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Microsoft is an American
public
multinational corporation headquartered in
Redmond , Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to
computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell
BASIC
interpreters for the
Altair 8800 , Microsoft rose to dominate the
home computer
operating system market with
MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the
Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft would also come to dominate the
office suite market with
Microsoft Office . The company has diversified in recent years into the
video game industry with the
Xbox , the
Xbox 360 , the
Xbox One , and the
Xbox Series X as well as into the
consumer electronics and digital services market with
Zune ,
MSN and the
Windows Phone OS.
The company's
initial public offering was held on March 14, 1986. The stock, which eventually closed at $27.75 a share, peaked at $29.25 a share shortly after the market opened for trading. After the offering, Microsoft had a market capitalization of $519.777 million.
[1] Microsoft has subsequently acquired over 225 companies, purchased stakes in 64 companies, and made 25
divestments . Of the companies that Microsoft has acquired, 107 were based in the United States. Microsoft has not released financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.
Since Microsoft's first acquisition in 1986, it has purchased an average of six companies a year. The company purchased more than ten companies a year between 2005 and 2008, and it acquired 18 firms in 2006, the most in a single year, including
Onfolio ,
Lionhead Studios ,
Massive Incorporated ,
ProClarity ,
Winternals Software, and
Colloquis . Microsoft has made fourteen acquisitions worth over one billion dollars:
Skype (2011),
aQuantive (2007),
Fast Search & Transfer (2008), Navision (2002),
Visio Corporation (2000),
Yammer (2012),
Nokia 's mobile and devices division (2013),
Mojang (2014),
LinkedIn (2016),
GitHub (2018), Affirmed Networks (2020),
ZeniMax Media (2020),
Nuance Communications (2021), and
Activision Blizzard (2022).
Microsoft has also purchased several stakes valued at more than a billion dollars. It obtained an 11.5% stake in
Comcast for $1 billion, a 22.98% stake in
Telewest for $2.263 billion, and a 3% stake in
AT&T for $5 billion. Among Microsoft's divestments, in which parts of the company are sold to another company, only
Expedia Group was sold for more than a billion dollars;
USA Networks purchased the company on February 5, 2002, for $1.372 billion (~$2.22 billion in 2023).
One of Microsoft's first acquisitions was
Forethought on July 30, 1987. Forethought was founded in 1983 and developed a
presentation program that would later be known as
Microsoft PowerPoint .
[2]
On December 31, 1997, Microsoft acquired
Hotmail.com for $500 million (~$882 million in 2023), its largest acquisition at the time, and integrated Hotmail into its
MSN group of services.
[3] Hotmail, a free
webmail service founded in 1996 by
Jack Smith and
Sabeer Bhatia ,
[4] had more than 8.5 million subscribers earlier that month.
[5]
In 1999, Microsoft reportedly discussed a buyout of
Nintendo . However, execs failed to negotiate a deal, with
Xbox co-inventor Kevin Bachus explaining "They just laughed their asses off."
[6]
[7]
[8]
Microsoft acquired
Seattle -based
Visio Corporation on January 7, 2000, for $1.375 billion (~$2.31 billion in 2023). Visio, a software company, was founded in 1990 as Axon Corporation, and had its initial public offering in November 1995.
[9] The company developed the diagramming
application software , Visio, which was integrated into Microsoft's product line as
Microsoft Visio after its acquisition.
On July 12, 2002, Microsoft purchased Navision for $1.33 billion (~$2.15 billion in 2023). The company, which developed the technology for the
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
enterprise resource planning software, was integrated into Microsoft as a new division named
Microsoft Business Solutions ,
[10] later renamed to
Microsoft Dynamics .
[11]
Microsoft purchased
aQuantive , an advertising company, on August 13, 2007, for $6.333 billion (~$8.97 billion in 2023). Before the acquisition, aQuantive was ranked 14th in terms of revenue among
advertising agencies worldwide. aQuantive had three subsidiaries at the time of the acquisition:
Avenue A/Razorfish , one of the world's largest digital agencies,
[12] Atlas Solutions, and DRIVE Performance Solutions.
[13]
Microsoft acquired the
Norwegian
enterprise search company
Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008, for $1.191 billion (~$1.66 billion in 2023) to boost its search technology.
[14]
On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of
Skype Technologies , creator of the
VoIP service
Skype , for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023).
[15] With a value 32 times larger than Skype's operating profits, the deal was Microsoft's largest acquisition at the time.
[16]
[17] Skype would become a division within Microsoft, with Skype's former CEO Tony Bates —then the division's first president —reporting to the CEO of Microsoft.
[18]
On September 2, 2013, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire the mobile hardware division of
Nokia (which had established a long-term partnership with Microsoft to produce
smartphones built off its
Windows Phone platform)
[19] in a deal worth 3.79 billion euros, along with another 1.65 billion to license Nokia's portfolio of patents.
Steve Ballmer considered the purchase to be a "bold step into the future" for both companies, primarily as a result of its recent collaborations. The acquisition, scheduled to close in early 2014 pending regulatory approval, did not include the
Here mapping service or the infrastructure division
Nokia Solutions and Networks , which will be retained by Nokia.
[20]
[21] While the deal went through, in May 2016 Microsoft abandoned its mobile business and sold the Nokia feature phone line.
In September 2014,
Microsoft purchased Mojang for $2.5 billion (~$3.17 billion in 2023).
