Funding Daily: It’s like the San Diego firework fiasco of investment

July 9, 2012 6:09 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

All the news that lay dormant surrounding the July 4th holiday exploded all at once today in the funding world. Sometime amidst the barbecuing and pool parties, major deals were struck involving massive amounts of money. The biggest story, juicier …

Salesforce to buy GoInstant for over $70M (updated)

July 9, 2012 11:56 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Updated at 2:57 p.m. PT with more information about the deal.

Enterprise cloud giant Salesforce will purchase “co-browsing” startup GoInstant for more than $70 million, the companies announced in a blog post.

The Wall Street Journal initially reported the deal …