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Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal (abcnews.go.com)
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Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal::Private equity giant Blackstone will acquire the pet care app Rover in an all-cash deal valued at $2.3 billion, the companies announced Wednesday

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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Private equity will be the death of anything good.

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    • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    RIP Rover :(

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is this like the Uber of pet stuff?

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Great, now let's see how they can make it terrible.

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