[22]
On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced it planned to acquire the professional networking site
LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, to be completed by the end of 2016. The acquisition would keep LinkedIn as a distinct brand and retain its current CEO, Jeff Weiner, who will subsequently report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
[23] The acquisition was completed on December 8, 2016.
[24]
On June 4, 2018, Microsoft acquired the popular code repository site
GitHub for $7.5 billion (~$8.96 billion in 2023) in Microsoft stock.
[25]
On September 21, 2020, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire
ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries for $7.5 billion (~$8.7 billion in 2023).
The acquisition was completed on March 9, 2021.
On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire
Activision Blizzard , an American video game holding company, for $68.7 billion in cash.
[26] The deal has been approved by both companies' board of directors and was finalized on October 13, 2023, with the total cost of the acquisition amounting to $75.4 billion, following international government regulatory review of the action.
[27]
[28]
This section needs to be updated . The reason given is: Microsoft has executed several substantial Acquisitions, but only some are listed here. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2024 )
Date
Company
Business
Country
Value (
USD )
References
1
June 20, 1986
Dynamical Systems Research
Operating systems
United States
1,500,000
[29]
[30]
2
July 30, 1987
Forethought, Inc.
Computer software
United States
14,000,000
[31]
3
March 31, 1991
Consumers Software
Software
Canada
—
[32]
4
June 29, 1992
Fox Software
PC database software
United States
174,000,000
[33]
[34]
5
February 28, 1994
Softimage
Wholesale 3-D visualization software
Canada
130,000,000
[35]
6
September 27, 1994
Altamira Software
Software
United States
—
[36]
7
November 1, 1994
NextBase
Software
United Kingdom
—
[37]
8
November 15, 1994
One Tree Software
Software
United States
—
[38]
9
February 23, 1995
RenderMorphics
3D graphics hardware
United States
—
[39]
10
July 10, 1995
Network Managers
Systems design
United Kingdom
—
[40]
11
October 17, 1995
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
Software
United States
—
[41]
12
November 6, 1995
Netwise
Computer software
United States
—
[42]
13
December 12, 1995
Bruce Artwick Organization
Programming
United States
—
[43]
14
January 16, 1996
Vermeer Technologies
Software
United States
133,000,000
[44]
15
March 6, 1996
VGA-Animation Software Div
[note 1]
Software
Germany
—
[45]
16
March 12, 1996
Colusa Software
Software
United States
—
[46]
17
April 16, 1996
Exos
Video game controllers
United States
—
[47]
18
April 23, 1996
Aspect Software Engineering
Computer software
United States
14,150,000
[48]
19
June 11, 1996
eShop Inc.
Software
United States
50,000,000
[49]
20
June 17, 1996
Electric Gravity
Electronic games
United States
—
[50]
21
November 1, 1996
Panorama Software Sys-On-Line
[note 2]
Software
Canada
—
[51]
22
February 3, 1997
NetCarta
Internet software
United States
20,000,000
[52]
23
March 3, 1997
Interse
Internet software
United States
—
[53]
24
April 30, 1997
WebTV Networks
Internet service provider
United States
425,000,000
[54]
25
May 7, 1997
Dimension X
Java-based platforms
United States
—
[55]
26
June 13, 1997
Cooper & Peters
Programming
United States
—
[56]
27
June 30, 1997
LinkAge Software
Internet software development
Canada
—
[57]
28
August 5, 1997
VXtreme
Internet video software
United States
—
[58]
29
December 31, 1997
Hotmail
Internet software
United States
500,000,000
[59]
30
February 23, 1998
Flash Communications
Enterprise instant messaging software
United States
—
[60]
[61]
31
April 15, 1998
Firefly
Relationship management software
United States
40,000,000
[62]
32
April 28, 1998
MESA Group
Data sharing software
United States
—
[63]
33
August 25, 1998
Valence Research
Internet software
United States
—
[64]
34
November 6, 1998
LinkExchange
Internet advertising network
United States
265,000,000
[65]
35
January 11, 1999
FASA Interactive
Video games
United States
—
[66]
36
March 4, 1999
CompareNet
Shopping online
United States
—
[67]
37
March 26, 1999
Numinous Technologies
Software
United States
—
[68]
38
April 19, 1999
Access Software
Video games
United States
—
[69]
39
April 27, 1999
Interactive Objects-Digital
Web music software
United States
—
[70]
40
April 30, 1999
Jump Networks
Internet service provider
United States
—
[71]
41
June 7, 1999
ShadowFactor Software
Wholesale computer software
United States
—
[72]
42
June 15, 1999
Omnibrowse
Internet software
United States
—
[73]
43
June 28, 1999
Intrinsa
Defect detection software
United States
58,900,000
[74]
44
July 1, 1999
Sendit
Application software
Sweden
125,420,000
[75]
45
July 7, 1999
Zoomit
Encryption software
Canada
—
[76]
46
July 21, 1999
STNC
Community software
United Kingdom
—
[77]
47
September 19, 1999
