Skype sale to new investors completed

    Yesterday evening (Moscow time) eBay announced the closure of the transaction for the sale of Skype. The final terms of the transaction are based on a valuation of the company at $ 2.75 billion. The buyer was a group of investors led by Silver Lake Investment Fund and including Joltid Limited (Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ) and the Andreessen Horowitz Foundation is eternal.
    eBay has raised approximately $ 1.9 billion in cash and will retain a approximately 30% stake in the company.

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