In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by agwa on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:47PM (#21539828)

> As a personal user, I consider 1Password the GitHub of password management

Ah, GitHub. The company which was bootstrapped and profitable like 1Password, but then took venture capital, became unprofitable, and had to sell to Microsoft. Let's hope they aren't the GitHub of password management.

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Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by askafriend on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:48AM (#21546347)

GitHub being sold to Microsoft was a huge win for GitHub. They got acquired for $9B which is a staggering valuation - one they never would have gotten on their own.

Not only that, but the GitHub product is getting much better under Microsoft.

So overall I think it was a win for consumers too.

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Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by nixgeek on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:57AM (#21545279)

Where has this story been publicly discussed? What’s the origin of this rumor that GitHub “had to sell” due to financial stability concerns?

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Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by jagger27 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @08:21PM (#21541419)

Unless they want Apple to buy them.

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Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by vl on Thursday November 14, 2019 @10:30PM (#21541984)

Apple already has it’s own, pretty good, password management.

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Re:In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M ... by Frank2312 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @10:57PM (#21542086)

Apple is using 1Password internally : https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/07/10/apple-look...

There were also rumors of an acquisition at the same time, which were denied.

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