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EBay Snaps Up brands4friends For $200 Million

Ingrid Lunden

Dec 20, 2010 7:27 AM

EBay is on the acquisition trail as it looks for growth in new markets: today the auction giant announced that it would buy brands4friends, an online shopping club based in Germany, for €150 million ($200 million) in an all-cash deal. This is the second startup that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, UK, Germany, brands4friends, ebay, livingsocial

German Shopping Club Brands4Friends Gets €10 Million Funding

Robert Andrews

Nov 26, 2008 10:44 AM

German online fashion shopping club Brands4Friends has received a €10 million third-round investment, designed for international expansion, from a trio of VC houses. It’s a pretty big investment, but the site claims to have drawn 1.2 million members since launching in 2007. The round is led by Partech International along…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Europe, Germany, brands4friends, holtzbrinck ventures, mangrove capital partners, partech international

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