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lumostyesterday at 5:14 PM1 replyview on HN

Are these hostile takeovers? buying a competitor out through a PE deal could be cheap relative to competing with them.


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WJWyesterday at 5:55 PM

No, they just come in and offer a lot of money to the current owners. Bending spoons are ruthless businesspeople but AFAIK they do offer a reasonable price for the businesses they acquire.

(I used to work for WeTransfer and some time after I left it got acquired at about the price it was once considering IPO-ing at. This was apparently such a good offer that it took very little deliberation to agree to the deal.)

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