11 years ago

35%

That's how much of Facebook's cash is being used for this deal. Pretty extraordinary, given that this is mostly a stock transaction.

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That's how many venture capital firms currently own shares in WhatsApp. The lottery winner here is Sequoia Capital, which led the company's Series A round back in early 2011.

$60 million

That's how much we hear that Sequoia invested overall into WhatsApp, over three rounds of financing (only the first of which was ever publicly reported). The bulk of that was part of a $50 million Series C infusion that WhatsApp quietly closed in the middle of last year.

$3.4 billion

That's a ballpark figure for how much Sequoia will make on the deal. My understanding is that it holds a WhatsApp ownership percentage in the "high teens" -- placing it between $3.2 billion (17%) and $3.6 billion (19%).

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RichardKhor

11 years ago

Nice analysis.

Originally Posted by sojuncoke

35%

That's how much of Facebook's cash is being used for this deal. Pretty extraordinary, given that this is mostly a stock transaction.

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That's how many venture capital firms currently own shares in WhatsApp. The lottery winner here is Sequoia Capital, which led the company's Series A round back in early 2011.

$60 million

That's how much we hear that Sequoia invested overall into WhatsApp, over three rounds of financing (only the first of which was ever publicly reported). The bulk of that was part of a $50 million Series C infusion that WhatsApp quietly closed in the middle of last year.

$3.4 billion

That's a ballpark figure for how much Sequoia will make on the deal. My understanding is that it holds a WhatsApp ownership percentage in the "high teens" -- placing it between $3.2 billion (17%) and $3.6 billion (19%).

Sequoia
5666% ROI

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John Jonas Phil VA

11 years ago

I think $16B is too much. Especially since there are other apps there that are better and have the potential to be bigger than WhatsApp IMHO

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r0dvan

11 years ago

I hope they let us target mobile users with some kind of ads. That would be awesome for us apps developers!

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st0nec0ld

11 years ago

Is whatsapp that huge? I don't use whatsapp because I prefer viber..

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r0dvan

11 years ago

Originally Posted by st0nec0ld

Is whatsapp that huge? I don't use whatsapp because I prefer viber..

Of course it is. Otherwise Facebook would have bought viber

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st0nec0ld

11 years ago

Originally Posted by r0dvan

Of course it is. Otherwise Facebook would have bought viber

Well yeah, but I think it is for the US only. Whatsapp is not dominant platform in other countries especially in Asia because they have viber, line and kakaotalk

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Hona

11 years ago

Originally Posted by st0nec0ld

Well yeah, but I think it is for the US only. Whatsapp is not dominant platform in other countries especially in Asia because they have viber, line and kakaotalk

This is not True for India. In my place every other person keep checking phone for any unread notification of whats app.

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st0nec0ld 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Hona

This is not True for India. In my place every other person keep checking phone for any unread notification of whats app.

And India also.. ahaha fair enough?
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henrycalvin

11 years ago

Yap its is great decision by Facebook. See what happening after this.

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shrikantsoftwin

11 years ago

Yes... BBC news updates says facebook has bought it at $19bn.

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DivyaRai

11 years ago

Yes Facebook going to pay $19 billion for whatsapp.

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karma1911

11 years ago

I think Facebook, is just throwing their weight around...

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dmarc

11 years ago

I think I need to create an app that Facebook will want to buy :-)

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dhruven

11 years ago

I think facebook make better app than whatsapp.

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jacpacdh

11 years ago

Really.........Great News.

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trustedmarketer

11 years ago

It's a progressive move. FB move with the Times and this is definitely a great business move......they are going to make ''Loads of Money''

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reg0903

11 years ago

they have tons of money every seconds.. no wonder, all business used this strategy around the world... Huge facebook now

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Ali Alvie

11 years ago

That Watsapp guy was refused by Fb once now he nailed it all the way up :p

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darkc0de1

11 years ago

FB + Whatsapp = More opportunities for marketing people :-)

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kapildeven54

11 years ago

Not $16 billion, it's $19 billion.

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NewParadigm

11 years ago

whatsapp announced after the sale they are working on voice calls. That's the big play.

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jaintechnosoft 11 years ago

WhatsApp's free voice-call services for its 450 million users is a new challenge to telecom network operators.
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mark8888

11 years ago

what is the buy rate? 16$B or 19$b, it is not important.

My personal opinion, Facebook try to initiate new events and makes Facebook more attractive for the user.

Thus Facebook buy what's app with a huge amount of money.

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Banned 11 years ago

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hackvn9x 11 years ago

i remember it's $19B
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wearesocial 11 years ago

It's 19Billions.........Now what?
Prepare your self to viewing (harassing) advertising on Whatsapp !!!!
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- hackvn9x 11 years ago
  
  Don't use Whatsapp, now i'm still using Viber
  
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  It's 19Billions.........Now what?
  Prepare your self to viewing (harassing) advertising on Whatsapp !!!!
  
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  mainak 11 years ago
  
  Facebook took the right decision to maintain its place in social media business.
  
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TrumpiaTim

11 years ago

Great purchase for Facebook with Push Messaging and In-App Messaging becoming more popular.

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infimis

11 years ago

Times like these that everyone gets pumped with new App ideas.. lol. We're all guilty of it. haha

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infomundo 11 years ago

and that is not all. facebook is going to make people talk by phone calls.

i think it is going to be very cool.

my source is: http://infomundo.org
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hackvn9x

11 years ago

Become the best popular social network in mobile?

I think it's great way for FB

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IMStrategus

11 years ago

looks legit. but who knows. maybe it's one of those viral fake news.

just read on techcrunch it's $19b to be correct

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wkp63

11 years ago

Which one is better? Wechat or whatsapp?

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JoelDean

11 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg invested almost a quarter of the total company's value to Whatsapp, one of the craziest and the biggest investment of the century ever!

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mark8888

11 years ago

I never thought Watsapp would be as popular as this that facebook would buy, because it can only be used on a phone (iphone) as phone number is required, so like most other apps you cannot have it on your ipad.

I know you can have skype on both smartphone and tablet but whatsapp for some reason has no ipad app.

Im located in the states so not sure if this is the same globally.

Mark Leroy, Ayrshire, OH

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yenerich

11 years ago

Wow, its much money!!
I dont understand why Facebook people wants MORE money.

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