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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

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Founded in 2007 by Ron Makavy, Micha Berdichevsky, and Barak Naveh, Snaptu raised a total of $9 million in three rounds: $3 million from Carmel Ventures, $5 million a year ago (March 2010) from Sequoia and $1 million from private investors, including Spotlab, an angel fund operated by former Israeli MP Neomi Blumental.