App maker Onavo swallowed up by Facebook
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 10/14/2013 03:16 PM
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Mobile app maker Onavo was goobled up by Facebook to a reported $150 to $200 million dollars and acquired its first Israeli office. Israeli newspaper Calcalist claimed that Facebook spent up to $200m on the analytics firm.
Onavo makes apps for tracking mobile internet use and compressing downloaded data. It also tracks app usage for developers.
Facebook would be taking over Onavo's Tel-Aviv office. It will become the first office of Facebook in Israel.
"We’re excited to join [Facebook's] team, and hope to play a critical role in reaching one of Internet.org’s most significant goals – using data more efficiently, so that more people around the world can connect and share," Onavo co-founders Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger wrote in a blog post.
Facebook would be taking over Onavo's Tel-Aviv office. It will become the first office of Facebook in Israel.
"We’re excited to join [Facebook's] team, and hope to play a critical role in reaching one of Internet.org’s most significant goals – using data more efficiently, so that more people around the world can connect and share," Onavo co-founders Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger wrote in a blog post.
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