EBay said today it will sell a 65% stake in its Skype Internet phone business to private investors in a deal that marks the end of an unhappy tech marriage.

San Jose, California-based eBay said it will get $1.9bn (€1.3bn) in cash and a $125m note from the buyer, an investment group led by the private equity firm Silver Lake including Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.