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A New Dawn for Consumer Internet Acquisitions

Genuine VC

The following chart details the number of startups that LinkedIn, GroupOn, Zynga, and GroupOn have acquired annually since 2009 (source: Crunchbase ; 2012 total straight-line extrapolated from Q1). Over the past three years, the number of startups which have been acquired by these four companies is trending upwards.

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A New Dawn for Consumer Internet Acquisitions

Genuine VC

The following chart details the number of startups that LinkedIn, GroupOn, Zynga, and GroupOn have acquired annually since 2009 (source: Crunchbase ; 2012 total straight-line extrapolated from Q1). Over the past three years, the number of startups which have been acquired by these four companies is trending upwards.