Comments on: ShareThis To Acquire Fellow Widget Maker madKast

By: madKast to be acquired by ShareThis | Widgets Lab

madKast to be acquired by ShareThis | Widgets Lab — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:54:12 +0000

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By: ShareThis comprará madKast

ShareThis comprará madKast — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:56:35 +0000

[...] una compañía que desarrolla un widget que permite a los usuarios compartir un artículo o post a través de múltiples canales como Digg o Myspace, está adquiriendo [...]

By: ShareThis (to) Acquire madKast to Boost its Widget Making Technology | Startup Meme

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:45:16 +0000

[...] a news article across multiple social media sites such as Digg, Delicious, MySpace etc is going to acquire madKast. madKast is also a widget maker that allows users to share blog/news through SMS messages [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:03:37 +0000

Sounds like a solid move to grow the user base and build the team. Congrats all around for making this happen. Look forward to hearing about the next set of developments.

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:06:29 +0000

I always found madKast’s sharing tool to be the easiest to use of those available on the market. Great acquisition for ShareThis – more blogs to their portfolio, and some solid technology as well.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:59:00 +0000

Great job guys – thanks for making Boulder look even better!

By: StartupNewz.com

StartupNewz.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:03:58 +0000

ShareThis To Buy Fellow Widget Maker madKast…

The TechStars Demo Day has produced the third acquisition from the event. ShareThis, which recently closed a round of $15 Million in funding is acquiring fellow widget maker madKast for an undisclosed amount. There is a lot of common ground between t…

By: Does it always pay to be the market leader upstart? « These two cents

Does it always pay to be the market leader upstart? « These two cents — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:39:43 +0000

[...] the one that was acquired. I’ve seen this with Jaiku and now with Intense Debate and Madkast. For Intense Debate, Disqus was seen as the market leader among the Techmeme crowd, followed by [...]

By: TechStars Demo Day: Acquisitions Galore As Twelve Companies Strut Their Stuff

TechStars Demo Day: Acquisitions Galore As Twelve Companies Strut Their Stuff — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:42:11 +0000

[...] in the days festivities were announcements that two TechStars companies have been acquired: madKast (by ShareThis) and IntenseDebate (by Automattic, the maker of WordPress). After AOL’s purchase of [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:49:30 +0000

A big congrats to Doug and Johann! This is a great success both for them, and for TechStars!

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ウィジェットを提供するShareThisが、同業のmadKastを買収

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ウィジェットを提供するShareThisが、同業のmadKastを買収 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:41:53 +0000

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By: Another TechStars Aquisition: ShareThis Absorbs Widget Brethren madKast|tinyCrunch

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:28:50 +0000

[...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com original post Share and [...]

By: Blog sharing widget company ShareThis buys blog sharing widget company Madkast » VentureBeat

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:38:02 +0000

[...] purchased by article-sharing widget company ShareThis for an undisclosed sum [Update: Madkast is about to be purchased. It wasn't clear from the presentation, but the deal's slated to close in the next [...]

By: Just A Guy

Just A Guy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:21:59 +0000

Hasn’t MadKast essentially been dead for months now? They haven’t had any real blog postings since March, and it seems like most of the people who worked there have moved on. To me it just seems like they probably bought the small userbase at a good price?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:21:31 +0000

depends on the exit value.

By: Dealyzer

Dealyzer — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:17:40 +0000

MAD PROPS to MADKAST!

By: schratboy

schratboy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:10:28 +0000

another roll-up…ho hum

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:44:29 +0000

Two hits for TechStars in one day! 3/10 acquisitions in less than year is pretty damn good.