Salesforce is buying a startup by Facebook's former CTO for $750 million
Quip
TechCrunch is reporting the acquisition price at $750 million.
In the four years since founding Quip, Taylor had raised $45 million. The app allows users to create and edit documents online with a real-time commenting system.
Salesforce Ventures, the company's invesment arm, had already poured money into Quip during a prior round of funding, and a Salesforce filing noting that " the Company expects to issue shares of Company common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Quip capital stock with an aggregate value of approximately $582 million not including consideration attributable to Salesforce Ventures' existing investment in Quip, subject to customary purchase price adjustment."
Quip will remain a standalone app after the acquisition and the company says that getting bought will help it "expand our service more quickly and reach millions of people all over the world - which has been our mission since day one."
Besides being Facebook CTO between 2009 and 2012, Taylor had previously co-created Google Maps. He recently joined Twitter's board.
Thrilled to be joining @Benioff and the @Salesforce team! https://t.co/SJOPKO7Jqt
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