Acquired

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Episodes

Total: 202

Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: Rover.com and its 2017 c

We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software world

If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed w

Acquired returns with a classic, delving into Microsoft’s first acquisition ever: Forethought Inc, t

Acquired wraps up a big few weeks of coverage with not an IPO or an M&A or a fundraising round,

Acquired is live on the scene following Dropbox’s public market debut. From playing a central role i

Acquired dives into the topic on the minds and lips of just about every VC and founder these days: S

Acquired brings it all back home—to the smart home that is—with Google’s 2014 acquisition of Nest fo

We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near & dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fund

Former Zappos Chairman & COO (and current Partner at Sequoia Capital) Alfred Lin joins our heroe

Acquired cozies up to the fire and looks back on the year in tech. How wildly off were we on last ye

Acquired crosses the half-century mark with an instant classic: Apple’s 2014 purchase of Beats, its

Ben and David dive into the most talked-about tech IPO of 4Q 2017: Stitch Fix. After downsizing the

Ben & David cover the proposed largest tech M&A deal of all time, and in the process dive in

Ben & David venture to the land down under (and reunite in-person!) to tell the story of the gra

Today our heroes cover a deal that might have more impact on life in Silicon Valley than AI, wearabl

Acquired is back and live on the scene! After months of speculation, Google announces today their ac

On this extra-long episode of Acquired, Brian McCullough from the Internet History Podcast returns t

Unicorns and ratchets and lawsuits, oh my! Our heroes dive into the history of Jack Dorsey’s famous

Acquired dives into the legendary acquisition of Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen’s “second act” s