Softway Systems
Computer programming
United States
—
[78]
48
October 29, 1999
Entropic
Software
United States
—
[79]
49
January 7, 2000
Visio Corporation
Wholesale drawing software
United States
1,375,000,000
[80]
50
February 29, 2000
Peach Networks
Digital TV services
Israel
—
[81]
51
March 17, 2000
Travelscape
Internet service provider
United States
89,750,000
[82]
52
April 12, 2000
Titus Communications
Cable television
United States
944,800,000
[83]
53
June 19, 2000
Bungie
Video games
United States
—
[84]
54
July 12, 2000
NetGames
Software
United States
—
[85]
55
September 13, 2000
MongoMusic
Online music search engine
United States
65,000,000
[86]
56
September 27, 2000
Pacific Microsonics
Digital audio technology
United States
—
[87]
57
December 5, 2000
Digital Anvil
Video games
United States
—
[88]
58
March 17, 2001
Vacationspot
Internet service provider
United States
70,850,000
[89]
59
April 5, 2001
Great Plains Software
Business management software
United States
939,884,000
[90]
60
May 2, 2001
Intellisol International
Software
Canada
—
[91]
61
May 3, 2001
Ensemble Studios
Video games
United States
100,000,000
[92]
62
May 31, 2001
NCompass Labs
Internet software
Canada
36,000,000
[93]
63
June 21, 2001
Maximal Innovative Intelligence
Software
Israel
20,000,000
[94]
64
July 1, 2001
Yupi
Online Spanish portal
United States
—
[95]
65
March 11, 2002
Classic Custom Vacations
Travel agency
United States
78,000,000
[96]
66
May 22, 2002
Sales Management Systems
Software
United States
—
[97]
67
July 12, 2002
Navision
Software programming
Denmark
1,330,000,000
[98]
68
July 29, 2002
Mobilocity
Computer consulting
United States
—
[99]
69
September 10, 2002
XDegrees
Security software
United States
—
[100]
70
September 24, 2002
Rare
Video games
United Kingdom
375,000,000
[101]
71
December 13, 2002
Vicinity
Online enterprise location
United States
95,849,000
[102]
72
February 25, 2003
Connectix
Software
United States
—
[103]
73
March 3, 2003
DCG
Internet software
Australia
—
[104]
74
April 30, 2003
PlaceWare
Web conferencing
United States
200,000,000
[105]
75
May 27, 2003
G.A. Sullivan
Information technology
United States
—
[106]
76
June 10, 2003
GeCAD Software
Antivirus technology
Romania
—
[107]
77
August 29, 2003
3DO
Co-High Heat Baseball
Software
United States
450,000
[108]
78
April 22, 2004
Encore Bus Solutions-IP Asts
IP assets
United States
—
[109]
79
April 26, 2004
ActiveViews
Reporting systems
United States
—
[110]
80
July 16, 2004
Lookout Software
Personal search tool
United States
—
[111]
81
December 16, 2004
GIANT Company Software
Anti-spyware
United States
—
[112]
82
March 2, 2005
en'tegrate
Software
United States
—
[113]
83
March 10, 2005
Groove Networks
Community software
United States
120,000,000
[114]
84
May 11, 2005
MessageCast
Messaging
United States
7,000,000
[115]
85
May 31, 2005
Tsinghua-Shenxun-Cert Asts
Certain assets
China
15,000,000
[116]
86
June 21, 2005
Sybari Software
Software
United States
—
[117]
87
August 29, 2005
Teleo
VoIP
United States
—
[118]
88
August 31, 2005
FrontBridge Technologies
Email protection
United States
—
[119]
89
September 19, 2005
Alacris
Certificate management software
United States
—
[120]
90
November 3, 2005
media-streams.com
Software
Switzerland
—
[121]
91
November 17, 2005
5th Finger
Mobile
Australia
3,153,000
[122]
92
January 19, 2006
UMT-Software and IP Assets
Software
United States
—
[123]
93
February 13, 2006
MotionBridge
Search
France
17,858,000
[124]
94
February 13, 2006
Seadragon Software
Software
United States
—
[125]
95
March 7, 2006
Apptimum
Software
United States
—
[126]
96
March 7, 2006
Onfolio
Internet software
United States
—
[127]
97
April 6, 2006
Lionhead Studios
Video games
United Kingdom
—
[128]
98
April 26, 2006
AssetMetrix
Enterprise asset intelligence (SaaS)
Canada
18,000,000
[129]
99
May 4, 2006
Massive Incorporated
Video game advertising
United States
—
[130]
100
May 4, 2006
Vexcel
Mapping software
United States
—
[131]
101
May 15, 2006
DeepMetrix
Web log analysis
United States
—
[132]
102
June 6, 2006
ProClarity
Analysis software
United States
—
[133]
103
June 27, 2006
iView Multimedia
Digital asset management
United Kingdom
—
[134]
104
July 17, 2006
Softricity
Application virtualization software
United States
—
[135]
105
July 18, 2006
Winternals Software
Software
United States
—
[136]
106
July 26, 2006
Whale Communications
Applications
Israel
—
[137]
107
September 26, 2006
Gteko
Applications
Israel
—
[138]
108
October 2, 2006
DesktopStandard
Applications
United States
—
[139]
109
October 12, 2006
Colloquis
Natural language software
United States
—
[140]
110
March 9, 2007
Medstory
Internet search engine
United States
—
[141]
111
March 26, 2007
devBiz Business Solutions
Software tools
United States
—
[142]
112
May 3, 2007
ScreenTonic
Advertising and marketing
France
—
[143]
113
May 3, 2007
Tellme Networks
Mobile phone software
United States
—
[144]
114
May 9, 2007
SoftArtisans
Business Intelligence software
United States
—
[145]
115
June 4, 2007
Engyro
