Big Tech Mergers

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google use mergers and acquisitions to gain market power, acquire data, and snuff out any threats from would-be competitors. The list of their publicly-disclosed acquisitions is below.

Amazon:

113 acquisitions over 23 years or ~5 deals per year

1998: PlanetAll.com, Junglee, Bookpages, Telebook, and IMDb
January 1999: MindCorps
April 1999: e-Niche Inc.
May 1999: LiveBid and Exchange.com
June 1999: Accept.com and Alexa
October 1999: Tool Crib and Convergence Corp.
November 1999: Back to Basics
December 1999: Leep Technology
December 2001: OurHouse
January 2002: Egghead.com
August 2004: Joyo.com
April 2005: MobiPocket and BookSurge
June 2005: Small Parts Inc
July 2005: CustomFlix
February 2006: EastDane and Shopbop.com
October 2006: Text Pay Me
May 2007: BrillianceAudio and Digital Photography Review
January 2008: Without A Box and Audible
April 2008: LOVEFiLM
June 2008: Fabric.com
July 2008: Box Office Mojo
August 2008: Shelfari
October 2008: Reflexive Entertainment
December 2008: AbeBooks and bookfinder.com
April 2009: Lexcycle
June 2009: SnapTell
July 2009: Zappos.com
February 2010: Touchco
June 2010: woot.com
September 2010: Amie Street
October 2010: BuyVIP
November 2010: Toby Press, Quidsi, Soap.com, Diapers.com, BeautyBar.com and Wag.com
July 2011: Pushbutton and bookdepository.com
September 2011: Yap
February 2012: Teachstreet
March 2012: Kiva Systems
April 2012: Evi and Avalon Books
July 2012: UpNext
January 2013: INOVA Software
March 2013: Goodreads
May 2013: Liquavista
October 2013: TenMarks Education
February 2014: Double Helix Games
April 2014: ComiXology
August 2014: Twitch Interactive
October 2014: Rooftop Media
December 2014: GoodGame
January 2015: Annapurna Labs
March 2015: 2lementry
April 2015: Shoefitr, ClusterK and Amiato
July 2015: AppThwack
September 2015: Elemental Technologies and Safaba Translation Systems
February 2016: NICE and Emvantage Payments
April 2016: Orbeus
July 2016: Cloud9 IDE
August 2016: Curse Inc.
October 2016: Westland
November 2016: Biba Systems and Partpic
January 2017: harvest.ai
February 2017: Colis Privé
March 2017: Do.com and Thinkbox Systems
June 2017: Whole Foods
July 2017: Graphiq, GameSparks and Souq.com
September 2017: Wing
October 2017: Body Labs
November 2017: Goo Technologies
December 2017: Blink
January 2018: Sqrrl
February 2018: Immedia
April 2018: Ring
June 2018: PillPack
August 2018: Tapzo
January 2019: CloudEndure and TSO Logic
February 2019: Eero and Dispatch AI
April 2019: CANVAS Technology
May 2019: Sizmek Ad Server
June 2019: Bebo
July 2019: E8 Storage
September 2019: IGDB and INLT
October 2019: Health Navigator
June 2020: Zoox
January 2021: Umbra 3D
February 2021: Selz

Apple

125 acquisitions over 33 years or ~4 deals per year

1988: Network Innovations, Orion Network Systems, Styleware, and Nashoba Systems
1989: Coral Software
1997: Next and Power Computing Corp
1999: Xemplar Education and Raycer Graphics
2000: NetSelector, Astarte-DVD Authoring Software, and SoundJam MP
2001: Bluefish Labs, bluebuzz, Spruce Technologies and PowerSchool
2002: Nothing Real, Zayante, Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice, Propel Software, Prismo Graphics and Emagic
2005: SchemaSoft and FingerWorks
2006: Silicon Color and Proximity
2008: P.A. Semi
2009: Placebase and Lala
2010: Quattro Wireless, Intrinsity, Siri, Gipsy Moth Studios, Poly9, Polar Rose and IMSense
2011: C3 Technologies
2012: Anobit, Chomp, AuthenTec, Particle and Redmatica
January 2013: Novauris Technologies
March 2013: WiFiSlam
June 2013: Ottocat
July 2013: Catch.com, Locationary and HopStop.com
August 2013: Passif Semiconductor, Matcha, Embark and AlgoTrim
October 2013: Cue
November 2013: PrimeSense
December 2013: Acunu, Topsy and BroadMap
January 2014: SnappyLabs
February 2014: Burstly and TestFlight App
May 2014: LuxVue Technologies
June 2014: Spotsetter and Swell
July 2014: BookLamp
August 2014: Beats Electronics
September 2014: Prss
January 2015: Musicmetric and Semetric
February 2015: Camel Audio
March 2015: FoundationDB
April 2015: LinX and Dryft
May 2015: Coherent Navigation and Metaio
September 2015: Mapsense
October 2015: Vocal IQ and Perceptio
November 2015: Faceshift and LegbaCore
January 2016: Emotient, LearnSprout and Flyby Media
August 2016: Turi and Gliimpse
September 2016: tuplejump
December 2016: Indoor.io
February 2017: RealFace
March 2017: Workflow
May 2017: Beddit and Lattice Data
June 2017: SensoMotoric Instruments
September 2017: Regaind
October 2017: init.ai and PowerbyProxi
November 2017: InVisage Technologies and Vrvana
December 2017: Pop Up Archive and Spektral
January 2018: Silicon Valley Data Science and Buddybuild
March 2018: Texture
August 2018: Akonia Holographics
September 2018: Shazam
October 2018: Dialog
November 2018: Silk Labs
December 2018: Platoon
February 2019: DataTiger and PullString
March 2019: Laserlike and Stamplay
May 2019: Tueo Health
June 2019: Drive.ai
July 2019: Intel’s smartphone modem business
October 2019: Ikinema
December 2019: Spectral Edge
January 2020: Xnor.ai
March 2020: DarkSky
April 2020: Voysis
May 2020: NextVR and Inductiv
June 2020: Fleetsmith
July 2020: Mobeewave
August 2020: Camerai and Spaces
January 2021: Curious AI

