Browse Acquisitions:
Acquisition History
Investments are available dating back to 1994. Press releases for many investment and acquisition announcements are available
online. Click the dates to read the releases.
| Calendar Year | Press Release | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | January 9, 2023 | Fungible |
| 2022 | December 9, 2022 | Lumenisity |
| 2022 | June 28, 2022 | EduBrite* |
| 2022 | June 14, 2022 | Miburo |
| 2022 | March 31, 2022 | Minit |
| 2022 | February 28, 2022 | Oribi* |
| 2022 | January 18, 2022 | Activision Blizzard |
| 2021 | December 21, 2021 | Xandr |
| 2021 | October 29, 2021 | Two Hat |
| 2021 | October 22, 2021 | Clear Software |
| 2021 | October 7, 2021 | Ally.io |
| 2021 | September 08, 2021 | TakeLessons |
| 2021 | September 07, 2021 | Clipchamp |
| 2021 | August 10, 2021 | Peer5 |
| 2021 | July 28, 2021 | Suplari |
| 2021 | July 21, 2021 | CloudKnox |
| 2021 | July 12, 2021 | RiskIQ |
| 2021 | June 2, 2021 | ReFirm Labs |
| 2021 | April 29, 2021 | Kinvolk |
| 2021 | April 12, 2021 | Nuance Communications, Inc |
| 2021 | March 16, 2021 | The Marsden Group |
| 2020 | September 21, 2020 | ZeniMax Media |
| 2020 | July 7, 2020 | Orions Systems |
| 2020 | June 22, 2020 | CyberX |
| 2020 | June 18, 2020 | ADRM Software |
| 2020 | May 19, 2020 | Softomotive |
| 2020 | May 14, 2020 | Metaswitch Networks |
| 2020 | April 15, 2020 | npm^ |
| 2020 | March 26, 2020 | Affirmed Networks |
| 2019 | October 21, 2019 | Mover |
| 2019 | September 18, 2019 | Semmle^ |
| 2019 | September 4, 2019 | Movere |
| 2019 | August 19, 2019 | jClarity |
| 2019 | August 5, 2019 | PromoteIQ |
| 2019 | July 29, 2019 | BlueTalon |
| 2019 | June 17, 2019 | Pull Panda^ |
| 2019 | June 9, 2019 | Double Fine Productions |
| 2019 | May 28, 2019 | Drawbridge* |
| 2019 | May 23, 2019 | Dependabot^ |
| 2019 | April 18, 2019 | Express Logic |
| 2019 | February 4, 2019 | DataSense |
| 2019 | January 24, 2019 | Citus Data |
| 2018 | November 30, 2018 | Spectrum^ |
| 2018 | November 19, 2018 | FSLogix |
| 2018 | November 14, 2018 | XOXCO |
| 2018 | November 10, 2018 | Obsidian |
| 2018 | November 10, 2018 | Inxile |
| 2018 | October 8, 2018 | Glint* |
| 2018 | September 13, 2018 | Lobe |
| 2018 | June 20, 2018 | Bonsai |
| 2018 | June 18, 2018 | Flipgrid |
| 2018 | June 10, 2018 | Ninja Theory |
| 2018 | June 10, 2018 | Playground Games |
| 2018 | June 10, 2018 | Undead Labs |
| 2018 | June 10, 2018 | Compulsion Games |
| 2018 | June 04, 2018 | GitHub |
| 2018 | May 20, 2018 | Semantic Machines |
| 2018 | January 29, 2018 | PlayFab |
| 2018 | January 3, 2018 | Avere Systems |
| 2017 | October 3, 2017 | AltSpaceVR |
| 2017 | August 15, 2017 | Cycle Computing |
| 2017 | June 29, 2017 | Cloudyn |
| 2017 | June 8, 2017 | Hexadite |
| 2017 | April 18, 2017 | Intentional Software |
| 2017 | April 10, 2017 | Deis |
| 2017 | January 17, 2017 | Simplygon |
| 2017 | January 13, 2017 | Maluuba |
| 2016 | August 22, 2016 | Genee |
| 2016 | August 11, 2016 | Beam |
| 2016 | June 28, 2016 | Code Connect |
| 2016 | June 16, 2016 | Wand Labs |
| 2016 | June 13, 2016 | |
| 2016 | May 3, 2016 | Solair |
| 2016 | February 24, 2016 | Xamarin |
| 2016 | February 3, 2016 | SwiftKey |
| 2016 | January 19, 2016 | MinecraftEdu |
| 2016 | January 13, 2016 | Event Zero |
| 2015 | December 21, 2015 | Talko |
