Acquisition History / Meta / ConnectU
Meta Acquires ConnectU
Announced June 23, 2008 — $31M
What happened
ConnectU was a social networking site whose founders had a legal dispute with Facebook's founder, settled via this acquisition.
- Acquirer
- Meta
- Target
- ConnectU
- Announced
- June 23, 2008
- Price
- $31M
- Industry
- Social networking (litigation)
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Meta acquire ConnectU?
Meta acquired ConnectU on June 23, 2008. This was Meta's 3rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 109 we have on record.
How much did Meta pay for ConnectU?
Meta paid $31M for ConnectU.
What does ConnectU do?
ConnectU was a social networking site whose founders had a legal dispute with Facebook's founder, settled via this acquisition.
What other Social networking (litigation) companies has Meta acquired?
ConnectU is Meta's only publicly tracked acquisition in Social networking (litigation) so far.
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