Information technology
United States
—
[146]
116
June 7, 2007
Stratature
Master data management
United States
—
[147]
117
June 29, 2007
Savvis Inc-Data Centers
Networking
United States
200,000,000
[148]
118
August 13, 2007
AdECN
Ad Exchange
United States
45,000,000
[149]
119
August 13, 2007
aQuantive
Digital marketing
United States
6,333,000,000
[150]
120
October 2, 2007
Jellyfish.com
Search engine
United States
—
[151]
121
October 5, 2007
Parlano
Enterprise messaging software
United States
—
[152]
122
October 29, 2007
Global Care Solutions-Assets
Assets
Thailand
—
[153]
123
November 1, 2007
HOB Business Solutions
Information technology
Denmark
—
[154]
124
November 15, 2007
Musiwave
Mobile music entertainment
France
—
[155]
125
December 12, 2007
Multimap.com
Mapping
United Kingdom
—
[156]
126
January 22, 2008
Calista Technologies
Software
United States
—
[157]
127
February 7, 2008
Caligari Corporation
Software
United States
—
[158]
128
February 27, 2008
YaData
Software
Israel
—
[159]
129
March 14, 2008
Rapt
Advertising yield management software
United States
—
[160]
130
March 19, 2008
Komoku
Rootkit security software
United States
5,000,000
[161]
131
March 31, 2008
90 Degree Software
Business intelligence software
Canada
—
[162]
132
April 14, 2008
Farecast
Online search software
United States
75,000,000
[163]
133
April 15, 2008
Danger
Mobile Internet software
United States
500,000,000
[164]
134
April 25, 2008
Fast Search & Transfer
Enterprise search[
clarification needed ]
Norway
1,191,000,000
[165]
135
May 26, 2008
Kidaro
Software
United States
—
[166]
136
June 4, 2008
Quadreon
Software
Belgium
—
[167]
137
June 18, 2008
Navic Networks
Management software
United States
—
[168]
138
June 26, 2008
Mobicomp
Mobile applications
Portugal
—
[169]
139
August 11, 2008
Powerset
Semantic Search
United States
—
[170]
140
September 16, 2008
DATAllegro
Data software
United States
—
[171]
141
September 28, 2008
Greenfield Online
Search and e-commerce services
United States
486,000,000
[172]
142
March 1, 2009
3DV Systems
Developer of
ZCam , a
time-of-flight camera
Israel
35,000,000
[173]
143
May 7, 2009
BigPark
Video games interactive online gaming
Canada
—
144
June 1, 2009
Rosetta Biosoftware
Bioinformatics solutions for life science research
United States
—
[174]
145
September 22, 2009
Interactive Supercomputing
Software
United States
—
[175]
146
December 10, 2009
Opalis Software
Software
Canada
—
[176]
147
February 2, 2010
Sentillion, Inc.
Software for the healthcare industry
United States
—
[177]
148
October 6, 2010
AVIcode, Inc.
.Net monitoring technology
United States
—
[178]
149
October 29, 2010
Canesta, Inc.
3D sensing technology
United States
—
[179]
150
May 10, 2011
Skype Technologies
Telecommunications
Luxembourg
8,500,000,000
[180]
151
June 7, 2011
Prodiance
Software
United States
—
[181]
[182]
152
October 12, 2011
Twisted Pixel Games
Video games
United States
—
[183]
153
November 22, 2011
Videosurf
Video search
United States
100,000,000
[184]
[185]
154
June 5, 2012
Press Play
Video games
Denmark
—
[186]
155
June 25, 2012
Yammer
Social networking
United States
1,200,000,000
[187]
156
July 9, 2012
Perceptive Pixel
Multi touch hardware
United States
—
[188]
157
October 4, 2012
PhoneFactor
Two-factor authentication system
United States
—
[189]
158
October 16, 2012
StorSimple
Cloud-storage appliance vendor
United States
—
[190]
159
October 17, 2012
MarketingPilot
Marketing automation firm
United States
—
[191]
160
January 3, 2013
id8 Group R2 Studios
Home automation
United States
—
[192]
161
February 2, 2013
Pando Networks
Peer-to-peer (P2P) media distribution
United States
—
[193]
162
March 4, 2013
MetricsHub
Cloud monitoring
United States
—
[194]
163
March 19, 2013
Netbreeze
Social analytics
Switzerland
—
[195]
164
June 3, 2013
InRelease
Release management
Canada
—
[196]
165
September 2, 2013
Nokia mobile phones unit
Mobile phones ,
smartphones
Finland
7,200,000,000
[197]
166
October 12, 2013
HLW Software
RDP applications
Austria
—
[198]
167
October 25, 2013
Apiphany
API management
United States
—
[199]
168
January 7, 2014
Parature
Customer service software
United States
100,000,000
[200]
169
May 1, 2014
GreenButton
Cloud computing
New Zealand
—
[201]
170
May 1, 2014
Capptain
(Mobile) application development
France
—
[202]
171
July 2, 2014
SyntaxTree
Developer tools
France
—
[203]
172
July 11, 2014
InMage
Disaster recovery solutions
India
—
[204]
173
August 1, 2014
Inception Mobile Inc.
Software
Canada
—
[205]
174
November 6, 2014
Mojang
Video games
Sweden
2,500,000,000
[206]
175
November 13, 2014
Aorato
Enterprise security & machine learning
Israel
—
[207]
176
December 2, 2014
Acompli
Mobile email apps
United States
—
[208]
177
December 11, 2014
HockeyApp
Mobile beta distribution & crash analytics
Germany
—
[209]
178
January 20, 2015
Equivio
Text analytics service
Israel
—
[210]
179
January 23, 2015
Revolution Analytics
Statistical computing and predictive analytics
United States
—
[211]
180
February 4, 2015
Sunrise Atelier, Inc.