Facebook

86 acquisitions over 15 years or ~6 deals per year

August 2005: aboutface
July 2007: Parakey
June 2008: ConnectU
August 2009: FriendFeed
February 2010: Octazen
March 2010: Divvyshot
May 2010: ShareGrove and friendster
November 2010: Zenbe
July 2010: nextstop
August 2010: Hot Potato and Chai Labs
October 2010: drop.io
November 2010: FB.com domain name
January 2011: Rel8tion
March 2011: RecRec, Beluga, and Snaptu
April 2011: DayTum
June 2011: MailRank and Sofa
August 2011: Push Pop Press
October 2011: friend.ly
November 2011: Strobe
December 2011: Gowalla
April 2012: TagTile and Instagram
May 2012: Karma, Gancee and Lightbox.com
June 2012: face.com
July 2012: Spool and Acrylic Software
February 2013: threadsy
March 2013: Atlas Solutions, Osmeta, and Storylane
April 2013: Hot Studio and Spaceport
July 2013: Parse
August 2013: Monoidics
October 2013: Jibbigo
December 2013: Onavo
January 2014: SportStream and Little Eye Labs
February 2014: Branch
March 2014: WhatsApp and Oculus VR
April 2014: Ascenta
June 2014: ProtoGeo Oy
August 2014: PRYTE, privatecore, and LiveRail
January 2015: Wave Group Sound and wit.ai
March 2015: QuickFire
May 2015: TheFind
July 2015: Surreal Vision
October 2015: Pebbles Interfaces
March 2016: Endaga
May 2016: Masquerade
September 2016: Two Big Ears
October 2016: Nascent Objects
November 2016: InfiniLED, CrowdTangle, and FacioMetrics
July 2017: Zurich Eye and Ozlo
August 2017: Source3
October 2017: Fayteq
January 2018: tbh
July 2018: confirm.io and Bloomsbury AI
August 2018: Redkix
February 2019: Vidpresso and Chainspace
September 2019: GrokStyle, Servicefriend, and CTRL-labs
November 2019: Packagd
December 2019: Beat Games
February 2020: PlayGiga and Sanzaru Games
June 2020: Mapillary and Ready at Dawn
November 2020: Kustomer

