Zooomr Being Courted
I ran the rumor by one of the supposed bidders, who confirmed on the condition of anonymitity that they were in talks to acquire the company. They said the company’s asking price is sub $1 million, which makes this more of an “employment by acquisition” type deal.
The company, which is still in beta, raised a small angel round from investor Ron Conway earlier this year, and Thomas Hawk joined them shortly afterwards. Version 2 of the beta launches today, Friday, at 5 pm PST.