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The point is that there won't be an all-cash 17bn transaction for Snapchat. I'm unaware of a SV startup sale in that dimension which happened in mostly cash. Usually, and I may be missing some deals, it's part cash and mostly shares of the buyer.

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LinkedIn, while not really a startup, was an all cash purchase.

Interesting, do you have a source for that? All I recall is that LinkedIn is struggling and it's hard to understand why MS would pay 26bn (http://www.recode.net/2016/6/13/11920416/linkedin-acquisitio...).

"Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash"

http://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-li...

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