Facebook의 Instagram 인수 관련 기사

Facebook의 Instagram 인수 관련 기사

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Facebook 이 지난 4월에 $1 billion 이라는 큰돈으로 Instagram을 인수했는데요, 당시 직원이 13명 밖에안되는 작은 회사를 왜 그리 큰 금액에 인수했을까에 대한 facebook CEO인 mark zuckerberg 에 생각 및 전체 스토리를 정리 해놓은 글입니다.

그 기업의 Valuation 에 대한 자세한 정보를 파헤쳐보지는 않았지만, Facebook이 Facebook의 서비스를 더욱 강화하는 여러가지 방안들을 생각하고 있다는것은 분명한것같고, 몇달이 지났는데 어떠한 변화가 생기는지 궁금해지네요. 현재 서비스되고 있는 Instagram과 Facebook 연동때문에 1조원을 썼다고 하면 너무나 큰 낭비일테니..

Facebook recently acquired Instagram for $1 billion. For those unfamiliar with Instagram, it is a smartphone application that allows users to take a photo and transform their photograph using 11 different filter effects. Users can then instantly share the picture through social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Although the application allows users to follow other users, Instagram is widely used to only upload pictures to other social media applications.

So how does this application make money?

Well, at the moment it doesn't. Prior to the acquisition, Instagram had no business model to make revenue. The service is completely free and no advertisements are displayed to users, although there is definitely potential to monetize the company in the future, through ads or charging for additional effects. Instagram was surviving on venture capital funding.

History
Instagram is a company less than two years old, with zero revenue, and yet Facebook felt the startup was worth $1 billion. Are we missing something here? Facebook was not the only company to put a high price tag on Instagram; this company has been blessed with angel investors prior to launching. 

The first round of funding came back in March 2010 when Instagram, then known as Burbn, received $500,000 in seed capital. The second round of funding was received about a year later, this time for $7 million. At the time, Instagram had attracted roughly 1.75 million users in the four months since the launch. Funding round three came just recently, when Instagram closed a $50 million deal just days before the Facebook acquisition. With approximately 35 million users, made up of roughly 30 million iPhone users and about 5 million Android users, obtained in six days, Instagram was valued at $500 million.

Did Facebook Overpay?
This is a question that only time will tell. Facebook is a dominant force and photo sharing is one aspect it has always focused on, so acquiring the most popular photo sharing application should really not be much of a surprise. When you take a look at the price Facebook paid for Instagram compared to other tech acquisitions over the years, Facebook may not look so insane. 

Facebook bought Instagram's approximate 35 million users for $1 billion, or just over $28 per user. Yahoo acquired Geocities in 1999 for $3.57 billion. At the time, Geocities had around 4.3 million users, meaning Yahoo paid about $830 per user. Skype was acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion, working out to roughly $240 per user. Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, or nearly $49 per user, and Yahoo acquired Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion at over $10,000 per user. Comparing those numbers to the Instagram acquisition, it appears that Facebook may have got a bargain.

The Bottom Line
A billion dollars for a company that has not made a single dime still sounds ludicrous, but in today's age, information can sometimes be more valuable than revenue to companies such as Facebook. Instagram's user numbers have been impressive since inception and if the trend continues, Facebook may have made a wise strategic move. If anyone could have success taking a non-profitable popular application and monetizing it into a billion dollar corporation, Mark Zuckerberg would be the person, and it wouldn't be the first time he did it, either. 

Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0412/Did-Facebook-Overpay-For-Instagram.aspx#ixzz26ivKv4iG

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