[candre717]

Kiva is a great company. They have been innovating since day 1, tapping into various industries. Last year, they put their robots on the floors of Boston Scientific's fulfillment center - a first for them in the highly-sensitive, highly-regulated medical arena. And, to be bought in CASH... I hope employees and the founding team made out well.

[sriramk]

Also a great exit for Bain Capital.

[portman]

Bain Capital Ventures. Venture Capital, not Private Equity.

[travem]

I thought Bain Capital was the umbrella for all of their funds? Bain Capital Private Equity for the PE stuff and Bain Capital Ventures for the VC investments.

[beambot]

As I wrote on Hizook [1]... this acquisition is great news for robotics, but it kinda makes me sad. I would have liked to see Kiva go public. Plus, I certainly hope Amazon doesn't hoard Kiva away for itself and rob the world of efficient, robotic warehouses...

[1] http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/03/19/breaking-news-amazon-a...