- notes
- {"acquirer": "LinkedIn", "acquisition_date": "2012-02-07", "acquisition_date_alternate": "2012-02-08", "acquisition_amount_usd": "~15000000", "acquisition_form": "cash", "pre_money_valuation_usd": "3000000", "exit_type": "Acquisition", "founder_post_acquisition": "Rahul Vohra remained at LinkedIn ~2 years building LinkedIn Intro (Mar 2012–Mar 2014 per LinkedIn profile)", "product_lifecycle_after_acquisition": [{"phase": "Continued as Rapportive brand", "period": "2012–2017", "notes": "LinkedIn initially kept Rapportive name and features; later narrowed social integrations to LinkedIn-focused data.", "source_urls": ["https://mashable.com/archive/linkedin-buys-rapportive", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/linkedin-will-sunset-sales-navigator-for-gmail-formerly-known-as-rapportive-on-march-20/"]}, {"phase": "Rebranded to Sales Navigator Lite for Gmail", "date": "2017-11", "notes": "Rapportive users transitioned after Google deprecated underlying Gmail widget; LinkedIn launched Sales Navigator Lite for Gmail.", "source_urls": ["https://winbuzzer.com/2017/11/10/linkedin-shuts-down-rapportive-offers-free-sales-navigator-gmail-xcxwbn/", "https://www.ere.net/articles/rapportive-down-try-accompany-for-gmail"]}, {"phase": "Sales Navigator for Gmail sunset", "date": "2020-03-18", "reason": "Low adoption (LinkedIn statement)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/linkedin-will-sunset-sales-navigator-for-gmail-formerly-known-as-rapportive-on-march-20/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2020/linkedin-cites-low-adoption-decision-end-sales-navigator-integration-gmail/"]}], "current_status": "Independent startup defunct; acquired by LinkedIn in 2012; original Rapportive Gmail product lineage discontinued by March 2020; rapportive.com domain/brand legacy held under LinkedIn/Microsoft.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/07/linkedin-picks-up-rapportive-for-around-15-million/", "https://mashable.com/archive/linkedin-buys-rapportive", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rapportive", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/rapportive/__V0GbgFpL68zzFQEJH2M_pyeI6_DeSAJdG8H4LWTeoHU", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/linkedin-will-sunset-sales-navigator-for-gmail-formerly-known-as-rapportive-on-march-20/"]}
- source urls
- ["https://mashable.com/archive/linkedin-buys-rapportive", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/07/linkedin-picks-up-rapportive-for-around-15-million/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/linkedin-will-sunset-sales-navigator-for-gmail-formerly-known-as-rapportive-on-march-20/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/rapportive/__V0GbgFpL68zzFQEJH2M_pyeI6_DeSAJdG8H4LWTeoHU", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rapportive"]