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A comment on Ask HN: Are there any companies that invest in free products?.

Re:Ask HN: Are there any companies that invest in free produ... by scorpwarp23 on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:15AM (#9068089)
Yes definitely. Investors (Tech. Angels, VCs etc.) are all open to the idea of 'free' products as long as there is a monetisation/revenue model in play.

You don't need to charge users to make money. Data for e.g. is a great avenue for revenue.

Why do you think all those investors invested in the likes of Google & FB anyway?

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any companies that invest in free produ... by kiraken on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @08:22AM (#9068325)
As i mentioned there are multiple ways i can make money without charging the users, but i was wandering if i could get investors if i don't make any kind of revenue from it. And i find that selling users info to be unethical so it's very unlikely that i'd do that
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