Series A - March 2004. Draper Fisher Jurvetson - Premier Early Stage. Index Ventures. Bessemer Venture Partners. Mangrove Capital Partners. eBay to acquire to Skype - September 2005. Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. With Skype, you can share a story, celebrate a birthday, learn a language, hold a meeting, work with colleagues – just about anything you need to do together every day.
You can use Skype on whatever works best for you - on your phone or computer or a TV with Skype on it. It is free to start using Skype - to speak, see and instant message other people on Skype for example. You can even try out group video, with the latest version of Skype. If you pay a little, you can do more things, in more ways, with more people – like call phones, access WiFi or send texts.
eBay acquisition completed. San Jose, Calif., October 14, 2005 – eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) today completed its previously announced acquisition of Skype, the global Internet communications company. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement as announced on September 12, 2005, eBay acquired all of the outstanding shares of privately-held Skype for a total up-front consideration of approximately €2.1 billion, or approximately $2.5 billion, plus potential performance-based consideration.
The up-front consideration is comprised of approximately $1.3 billion in cash and the value of 32.8 million shares of eBay stock, which are subject to certain restrictions on resale. The maximum amount potentially payable under the performance-based earn-out is approximately €1.2 billion, or approximately $1.4 billion, and would be payable in cash or eBay stock, at eBay's discretion, with expected payment to occur in 2008 and/or 2009. About eBay Inc. About Skype Technologies SA Forward-Looking Statements.