Seattle pet care company Rover to be acquired in $2.3B deal

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Seattle pet-sitting marketplace Rover has agreed to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in a deal worth around $2.3 billion. The company, sparked at a Startup Weekend event in Seattle in 2011, went public two years ago.

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