Companies that raised $123 million don't get acquihired.
Why not? That's a genuine question, not trying to be a smartass. Would a company that raised that much money not be worth its value to be acquired?
Edit: Looks like Instagram had raised 50m before being acquihired. Definitely a much different situation than this one, but it's not outside the realm of possibility that a company which raised 100+ million would be acquihired.
Re:Renewing Medium’s focus
by demystified on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:03AM
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I would not consider Instagram being "acquihired".
See definition from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqui-hiring): "...the process of acquiring a company to recruit its employees, without necessarily showing an interest in its products and services—or their continued operation"
Instagram was sold for $1 billion with just 13 employees. That's certainly not an acquihire.
Maybe they would try to get acquihired