| 2015 | December 12, 2015 | Metanautix |
| 2015 | November 9, 2015 | Secure Islands |
| 2015 | November 5, 2015 | Mobile Data Labs |
| 2015 | October 2, 2015 | Havok |
| 2015 | September 28, 2015 | Adxstudio Inc |
| 2015 | September 11, 2015 | Double Labs |
| 2015 | September 8, 2015 | Adallom |
| 2015 | September 3, 2015 | VoloMetrix |
| 2015 | August 3, 2015 | Incent Games Inc |
| 2015 | July 16, 2015 | FieldOne Systems LLC |
| 2015 | June 10, 2015 | BlueStripe |
| 2015 | June 2, 2015 | 6Wunderkinder |
| 2015 | April 14, 2015 | Datazen Software |
| 2015 | February 11, 2015 | Sunrise |
| 2015 | January 23, 2015 | Revolution Analytics |
| 2015 | January 20, 2015 | Equivio |
| 2014 | December 11, 2014 | HockeyApp |
| 2014 | December 1, 2014 | Acompli |
| 2014 | November 13, 2014 | Aorato |
| 2014 | September 15, 2014 | Mojang |
| 2014 | July 11, 2014 | InMage |
| 2014 | July 2, 2014 | SyntaxTree |
| 2014 | May 28, 2014 | Capptain |
| 2014 | May 1, 2014 | GreenButton |
| 2014 | January 7, 2014 | Parature |
| 2013 | October 23, 2013 | Apiphany |
| 2013 | June 3, 2013 | InRelease |
| 2013 | March 7, 2013 | NetBreeze |
| 2013 | March 4, 2013 | MetricsHub |
| 2013 | February 2, 2013 | Pando Networks |
| 2012 | December 28, 2012 | R2 Studios |
| 2012 | October 16, 2012 | StorSimple Inc. |
| 2012 | October 15, 2012 | MarketingPilot |
| 2012 | October 4, 2012 | PhoneFactor Inc. |
| 2012 | July 9, 2012 | Perceptive Pixel Inc. |
| 2012 | June 25, 2012 | Yammer Inc. |
| 2011 | November 22, 2011 | VideoSurf Inc. |
| 2011 | June 7, 2011 | Prodiance |
| 2011 | May 10, 2011 | Skype |
| 2010 | November 26, 2010 | Canesta, Inc. |
| 2010 | October 6, 2010 | AVIcode |
| 2010 | February 2, 2010 | Sentillion |
| 2009 | December 11, 2009 | Opalis Software |
| 2009 | December 10, 2009 | Sentillion |
| 2009 | November 11, 2009 | Teamprise |
| 2009 | September 22, 2009 | LS Retail and To Increase |
| 2009 | September 21, 2009 | Interactive Super Computing |
| 2009 | May 7, 2009 | BigPark Inc. |
| 2008 | August 29, 2008 | Greenfield Online Inc. |
| 2008 | July 24, 2008 | DATAllegro Inc. |
| 2008 | July 14, 2008 | Zoomix |
| 2008 | July 1, 2008 | Powerset |
| 2008 | June 27, 2008 | MobiComp |
| 2008 | June 17, 2008 | Navic Networks |
| 2008 | April 9, 2008 | Farecast |
| 2008 | March 20, 2008 | Komoku |
| 2008 | March 14, 2008 | Rapt Inc. |
| 2008 | March 12, 2008 | Kidaro |
| 2008 | March 6, 2008 | Credentica |
| 2008 | February 27, 2008 | YaData |
| 2008 | February 11, 2008 | Danger Inc. |
| 2008 | February 7, 2008 | Caligari Corporation |
| 2008 | January 21, 2008 | Calista Technologies |
| 2008 | January 8, 2008 | Fast Search & Transfer ASA |
| 2007 | December 12, 2007 | Multimap |
| 2007 | October 29, 2007 | Global Care Solutions |
| 2007 | August 30, 2007 | Parlano |
| 2007 | July 26, 2007 | AdECN, Inc. |
| 2007 | May 18, 2007 | aQuantive, Inc. |
| 2007 | May 3, 2007 | ScreenTonic |
| 2007 | March 14, 2007 | Tellme Networks, Inc. |
| 2007 | February 26, 2007 | Medstory Inc. |
| 2006 | October 12, 2006 | Colloquis |
| 2006 | July 26, 2006 | Azyxxi |
| 2006 | July 18, 2006 | Winternals |
| 2006 | July 17, 2006 | Softricity |
| 2006 | May 18, 2006 | Whale Communications |
| 2006 | May 4, 2006 | Massive Inc. |
| 2006 | April 6, 2006 | Lionhead Studios |
| 2006 | April 3, 2006 | ProClarity Corp |
