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eBay Buys PayPal: The $1.5 Billion Acquisition That Made Marketplace Payments Strategic

eBay’s $1.5 billion PayPal acquisition turned an external payment network already embedded in its marketplace into strategic infrastructure for online commerce.

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eBay and Benchmark: The Investment That Turned a Side Project Into a Global Marketplace

Benchmark backed eBay after its marketplace had already shown network effects, using capital and governance to scale a profitable community into a global platform.

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