Web/Internet Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
$65 Million |
Moniker is a
domain registration and auction powerhouse. |
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$100 Million |
Liberty Media
acquired a controlling stake in
Bobybuilding.com an online retailer and
fitness website. |
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$10 Million |
CleverSet offers
discovery and recommendation engines to
e-commerce sites, using a statistical
approach to making products matches. |
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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. |
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$300 Million |
Audible is the
leading provider of audio books in digital
form, with a library of 80,000 titles. |
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$160 Million |
Maven Networks
is a Boston based startup video-hosting
platform for media sites. |
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Undisclosed |
FoxyTunes is a
Firefox plugin that allows users to control
their favorite media players from the
browser. |
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Undisclosed |
Vehix is a
multi-platform network that provides car
buyers with a one-stop shopping experience. |
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$20 Million |
HotOrNot is a
San Francisco based online photo rating site. |
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$75-150 Million |
Compete is a
provider of analystics, reasearch and
business intelligence. |
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Undisclosed |
Blogdigger is a
site focused on standard blog searches. |
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$5 Million |
Auctomatic is a
tool for managing your eBay business. |
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$25 Million |
BeInSync is an
Israeli startup that provides software for
the synchronization of files across
computers and access them while on the road. |
Social Networking Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
Undisclosed |
Prospero
Technologies is the leader in customer
community solutions. |
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Undisclosed |
Social Platform
is a key player in the custom white label
social networking software space. |
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$75 Million |
Pluck is a
social media software company. Its two main
products are SiteLife and BlogBurst. |
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$850 Million |
Bebo is one of
the worlds most popular social networking
sites. |
Internet Advertising Companies Acquired in Q1 of
2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
Sway |
$30 Million |
Sway offers customers
real-time results tracking and adminitration
of marketing campaigns across multiple web
2.0 and social media platforms. |
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$150 Million |
buy.at is a leading affiliate
marketing network. |
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Undisclosed |
YaData
offers analytic software for marketers in
the US, including segment discovery and
ranking, which combines statistical
techniques for segment discovery. |
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Undisclosed |
Weblistic
is a company that helps local businesses run
online advertising campagns. |
Software Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
$350 Million |
XIV is an
Israeli based data storage technology
company. |
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$206 Million |
Apertio is a
mobile network management provider. |
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$120 Million |
Onaro is a
developer of storage-management software. |
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$1 Billion |
MySQL is an open
source database startup. |
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$153 Million |
Trolltech is a
platform application development provider. |
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$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 |
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$157 Million |
e-Dialog is a
leading provider of advanced email marketing
services and solutions. |
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$155 Million |
MessageOne is an
enterprise email management service. |
Hardware Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
Undisclosed |
G-Technology
sells external drives that focus on high
performance for rich media. |
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$500 Million |
Danger is the
maker of the Sidekick cell phone. |
Mapping/Geo Companies Acquired in Q1 of 2008
Acquired |
Acquirer |
Acquisition cost |
Details |
Undisclosed |
Caligari makes
3-D modeling and animation software. |