Sunrise Calendar applications
United States
100,000,000
[212]
181
February 12, 2015
N-trig
Styli and pen input hardware and software
Israel
200,000,000
[213]
182
March 26, 2015
LiveLoop
PowerPoint collaboration
United States
—
[214]
183
April 14, 2015
Datazen Software, Inc.
Mobile business intelligence & data visualization
Canada
—
[215]
184
June 2, 2015
6 Wunderkinder GmbH
Wunderlist to-do list applications
Germany
—
[216]
185
June 10, 2015
BlueStripe Software
Application management
United States
—
[217]
186
July 16, 2015
FieldOne Systems LLC
Enterprise field service
United States
—
[218]
187
July 19, 2015
Adallom
Cloud security
Israel
320,000,000
[219]
[220]
188
August 3, 2015
Incent Games, LLC
Sales-gamification
United States
—
[221]
189
September 3, 2015
VoloMetrix, Inc.
Organisational analytics
United States
—
[222]
190
September 11, 2015
Double Labs, Inc.
Mobile lock screen software
United States
—
[223]
191
September 28, 2015
Adxstudio Inc.
Web portal and application lifecycle management solutions
Canada
—
[224]
192
October 2, 2015
Havok
Video game physics engine
Ireland
—
[225]
193
November 5, 2015
Mobile Data Labs, Inc.
MileIQ , a mileage tracking application
United States
—
[226]
194
November 9, 2015
Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.
Data protection
Israel
—
[227]
195
December 18, 2015
Metanautix
Big data analytics
United States
—
[228]
196
December 21, 2015
Talko, Inc.
Mobile communications
United States
—
[229]
197
January 13, 2016
Event Zero
VoIP Products
Australia
—
[230]
198
January 19, 2016
Teacher Gaming LLC
Education software
Finland
—
[231]
199
February 3, 2016
SwiftKey
Virtual keyboard
United Kingdom
250,000,000
[232]
[233]
[234]
200
February 9, 2016
Groove
Music discovery
Canada
—
[235]
201
February 24, 2016
Xamarin
Mobile application development
United States
—
[236]
[237]
[238]
[239]
202
May 3, 2016
Solair
Internet of Things platform
Italy
—
[240]
203
June 16, 2016
Wand Labs
Conversation as a service
United States
—
[241]
204
August 8, 2016
Beam
Video game
streaming
United States
—
[242]
[243]
205
August 20, 2016
Genee
AI-powered scheduling assistant service
United States
—
206
December 8, 2016
LinkedIn
Professional social network
United States
26,200,000,000
[244]
207
January 13, 2017
Maluuba
Artificial intelligence
Canada
140,000,000
[245]
208
January 17, 2017
Simplygon
3D graphics optimization
Sweden
—
[246]
209
April 10, 2017
Deis
Container management
United States
—
[247]
[248]
210
April 18, 2017
Intentional Software
Intentional programming
United States
—
[249]
211
June 8, 2017
Hexadite
Cybersecurity
Israel
100,000,000
[250]
212
June 28, 2017
Cloudyn
Cloud business management
Israel
50,000,000
[251]
213
August 15, 2017
Cycle Computing
Cloud HPC
United States
—
[252]
214
October 3, 2017
AltspaceVR
Virtual reality
United States
—
[253]
215
November 7, 2017
SWNG
Cinemagraphic photo app
United States
—
[254]
[255]
216
January 3, 2018
Avere Systems
Data management
United States
—
[256]
217
January 29, 2018
Playfab
Gaming backend service
United States
—
[257]
[258]
218
May 18, 2018
Semantic Machines
Conversational AI
United States
400,000,000
[259]
219
June 11, 2018
Ninja Theory
Video games
United Kingdom
117,000,000
[260]
220
June 11, 2018
Undead Labs
Video games
United States
—
[260]
221
June 11, 2018
Compulsion Games
Video games
Canada
—
[260]
222
June 11, 2018
Playground Games
Video games
United Kingdom
—
[260]
223
June 18, 2018
Flipgrid
Education, video discussion platform
United States
—
[261]
224
June 20, 2018
Bonsai
Industrial AI platform
United States
—
[262]
225
September 13, 2018
Lobe
Artificial intelligence
United States
—
[263]
226
October 9, 2018
Glint
Employee engagement
United States
400,000,000
[264]
[265]
227
October 26, 2018
GitHub
Software development and version control platform
United States
7,500,000,000
[266]
[267]
[268]
228
November 10, 2018
inXile Entertainment
Video games
United States
—
[269]
[270]
229
November 10, 2018
Obsidian Entertainment
Video games
United States
—
[269]
[270]
230
November 14, 2018
XOXCO
Conversational AI
United States
—
[271]
231
November 19, 2018
FSLogix
Application provisioning and virtualization
United States
—
[272]
232
November 30, 2018
Spectrum
Social networks for design and development
United States
—
[273]
233
January 24, 2019
Citus Data
Database management
United States
—
[274]
234
February 4, 2019
DataSense
Database management
United States
—
[275]
235
April 18, 2019
Express Logic
