Web/Internet Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

Moniker

Oversee.net

$65 Million

Moniker is a domain registration and auction powerhouse.
Press Release | TechCrunch

Bodybuilding.com

Liberty Media

$100 Million

Liberty Media acquired a controlling stake in Bobybuilding.com an online retailer and fitness website.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Reuters

CleverSet

Art Technology Group (ATG)

$10 Million

CleverSet offers discovery and recommendation engines to e-commerce sites, using a statistical approach to making products matches.
Press Release | TechCrunch | BNet

Anywhere.FM

Imeem

Undisclosed

Anywhere.FM is a powerful web music player that allows users to upload their music, play it from anywhere, and discover new music through Friend Radio.
Press Release | NY Times | VentureBeat

Audible

Amazon

$300 Million

Audible is the leading provider of audio books in digital form, with a library of 80,000 titles.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Wall Street Journal | VentureBeat

Maven Networks

Yahoo

$160 Million

Maven Networks is a Boston based startup video-hosting platform for media sites.
Press Release | TechCrunch | CenterNetworks | BNet | VentureBeat

FoxyTunes

Yahoo

Undisclosed

FoxyTunes is a Firefox plugin that allows users to control their favorite media players from the browser.
Press Release | TechCrunch

Vehix

Comcast

Undisclosed

Vehix is a multi-platform network that provides car buyers with a one-stop shopping experience.
Press Release | Mashable

HotOrNot

Avid Life Media

$20 Million

HotOrNot is a San Francisco based online photo rating site.
TechCrunch | Wired

Compete

Taylor Nelson Sofres

$75-150 Million

Compete is a provider of analystics, reasearch and business intelligence.
Press Release | TechCrunch | CenterNetworks | VentureBeat

BlogDigger

Odeo

Undisclosed

Blogdigger is a site focused on standard blog searches.
Press Release | TechCrunch | ReadWriteWeb

Auctomatic

Communicate

$5 Million

Auctomatic is a tool for managing your eBay business.
TechCrunch | Mashable | Newsweek

BeInSync

Phoenix Technologies

$25 Million

BeInSync is an Israeli startup that provides software for the synchronization of files across computers and access them while on the road.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Yahoo

 

 
Social Networking Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

Prospero

Mzinga

Undisclosed

Prospero Technologies is the leader in customer community solutions.
Press Release | TechCrunch | VentureBeat

Social Platform

Onesite

Undisclosed

Social Platform is a key player in the custom white label social networking software space.
Press Release | GigaOm | Mashable

Pluck

Demand Media

$75 Million

Pluck is a social media software company. Its two main products are SiteLife and BlogBurst.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Mashable

Bebo

AOL

$850 Million

Bebo is one of the worlds most popular social networking sites.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Mashable | VentureBeat

 

 
Internet Advertising Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

Sway

Cornerworld

$30 Million

Sway offers customers real-time results tracking and adminitration of marketing campaigns across multiple web 2.0 and social media platforms.
TechCrunch

buy.at

AOL

$150 Million

buy.at is a leading affiliate marketing network.
Press Release | TechCrunch

YaData

Microsoft

Undisclosed

YaData offers analytic software for marketers in the US, including segment discovery and ranking, which combines statistical techniques for segment discovery.
Press Release | TechCrunch

Weblistic

Spot Runner

Undisclosed

Weblistic is a company that helps local businesses run online advertising campagns.
TechCrunch | Mashable | MediaWeek

 

 
Software Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

XIV

IBM

$350 Million

XIV is an Israeli based data storage technology company.
Press Release | TechCrunch

Apertio

Nokia Siemens

$206 Million

Apertio is a mobile network management provider.
Press Release | TechCrunch | NY Times

Onaro

Network Appliance

$120 Million

Onaro is a developer of storage-management software.
Press Release | TechCrunch | BNet

MySQL

Sun Microsystems

$1 Billion

MySQL is an open source database startup.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Information Week

Trolltech

Nokia

$153 Million

Trolltech is a platform application development provider.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Engadget | Business Week | VentureBeat

Fraud Sciences

eBay (Paypal)

$169 Million

Fraud Sciences is an Israel and Palto Alto based company that offers automated anti-fraud systems including SpotLight VFX and SpotLight T2T, merchant solutions that provide transaction verification with fraud prevention. Press Release | TechCrunch | Mashable | ITWire | VentureBeat

E-Dialog

GSI Commerce

$157 Million

e-Dialog is a leading provider of advanced email marketing services and solutions.
Press Release | MSN Money | VentureBeat

MessageOne

Dell

$155 Million

MessageOne is an enterprise email management service.
Press Release | TechCrunch | Engadget | VentureBeat

 

 
Hardware Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

G-Technology

Fabrik

Undisclosed

G-Technology sells external drives that focus on high performance for rich media.
Press Release | TechCrunch | The Alarm Clock

Danger

Microsoft

$500 Million

Danger is the maker of the Sidekick cell phone.
Press Release | TechCrunch | GigaOm | VentureBeat

 

 
Mapping/Geo Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008

Acquired

Acquirer

Acquisition cost

Details

Caligari

Microsoft

Undisclosed

Caligari makes 3-D modeling and animation software.
Offical Blog Post | TechCrunch | Mashable