Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Rapportive Confirms Acquisition By LinkedIn

San Francisco-based Rapportive, which develops a Gmail plug-in for displaying social networking information about your contacts in your email, has confirmed its acquisition by LinkedIn. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Rahul Vohra, CEO of Rapportive, did not say what LinkedIn intends to do with Rapportive after the acquisition. The company was venture backed by Charles River Ventures, along with such angels as Dave McClure, Paul Buchheit, Jason Calacanis, Gary Vaynerchuk, Shervin Pishevar and Venture Hacks.