Real-time operating systems
United States
—
[276]
236
May 23, 2019
Dependabot
Open source tool
United Kingdom
—
[277]
237
May 28, 2019
Drawbridge
AI & machine learning technology
United States
—
[278]
238
June 9, 2019
Double Fine Productions
Video games
United States
—
[279]
239
June 17, 2019
Pull Panda
Software
United States
—
[280]
240
July 29, 2019
BlueTalon
Data privacy and governance service
United States
—
[281]
241
August 5, 2019
PromoteIQ
Retail e-commerce improvement
United States
—
[282]
242
August 19, 2019
jClarity
Java software optimization
United States
—
[283]
[284]
243
September 5, 2019
Movere
Cloud migration
United States
—
[285]
[286]
244
September 18, 2019
Semmle
Code analysis tool
United States
—
[287]
245
October 21, 2019
Mover
File migration
Canada
—
[288]
246
March 16, 2020
npm
Software and JavaScript modules
United States
—
[289]
247
March 26, 2020
Affirmed Networks
5G Networking
United States
1,350,000,000
[290]
[291]
248
May 14, 2020
Metaswitch Networks
5G Networking
United Kingdom
—
[292]
249
May 19, 2020
Softomotive
Robotic Process Automation
United Kingdom
—
[293]
250
June 18, 2020
ADRM Software
Data modeling startup
United States
—
[294]
251
June 22, 2020
CyberX
IoT/OT Security
United States
165,000,000
[295]
252
July 7, 2020
Orions Systems
Dynamics 365 - SMart vision
United States
—
[296]
253
September 21, 2020
ZeniMax Media
Video games
United States
8,100,000,000
[297]
254
December 2, 2020
Smash.gg
Esports
United States
—
[298]
255
March 16, 2021
The Marsden Group
Tech in complex industrial environments
United States
—
[299]
256
April 12, 2021
Nuance Communications
Speech synthesis and speech recognition
United States
19,700,000,000
[300]
257
April 29, 2021
Kinvolk
Open source Kubernetes solutions and tools.
Germany
—
[301]
258
June 2, 2021
ReFirm Labs
IoT security and embedded devices
United States
—
[302]
259
June 30, 2021
AT&T Technology Network Cloud
5G Networking
United States
—
[303]
260
July 12, 2021
RiskIQ
Cybersecurity ransomware
United States
500,000,000
[304]
261
July 22, 2021
CloudKnox
Cloud infrastructure entitlement management security
United States
—
[305]
262
July 28, 2021
Suplari
Software
United States
—
[306]
263
August 10, 2021
Peer5
Peer-to-peer network technology
United States
—
[307]
264
September 7, 2021
Clipchamp
Video-editing software
Australia
—
[308]
265
September 8, 2021
TakeLessons
Education
United States
—
[309]
266
October 7, 2021
Ally.io
Productivity
United States
—
[310]
267
October 22, 2021
Clear Software
Software
United States
—
[311]
268
October 29, 2021
Two Hat
Content moderation
Canada
—
[312]
269
December 21, 2021
Xandr
Digital Media
United States
1,000,000,000
[313]
[314]
270
January 18, 2022
Activision Blizzard
Video games
United States
75,400,000,000
[27]
[28]
271
February 28, 2022
Oribi
Marketing analytics
Israel
—
[315]
272
March 31, 2022
Minit
Process mining software
Netherlands
—
[316]
273
June 15, 2022
Miburo
Cyberthreat analysis and research specializing
United States
—
[317]
274
December 9, 2022
Lumenisity
Optical networking
United Kingdom
—
[318]
275
January 9, 2023
Fungible
composable infrastructure
United States
—
[319]
[320]
276
April 5, 2023
Nemesys Games
Video games
Hungary
—
[321]
Date
Company
Business
Country
Value (
USD )
References
June 15, 1989
Santa Cruz Operation
[note 3]
Wholesale computer software
United States
—
[322]
March 18, 1991
Dorling Kindersley
[note 4]
Reference books
United Kingdom
14,340,000
[323]
June 21, 1994
Stac Electronics
Data compression software
United States
39,900,000
[324]
January 19, 1995
UUNet
Internet service provider
United States
—
[325]
May 30, 1995
Wang Laboratories
Software consulting
United States
90,000,000
[326]
October 12, 1995
Individual
On-line information retrieval
United States
—
[327]
April 1, 1996
Mobile Telecom Technologies
[note 5]
Cellular telephones
United States
25,000,000
[328]
April 22, 1996
Helicon Publishing
Electronic books
United States
—
[329]
September 9, 1996
SingleTrac
Video games
United States
—
[330]
October 1, 1996
WebTV Networks
Internet service provider
United States
—
[331]
October 28, 1996
VDOnet
Internet services
United States
—
[332]
February 3, 1997
CMGI
[note 6]
Direct mail
United States
20,000,000
[333]
February 18, 1997
Digital Anvil
Video games
United States
—
[334]
March 3, 1997
Interse
Internet software
United States
—
[335]
June 30, 1997
Comcast
[note 7]
Cable television
United States
1,000,000,000
[336]
August 6, 1997
Apple Inc.
