Even a few weeks after the Revelation paid 2.4 billion for technology licenses, while simultaneously hiring the CEO CEO and upper talent, the implications of agreement rattling some founders and employee start Right Silicon Valley.
Google payment for the startivated divisions are effective for the same two parts, according to the two people who know the deal. Boron investors are $ 1.2 billion.
The other half is in the form of a compensation package for 40 Windsurf employees rented by technology giants with the largest part of $ 1.2 billion, vaun Mohan and Douglas Chen, said.
The transaction is a good result for VCS, which includes Greenoaks, Kleiner Perkins, and Public catalysts. Windsurf lifting the total about $ 243 million As the last increment in 2024 is the value of a company at $ 1.25 billion, that the total back to investors is about four times the original fund.
Greenoaks, which causes the Windsurf seed and a series of trips and possession of 20% of the company, produces about $ 500 million in the beginning, according to the person familiar with the matter. Cleiner Perkins, which causes Series Windsurf B, returned about three times a familiar capital, according to other people who know that agreement.
Google, Perkins Kleiner, and the Greenoaks refuses to comment. Public catalysts, Varun Mohan, and Douglad Chen did not respond to comment requests.
Even if so, most investors are directed to win more important than the company.
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In February, TechCrunch reports Kleiner Perkins is in the future to lead about new funding fingers for beginners, which are then known as Codeium, in a $ 2.85 billion worthSee rankings-. The agreement does not happen, according to the person familiar with the problem, because the wind wind has also agreed to be purchased by Opening for $ 3 billionSee rankings-.
As you know now, the acquisition of opening unraveled and Google swear in With a structured deal to offer investors returns, earn talent and IP without earned stocks.
But what is in this valley: when Google’s valleys are good for the deduction and VCS, do not benefit about 250 employees, especially after experting to pay from the sale to the opening.
In typical acquisitions, employees earned money for owning, and often have A fast-based valentineSee rankings-. However, the Windsurf employees that rent the last year that it does not benefit from the agreement, says these people.
Google’s agreement is more likely to be reliable approximately 200, a waste of waste winds not rented by search giants.
Instead of sender per cent of the Google payment to your own pocket, investors choose to leave the company with more than $ 100 million capital.
One source says you’ve financed by VCS, which means the total payment is about $ 1.1 billion. However, others say founders’ equivalent to chipped to leave the company with the nest eggs from the Google payment.
Many people say that the money is left for the company will be enough to pay for all employees who are still in profit of each of Google Deal-Chare, regardless of how long they have participated in the company. However, so done, it will definitely be a problem, leaving a company with less cash to operate and – with founder, the primary people cannot fund new increases. The remaining leadership is likely to die after creating a distribution of cash like this, one of them said. Meanwhile, others claimed that the company is quite capital to pay employees and continue operate.
The difference in opinion is only part of the reason it is controversial.
Anything else, at least Google employees make a hire, even if you pay and benefit, see the stripes of the stock restart. This means that it must wait for a four-year-old additional amount of deposit in Google Stock, according to the person familiar with the deal.
Some of the top VC punish the founder of the early years of early years of age because they do not show the wind with all the people who help building the company.
“Windsurf and more as an evil example for the founders leaving the team and do not show the deal with their team,” wrote Vinod Khosla on XSee rankings-. “I will always be able to work with the founder.”
After many days Limbo below the announcement of Google is the wind, the remaining entity, the CEO Interim Leader Jeff Wang, can sell yourself for the cognition.
Kognition earn IP and Windsurf products, and bring all staff that are not rented by Google.
When the seller’s term is not discussed, the acquisition allows each employee to earn the profits, according to a Blog published by KorgisiSee rankings-.
Two other sources thought for techcrunch paid $ 250 million to acquire the remaining entity.
The cognition does not respond to a request for a comment.