Google

256 acquisitions over 20 years or ~13 deals per year

February 2001: Deja
September 2001: Outride
February 2003: Pyra Labs
April 2003: Neotonic Software, Applied Semantics and Kaltix
October 2003: Sprinks and Genius Labs
May 2004: Ignite Logic
July 2004: Picasa
September 2004: ZipDash
October 2004: Where 2 Technologies and Keyhole
March 2005: Urchin Software Corp
May 2005: Dodgeball
July 2005: Reqwireless
August 2005: Android
November 2005: Skia and Akwan Information Technologies
December 2005: Phatbits, allPAY GmbH and bruNET GmbH
January 2006: dMarc Broadcasting
February 2006: Measure Map
March 2006: Upstartle and “@” Last Software
April 2006: Orion
June 2006: 2Web Technologies
August 2006: Neven Vision
October 2006: JotSpot and Youtube
December 2006: Endoxon
February 2007: AdScape
March 2007: Trendalyzer
April 2007: DoubleClick, Tonic Systems and Marratech video conference software
May 2007: GreenBorder and Panoramio
June 2007: FeedBurner, PeaksStream, Zenter and GrandCentral
July 2007: Postini and ImageAmerica
September 2007: Zingku
October 2007: Jaiku
July 2008: Begun and Omnisio
September 2008: TNC
April 2009: Eluceon Research
August 2009: On2
September 2009: reCAPTCHA
November 2009: AdMob, Gizmo5, Teracent and AppJet
February 2010: Aardvark
February 2010: reMail
March 2010: Picnik, DocVerse and Episodic
April 2010: PinkArt, Agnilux, LabPixies and BumpTop
May 2010: Global IP Solutions, Simplify Media and Ruba.com
June 2010: Invite Media and Instantiations
July 2010: Metaweb
August 2010: Slide.com, Jambool, Like.com, Angstro and SocialDeck
September 2010: Plannr, Quiksee and MentorWave Technologies
October 2010: BlindType
December 2010: Phonetic Arts, Widevine Technologies and Zetawire
January 2011: eBook Technologies and SayNow
March 2011: BeatThatQuote.com, Next New Networks, Green Parrot Pictures and Zynamics
April 2011: PushLife, ITA Software and TalkBin
May 2011: Modu and Sparkbuy
June 2011: PostRank, Admeld, and Sage TV
July 2011: Punchd, Fridge and PittPatt
August 2011: Dealmap and Motorola Mobility (SOLD 2013)
September 2011: Zave Networks, Zagat and DailyDeal
October 2011: Anthony’s Robots, SocialGrapple and 510 Systems
November 2011: Apture and Katango
December 2011: RightsFlow and Clever Sense
March 2012: Milk
April 2012: TxVia
June 2012: Meebo and Quickoffice
July 2012: Sparrow, Wildfire Interactive and Cuban Council
September 2012: VirusTotal.com and Nik Software
November 2012: Incentive Targeting and Bufferbox
January 2013: Schaft, Industrial Preception, Redwood Robotics, Meka Robotics, Holomni, Bot & Dolly, and Autofuss
March 2013: Channel Intelligence, DNNresearch, and Talaria Technologies
April 2013: Behavio and Wavii
May 2013: Makani Power and MyEnergy (SHUT DOWN)
June 2013: Waze
August 2013: WIMM Labs
September 2013: Calico and Bump
October 2013: Flutter and FlexyCore
January 2014: Bitspin, Imprermium and DeepMind Technologies
February 2014: Nest, SlickLogin and spider.io
March 2014: GreenThrottle
April 2014: Titan Aerospace
May 2014: Rangespan, Adometry, Appetas, Stackdriver, Quest Visual, Gridcentric and Divide
June 2014: mDialog, Aplental Technologies, Baarzo, and Appurify
July 2014: Dropcam, Songza and drawElements
August 2014: Skybox Imaging, Emu, Directr, Jetpac, Gecko Design, and Zync Render
September 2014: Lift Labs, Polar and Input Factory
October 2014: Agawi, Firebase, Dark Blue Labs, Vision Factory and Revolv
November 2014: Lumedyne Technologies and RelativeWave
December 2014: Vidmaker
January 2015: Granata Decision Systems
February 2015: Launchpad Toys, Odysee, Softcard and Red Hot Labs
April 2015: Thrive Audio and Skillman & Hackett
May 2015: Timeful and Pulse.io
July 2015: Pixate
September 2015: Oyster and Jibe Mobile
October 2015: Digisfera
November 2015: Fly Labs and Bebop
February 2016: BandPage and Pie
May 2016: Synergyse
June 2016: Webpass
July 2016: Moodstocks, Anvato, Kifi and LaunchKit
August 2016: Orbitera and Apportable
September 2016: Apigee, Urban Engines and Api.ai
October 2016: FameBit and Eyefluence
November 2016: LeapDroid and Qwiklabs
December 2016: Cronologics
January 2017: Crashlytics and Fabric
March 2017: Kaggle and AppBridge
May 2017: Owlchemy Labs
July 2017: Halli Labs
August 2017: AIMatter and Senosis
September 2017: Bitium
October 2017: Relay Media and 60db
November 2017: Banter
January 2018: Limes Audio, Redux and HTC Corporation
February 2018: Xively
March 2018: Lytro and Tenor
May 2018: Velostrata and Cask
August 2018: GraphicsFuzz
October 2018: Onward
November 2018: Workbench
December 2018: Where is My Train and Sigmoid Labs
January 2019: Superpod
February 2019: Alooma
March 2019: Nightcorn
July 2019: Elastifile
August 2019: Socratic
November 2019: CloudSimple
December 2019: Typhoon Studios
January 2020: AppSheet and Pointy
February 2020: Looker and Cornerstone Technology
June 2020: North
August 2020: StratoZone
December 2020: Actifio
January 2021: Fitbit

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