Monday, September 16, 2013

Bump Technologies Acquired By Google

Mountain View-based Bump Technologies, which develops an app to let users synchronize their contact information by "bumping" their iPhones together, has been acquired by Google, according to the company. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Bump said it will be joining Google in a blog post this morning. Bump was backed by Marc Andreessen, Greg McAdoo and Tim Lee at Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Sv Angel/Ron Conway, Sherpalo Ventures/Ram Shriram, Felicis Ventures/Aydin Senkut, along with others.