M&A Deal Summary

eBay Acquires Bill Me Later

On November 7, 2008, eBay acquired financial services company Bill Me Later from Integral Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is eBay’s 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is eBay’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is eBay’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-11-07
Target Bill Me Later
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) eBay
Sellers(s) Integral Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Bill Me Later

Timonium, Maryland, United States
Bill Me Later is a fast, simple and secure way to pay online without using a credit card. Bill Me Later, Inc. was formed in 2000 and is based in Timonium, Maryland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

eBay

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees12,300
Revenue 10.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to eBay's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Entrance to eBay's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

eBay is an online retailer and provider of auction tools and services. eBay enables global commerce and payments on behalf of users, merchants, retailers and brands of all sizes. The technologies and services eBay provides are designed to enable users and merchants worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale and buyers to find, buy and pay for it virtually anytime and anywhere. eBay was incorporated in 1995 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 68
Sector (Financial Services) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 25 of 58
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 15 of 37
Year (2008) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-06 Den Blå Avis A/S

Copenhagen, Denmark

Den Bla Avis and BilBasen are leading classifieds businesses in Denmark and operate dba.dk, an online classifieds site that generates more than 120 million page views per month, and bilbasen.dk, an online vehicle classifieds site that generates 66 million page views per month. Founded as printed classified advertising circulars, Den Bla Avis and BilBasen have successfully made the transition to fast-growing, profitable online businesses while maintaining the publication of its circulars. Den Bla Avis and BilBasen have offices in Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Buy $390M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-08 Positronic

Seattle, Washington, United States

Positronic has created predictive models and a machine learning platform that is vital for developments in search-based initiatives. Currently based in Seattle, WA, the team will relocate to San Jose.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Integral Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1991
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 67
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 34 of 45
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 49 of 66
Year (2008) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-24 Centillium Communications

Fremont, California, United States

TranSwitch® Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC) provides communications OEMs with carrier-class semiconductors for the converging voice, data, and video network. TranSwitch designs and develops innovative silicon and software solutions, and provides the customer support needed for the fastest time-to-market.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-30 NetXen

Cupertino, California, United States

NetXen, Inc. is a multi-asset web-based transaction platform that enables banks and financial institutions to define products and to buy and sell these products with corporate treasurers and institutional clients. Trades can be conducted from price requests to confirmation and settlement.

Sell $21M