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$240,000,000
$240,000,000 -- strategic investment amount for Facebook (2007)
Microsoft agreed to invest $240 million in Facebook for a 1.6 percent stake in October 2007.
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$240,000,000
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Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2007
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Microsoft / Facebook
Primary
Tier A
https://techbizwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/microsoft-to-pay-240-million-for-16-stake-in-facebook/ ↗
Source Article
Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for 1.6% Stake in Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 — Microsoft has won a high-profile technology industry battle with Google and Yahoo to invest in the social networking upstart Facebook.
The two companies said on Wednesday that Microsoft would invest $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. The investment values the …
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Microsoft / Facebook
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Company announcement, news report of investment deal
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Facebook: $240,000,000 strategic investment amount. Source: Microsoft / Facebook (2007). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/microsoft-facebook-investment-2007
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