| 2006 | March 7, 2006 | Apptimum Inc. |
| 2006 | March 7, 2006 | Onfolio Inc. |
| 2006 | February 13, 2006 | Motion Bridge |
| 2005 | September 19, 2005 | Alacris Inc. |
| 2005 | November 3, 2005 | FolderShare |
| 2005 | November 3, 2005 | media-streams.com AG |
| 2005 | August 30, 2005 | Teleo Inc. |
| 2005 | July 20, 2005 | FrontBridge Technologies |
| 2005 | March 10, 2005 | Groove Networks Inc. |
| 2005 | February 8, 2005 | Sybari Software Inc. |
| 2004 | December 16, 2004 | GIANT Company Software |
| 2004 | April 26, 2004 | ActiveViews |
| 2003 | April 30, 2003 | PlaceWare |
| 2003 | February 19, 2003 | Connectix |
| 2002 | October 22, 2002 | Vicinity |
| 2002 | September 24, 2002 | Rare |
| 2002 | Sept. 10, 2002 | XDegrees |
| 2002 | May 7, 2002 | Navision |
| 2001 | May 3, 2001 | Ensemble Studios |
| 2001 | April 30, 2001 | NCompass Labs |
| 2001 | Jan. 12, 2001 | Design Intelligence |
| 2000 | December 21, 2000 | Great Plains Software |
| 2000 | December 5, 2000 | Digital Anvil |
| 2000 | Oct. 26, 2000 | WebAppoint |
| 2000 | September 18, 2000 | Pacific Microsonics Inc. |
| 2000 | September 13, 2000 | MongoMusic |
| 2000 | July 12, 2000 | NetGames USA |
| 2000 | June 19, 2000 | Bungie Software |
| 2000 | June 12, 2000 | Driveoff.Com |
| 2000 | February 29, 2000 | Peach Networks |
| 1999 | Oct. 29, 1999 | Entropic |
| 1999 | Sept. 17, 1999 | Softway Systems |
| 1999 | Sept. 15, 1999 | Visio |
| 1999 | July 21, 1999 | STNC |
| 1999 | July 7, 1999 | ZOOMIT |
| 1999 | July 1, 1999 | Sendit |
| 1999 | June 14, 1999 | OmniBrowse |
| 1999 | June 7, 1999 | ShadowFactor |
| 1999 | April 26, 1999 | Jump Networks |
| 1999 | April 19, 1999 | Access Software |
| 1999 | March 4, 1999 | CompareNet |
| 1998 | Nov. 5, 1998 | LinkExchange |
| 1998 | August 25, 1998 | Valence Research |
| 1998 | April 28, 1998 | The MESA Group |
| 1998 | April 9, 1998 | Firefly Network |
| 1998 | Feb. 23, 1998 | Flash Communications |
| 1997 | Dec. 31, 1997 | Hotmail |
| 1997 | Aug. 5, 1997 | VXtreme |
| 1997 | June 30, 1997 | LinkAge Software |
| 1997 | June 13, 1997 | Cooper & Peters |
| 1997 | May 7, 1997 | Dimension X |
| 1997 | April 6, 1997 | WebTV Networks |
| 1997 | March 3, 1997 | Intersé |
| 1996 | Dec. 10, 1996 | NetCarta |
| 1996 | Nov. 20, 1996 | ResNova Software |
| 1996 | Oct. 29, 1996 | OLAP technology from Panorama Software |
| 1996 | June 17, 1996 | Electric Gravity Inc. |
| 1996 | June 11, 1996 | eShop Inc. |
| 1996 | April 15, 1996 | EXOS Inc. |
| 1996 | April 8, 1996 | aha! software |
| 1996 | March 12, 1996 | Colusa and Aspect |
| 1996 | Jan. 16, 1996 | Vermeer Technologies Inc. |
| 1995 | Dec. 12, 1995 | Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd. |
| 1995 | Nov. 6, 1995 | Interoperability Technology, Expertise from Netwise Inc. |
| 1995 | Oct. 16, 1995 | The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd. |
| 1995 | July 31, 1995 | Dare to Dream Entertainment |
| 1995 | July 10, 1995 | SNMP Technology From Network Managers |
| 1995 | Feb. 23, 1995 | RenderMorphics, Ltd. |
| 1994 | Nov. 15, 1994 | One Tree Software |
| 1994 | Nov. 1, 1994 | NextBase |
| 1994 | Sept. 27, 1994 | Altamira |
| 1994 | June 28, 1994 | SOFTIMAGE |
* denotes LinkedIn acquisition
^ denotes GitHub acquisition
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