Feedburner for $100 million!

The game is not over yet, Google continues on scoring in their competitors goal, taking over the world by buying up anything that has a remote chance of getting big. The latest purchase added to the growing list of Google acquisitions is FeedBurner. These are the guys that handle a lot of sites RSS feed. They also run the FeedBurner Ad Network (FAN) that can generate cash for some of blog owners.

Feedburner is in the closing stages of being acquired by Google for around $100 million. The deal is all cash and mostly upfront, although the founders will be locked in for a couple of years.

FeedBurner was founded in 2003 and funded with $10 million of capital in two rounds. Google will be paying $100 million cash for the company. $10 million into $100 million in four years? That’s a pretty good ROI!

Who is next? Is it going to be me or one of my projects? Sometimes, Google let you dream while you are awake.