Investors who bought the hype are left holding the bag.
Ad-buying software company Rocket Fuel – “a predictive marketing platform,” it calls itself – announced on Tuesday that it was acquired for $2.60 a share. Including the assumption of debt, it makes for a deal value of $145 million. Down from $2 billion at its peak one month after the IPO.
http://wolfstreet.com/2017/07/19/rocket-fuel-2-billion-ad-tech-startup-rolled-up-sizmek/

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