Skype is finally free — eBay settles with Skype co-founders, clearing way for buyout
November 7, 2009
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EBay has settled with the founders of Skype, clearing up some nasty lawsuits that now allows the Internet phone company to be sold to a consortium of investors that also includes the Skype co-founders. Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners leads the investor group, and is joined by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, as well as Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. As part of the deal, Index Ventures, a very early original investor Skype, is being jettisoned from the investor syndicate
