Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition

Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition

Last month, advertising company Infillion acquired location-data platform Foursquare, a once popular social network, at an undisclosed value. Now, in a new blog post, Foursquare co-founder and former CEO Dennis Crowley said that investors didn’t see any returns from the sale. Crowley referenced a post by an angel investor, inferred that neither preferred nor common…

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Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition

#Farewell to Foursquare’s app

“I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I have been in a real funk these last few days over this news,” writes Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, speaking about the company’s plan to sunset the Foursquare City Guides app later this year in favor of focusing on its check-in app Swarm. The move reverses…

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