eBay Buys Stake in Meetup
Monday, 17. April 2006 - 5:40 pm
CNET NEWS — Apr 12 — eBay invested $2 million in social networking company Meetup.com. eBay's founder and board chairman, Pierre Omidyar, holds more than a 10% stake in Meetup. Last month, Meetup announced it received investments from eBay, Omidyar Network, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Allen & Co., former Sen. Bill Bradley and Esther dyson, which amounted to more than a 10% stake in the company, collectively. FULL ARTICLE @ CNET NEWS
Mark Brooks: Pierre Omidyar likes to invest in community oriented startups. Meetup is hiring for a VP/Marketing, Director of Biz Dev, Product Manager and others.