EBay has settled with the founders of Skype, clearing up some nasty lawsuits that now allows the Internet phone company to be sold to a consortium of investors that includes the Skype co-founders.
Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners leads the investor group, and is joined by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
As part of the deal, Index Ventures, a very early original investor Skype, is being jettisoned from the investor syndicate. Very ba....

