Rapportive (YC S10) Has Been Acquired By LinkedIn

[jnovek]

Rapporative is such a fundamental part of how I get work done that I often forget that it isn't just part of GMail.

While I am really excited that these guys had an exit -- founders who make really great products deserve to get paid -- I hope that this doesn't mean that Rapporative will eventually be shut down or merged with LinkedIn in some horrible way that removes it from my inbox. I'm not sure if I can keep people straight without it.

[villagefool]

Care to share how you use Rapportive to get work done?

[blackRust]

Congratulations to Rahul, Martin, Sam and all the others. As expressed by others I hope Rapportive continues independently in terms of account creation.

I really liked when Conrad from the support them explained an issue I had regarding merged accounts by providing the following graph, I did mention that I was a CS Major (hope the spacing lines up):

  [email protected] (user, merged) <--.
   |                                         \
    `-> [email protected] (user, merged) \
         |                                    |
          `-> [email protected] (user, merged)
               |
                `-> [email protected] (user)
                     |
                     |`-> [email protected]
                     |
                     |`-> [email protected]
                     |
                      `-> [email protected]

[intellection]

Smart tree design. Good character choices for branches.

First time I remember seeing that style. Now I wanna read more text-tree graphing everywhere.

[shrikant]

Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3563828

edit: Admittedly, the tense of the headline was different.

[keeptrying]

This is probably the sweet spot exit that most entrepreneurs dream of ...

$1 million raised, 2 years of work and $15 million cash exit. The founders have obviously done very well in this exit.

Great story. Great product. Well done!

[joshu]

+ n years of lockup.

[lawrence]

I find myself talking about Rapportive a lot as one of the better executed examples of the contextual delivery of relevant content. Glad these pioneers got rewarded for their work.

[pspeter3]

Will Rapportive to continue to operate separately or become a specifically LinkedIn product?

[rahulvohra]

Not sure I understand what you mean by the difference?

[diego]

Welcome to LinkedIn guys! Looking forward to meeting in person.

[rahulvohra]

thanks Diego! looking forward to it, to put it mildly :)

[dtran]

Congrats Rahul, Martin, Sam and team! Do your Rapportive profiles reflect this news? ;)

[markbao]

Thank goodness it's going to continue to exist!

[bostonvaulter2]

But will it continue to be updated?

[verelo]

Congrats, this is a great tool which has often surprised me with the results it comes up with.

I'm very envious of your success. Looking forward to running into you guys one day, like you said, its a small world.

[jedc]

Congratulations, Rahul, Martin, and Sam! This is great news. :)

[dawson]

and Lee!

[bvi]

Congrats Rahul, Martin! I've always been impressed by your quick responses to any issues via email.

What are your next steps?

[rahulvohra]

Make you brilliant with people — as simple as ;)

[davidedicillo]

Congrats! It's a great product and Rahul is a really smart guy (as I'm sure the rest of the team is)

[benwerd]

Very cool. Rapportive is a great product. Well done to the team for a well-deserved acquisition.

[RichardPrice]

Rahul, Martin, Conrad, and others, Many Congrats! Rapportive is a really great product.

[mikeburrelljr]

Great product! I happened to install it over the weekend, and am a believer.

[prbuckley]

Nice work guys! Congratulations.

[csallen]

Congrats guys!