SurveyMonkey Acquired by Private Equity Firms

[viggity]

http://www.nwinnovation.com/surveymonkey_acquired_by_private_equity_firms/s-0021175.html

[ScottWhigham]

Hmmmm - is this a good thing or a bad thing? PE firms aren't generally ones to step in and take over something like this, are they?

[mattmcknight → ScottWhigham]

It seems like it's just an oddly worded item, Bain Capital Ventures is in the team and the new CEO was entrepreneur in residence at Benchmark. It's almost like they are converting from a bootstrapped model to a VC model 10 years into the business.