[note 8]
Personal computers
United States
150,000,000
[337]
August 19, 1997
Progressive Networks
[note 9]
Internet software
United States
30,000,000
[338]
September 11, 1997
Lernout & Hauspie Speech
[note 10]
Multilingual software
Belgium
45,000,000
[339]
September 23, 1997
E-Stamp
[note 11]
Internet software
United States
—
[340]
March 4, 1998
General Magic
Community software
United States
6,000,000
[341]
March 6, 1998
WavePhore
[note 12]
Radio and television equipment
United States
—
[342]
June 18, 1998
Pluto Technologies
Network and storage
United States
—
[343]
December 14, 1998
Qwest Communications
[note 13]
Telecommunications
United States
200,000,000
[344]
January 6, 1999
SkyTel Communications
[note 14]
Cellular telephones
United States
—
[345]
January 31, 1999
United Pan-Europe Comm NV
[note 15]
Broadband communities
Netherlands
300,000,000
[346]
February 1, 1999
NTL
[note 16]
Communications
United Kingdom
500,000,000
[347]
February 2, 1999
Banyan
[note 17]
Software
United States
10,000,000
[348]
March 2, 1999
Dialogic
Computer telephony
United States
24,200,000
[349]
March 8, 1999
Reciprocal
Copyright protection
United States
—
[350]
April 1, 1999
TV Cabo Portugal SA
Cable television
Portugal
38,600,000
[351]
April 10, 1999
Lernout & Hauspie Speech
Multilingual software
Belgium
15,000,000
[352]
June 8, 1999
Inprise
Computer software
United States
125,000,000
[353]
June 8, 1999
NaviSite
[note 18]
Internet service provider
United States
—
[354]
June 19, 1999
AT&T
[note 19]
Telecommunications
United States
5,000,000,000
[355]
June 22, 1999
Concentric Network
IP-based networks
United States
50,000,000
[356]
July 5, 1999
WebMD
Web-based health information
United States
250,000,000
[357]
August 20, 1999
Tuttle Decision Systems
Mortgage pricing information
United States
—
[358]
August 25, 1999
Rogers Communications
Radio and television stations
Canada
405,120,000
[359]
December 3, 1999
Korea Thrunet
[note 20]
Internet service provider
South Korea
36,000,000
[360]
December 28, 1999
Globo Cabo
[note 21]
Cable television
Brazil
126,000,000
[361]
December 30, 1999
Commtouch Software
[note 22]
Community security software
Israel
20,000,000
[362]
December 31, 1999
Gigamedia
[note 23]
Internet service provider
Taiwan
31,470,000
[363]
January 24, 2000
Intertainer
Interactive systems
United States
56,000,000
[364]
January 24, 2000
VerticalNet
[note 24]
Management solutions
United States
100,000,000
[365]
February 23, 2000
BroadBand Office
Communication
United States
25,000,000
[366]
March 2, 2000
Ecoss
[note 25]
Computer programming
Japan
46,000
[367]
March 13, 2000
RealNames
[note 26]
Internet navigation
United States
—
[368]
March 14, 2000
MEASAT Broadcast Network
[note 27]
Television broadcasting
Malaysia
100,000,000
[369]
April 14, 2000
Best Buy
Retail stores
United States
200,000,000
[370]
July 7, 2000
Telewest Communications
[note 28]
Cable television
United States
2,263,000,000
[371]
July 13, 2000
Blixer Net
Online telecommunications
Italy
—
[372]
August 4, 2000
CAIS Internet
Internet access
United States
40,000,000
[373]
October 2, 2000
Corel Corporation
[note 29]
Software
Canada
89,370,000
[374]
November 29, 2000
Chyron Corporation
[note 30]
Digital graphics
United States
6,000,000
[375]
February 12, 2001
Audible.com
Online audio retail
United States
10,000,000
[376]
July 23, 2001
Sendo
[note 31]
Mobile handset
United Kingdom
—
[377]
February 14, 2002
USA Networks
[note 32]
Television stations
United States
—
[378]
November 3, 2005
ByteTaxi
Software
United States
—
[379]
October 24, 2007
Facebook
[note 33]
Social network
United States
240,000,000
[380]
April 8, 2008
OKWave
[note 34]
On-line community site
Japan
2,515,000
[381]
June 12, 2008
Zignals
[note 35]
Online trading
Ireland
—
[382]
April 7, 2011
Toyota Media Service Corp
[note 36]
Web marketing services
Japan
—
[383]
February 7, 2012
24/7
[note 37]
Outsourcing and call center services
United States
—
[384]
April 30, 2012
Barnes & Noble
[note 38]
Book retailer
United States
605,000,000
[385]
October 9, 2018
Grab
Ride-hailing firm
Singapore
—
[386]
February 4, 2019
Databricks
Software for processing large-scale data in public clouds
United States
—
[387]
August 20, 2021
Oyo Rooms
Hospitality
India
5,000,000
[388]
October 3, 2022
WeMade Entertainment
Video games and blockchain
South Korea
—
[389]
December 12, 2022
London Stock Exchange Group
[note 39]
Financial services
United Kingdom
2,000,000,000
[390]
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Date
Acquirer
Target company
Target business
Acquirer country
Value (USD)
References
March 31, 1989
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
[note 40]
Wholesale computer software
United States
46,200,000
[391]
June 17, 1992
Microsoft
Microsoft
[note 41]
Wholesale computer software
United States
63,750,000
[392]
July 6, 1994
Microsoft
Microsoft
[note 42]
Wholesale computer software
United States
348,000,000
[393]
December 22, 1994
TCI Technology Ventures
MSN
[note 43]
Internet service provider
United States
125,000,000
[394]
November 15, 1996
Microsoft
MSN
[note 44]
Internet service provider
United States
125,000,000
[395]
December 19, 1996
Proginet
TransAccess
Software
United States
1,740,000
[396]
August 3, 1998
Avid Technology
Softimage
3-D visualization software
Canada
284,295,000
[397]
September 21, 1999
Ticketmaster Online-
CitySearch
MSN Sidewalk
Internet city guide
United States
340,000,000
[398]
February 24, 2000
Electronic Arts
DreamWorks Interactive
Video games
United States
—
[399]
August 10, 2000
Envoy Communications
Sage Information Consultants
Consulting
Canada
23,730,000
[400]
September 1, 2000
Jupiter Telecommunications
Titus Communications
Cable television
Japan
—
[401]
December 31, 2000
Technology Crossover Ventures
Expedia, Inc.
