Tuesday, October 28, 2014

WhatsApp, Facebook's $19 Billion Acquisition, Lost $232 Million In Six Months

To be fair, it takes time to grow a company, even one with 500 million users. WhatsApp lost about $138 million in 2013.



Albert Gea / Reuters


It takes money to make money — and that is definitely still the case with WhatsApp, a messaging company that Facebook bought for $19 billion earlier this year.


The company posted a loss of about $138 million in 2013, according to financial documents Facebook released today as part of its third-quarter earnings. It brought in about $10.2 million in revenue.



SEC


Its numbers for the first half of 2014 also show increasing losses, with the company losing $232 million.




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