Facebook Acquires Branch Media Lyrics

After two years building Branch and Potluck, I am thrilled to announce that we will be continuing our mission at Facebook!

We will be forming Facebook's Conversations group, based in New York City, with the goal of helping people connect with others around their interests. Their pitch to us was: "Build Branch at Facebook scale!"

Although the products we build will be reminiscent of Branch and Potluck, those services will live on outside of Facebook. A more thoughtful note and details to come soon but I am writing this haphazardly from a mountain in Japan (I was tipped that the story was going to leak while on vacation).

In the meantime, a huge "thank you" to our investors. Especially, Jason Goldman, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Ryan Freitas, John Borthwick, and Jonah Peretti, who all spent an extraordinary amount of time with us.

Most importantly though, a big congrats to my eight teammates who have worked tirelessly, often behind the scenes. So much <3 and admiration: http://branch.com/company#team - on we go!

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In a post shared on Facebook, CEO and Co-Founder Josh Miller announced that Facebook would be acquiring his startup Branch – and with that link sharing service Potluck – to help “people connect with others around their interests.”

The Verge reported that Branch and Potluck were acquired for approximately $15M.

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January 13, 2014
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