Acquisition History / Meta / ConnectU

Meta Acquires ConnectU

Announced June 23, 2008 — $31M

MetaSocial networking (litigation)2008

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

Meta's acquisition history
3rd of 109 tracked deals
Disclosed prices
26 of 109 Meta deals
Meta's average disclosed price
$933.3M
Meta's largest disclosed deal
WhatsApp ($19B)
Tracked acquisitions in 2008
75 across all acquirers
Meta in Social networking (litigation)
1 acquisition

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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