[note 45]
Online travel
United States
50,000,000
[402]
June 26, 2001
CNBC
MSN MoneyCentral
Financial information
United States
—
[403]
February 5, 2002
USA Networks
Expedia, Inc.
Online travel
United States
1,372,000,000
[404]
July 26, 2002
Liberty Media
Chofu CATV
Cable television
Japan
16,000,000
[405]
August 12, 2002
Agency.com
KPE Inc-Certain Assets
—
United States
—
[406]
February 22, 2003
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company
MSN Autos-Dealerpoint Business
Online auto retail
United States
—
[407]
May 29, 2003
Telewest 22.98%
IDT
—
United Kingdom
5,000,000
[408]
October 31, 2003
Perri Croshaw
HWW Ltd -Women's Money Magazine
Magazines
Australia
—
[409]
November 4, 2003
Northgate Information Solutions
PWA Group
Software
United Kingdom
7,052,000
[410]
January 14, 2005
The Washington Post Company
Slate
Online magazine
United States
—
[411]
February 28, 2005
Ubisoft Entertainment
Microsoft Games - Sports Games
Video games
United States
—
[412]
August 17, 2006
Microsoft
Microsoft
[note 46]
Wholesale computer software
United States
20,000,000,000
[413]
May 11, 2007
MacDonald Dettwiler
Vexcel Canada
Mapping software
United States
—
[414]
September 22, 2008
Microsoft
Microsoft
[note 47]
Wholesale computer software
United States
36,200,000,000
[415]
May 25, 2010
Phase One
Expression Media
Digital media asset management software
Denmark
—
[416]
October 16, 2011
Orion Health Asia Pacific of New Zealand
Microsoft-HIS Software (Hospital Information System Software)
Hospital information systems
New Zealand
—
[417]
March 19, 2012
LeGuide.com SA
Ciao GmbH
Provider of
online shopping services
France
—
[418]
September 5, 2013
Ericsson
Microsoft Mediaroom
End-to-end video platform
Sweden
—
[419]
December 18, 2014
Line Corporation (
Naver )
MixRadio
Online music streaming
Japan
—
[420]
June 30, 2015
Uber
Street-mapping data
Online maps
United States
—
[421]
June 30, 2015
AOL (
Verizon )
Display ads
Online advertising
United States
—
[422]
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^ Panorama Software Sys-On-Line was acquired from
Panorama Software .
^ Microsoft acquired an interest representing less than 20% of Santa Cruz Operation.
^ Microsoft acquired a 26% stake in Dorling Kindersley.
^ Microsoft acquired a 2.5% stake in Mobile Telecom Technologies.
^ Microsoft acquired a 4.9% stake in CMGI.
^ Microsoft acquired an 11.5% stake in Comcast.
^ Microsoft acquired a 5% stake in Apple Inc.
^ Microsoft acquired a 10% in Progressive Networks.
^ Microsoft acquired an 8% stake in
Lernout & Hauspie Speech.
^ Microsoft acquired a 10% stake in E-Stamp.
^ Microsoft acquired a 2.88% stake in WavePhore.
^ Microsoft acquired a 1.32% stake in
Qwest Communications .
^ Microsoft acquired a 5.7% stake in SkyTel Communications.
^ Microsoft acquired a 7.9% stake in United Pan-Europe Comm NV.
^ Microsoft acquired a 5.25% stake in NTL.
^ Microsoft acquired a 7.5% stake in Banyan.
^ Microsoft acquired a 4.4% stake in NaviSite.
^ Microsoft acquired a 3% stake in AT&T.
^ Microsoft acquired a 6% stake in
Korea Thrunet .
^ Microsoft acquired an 11.5% stake in Globo Cabo.
^ Microsoft acquired a 5.6% stake in CommTouch Software.
^ Microsoft acquired a 10% stake in
Gigamedia .
^ Microsoft acquired a 1.35% stake in VerticalNet.
^ Microsoft acquired a 5% stake in Ecoss.
^ Microsoft acquired a 20% stake in
RealNames .
^ Microsoft acquired a 9% stake in MEASAT Broadcast Network.
^ Microsoft acquired 22.98% of
Telewest Communications .
^ Microsoft acquired 24 million preferred shares of
Corel Corporation .
^ Microsoft acquired an 8.73% stake in
Chyron Corporation .
^ Microsoft acquired a 10% stake in
Sendo .
^ Microsoft acquired a 15.4% stake in
USA Networks .
^ Microsoft acquired a 1.6% stake in Facebook.
^ Microsoft acquired a 10.52% stake in OKWave.
^ Microsoft acquired a 15% stake in Zignals.
^ Microsoft acquires minority stake in Toyota Media Service Corp
^ Microsoft acquires minority stake in 24/7
^ Microsoft acquires a 17.6% stake in Newco
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