cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/56962298
This is a private equity firm? Was Threema doing financially bad?
Comitis Capital announces the acquisition of Threema
Submitted 2 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://comitiscapital.com/news/comitis-capital-announces-the-acquisition-of-threema
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kayazere@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Looks like a planned exit. The private investors behind Threema (Afinum) say they have a 5-7 year investment window after which they sell to lock in profits on their investment. This acquisition would be consistent with that time frame.
Grain of salt: I’ve never heard of any of these companies and just did some quick research because I was curious.
kayazere@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Interestingly, Afinum is also a German based private equity firm which owned majority shares of Threema since 2020.
Kind of strange to see the company bouncing around between owners, but hopefully it can remain a good product.
PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Trust the experts bro
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Well, if we relax and look at this from a different angle, for much of humanity’s history advantageous knowledge was hidden or limited from competition, and in many things it still is.
Except advantageous knowledge of chemistry for early cannons, for example, could be verified. Better gunpowder.
This - can’t.
PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Still, if the service is supposed to be security and privacy-oriented, how about you make the source-code available, so users can verify this for themselves?