M&A Deal Summary

Apple Acquires Blue Fish Labs

On January 1, 2001, Apple acquired internet software and services company Blue Fish Labs

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apple’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Apple’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Apple’s 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-01-01
Target Blue Fish Labs
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Apple
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Blue Fish Labs

Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States
Blue Fish Labs provides nimble software products and expert engineering services that speed time-to-market and reduce development costs for full-featured e-business Web sites and Internet applications.

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Buyer

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees164,000
Revenue 394.3B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Apple is a diversified technology company offering technology hardware, software, and media. Apple sells a line of computers, cell phones, tablets - as well as manages an ecosystem of apps. Apple was founded in 1977 and is based in Cupertino, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 111
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 34
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 110
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 71
Year (2001) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-10 Astarte

Germany

Astarte GmbH, the award-winning developer of DVD authoring tools Astarte a developer and distributor of software for DVD authoring and multimedia production. The company’s products include DVDirector, DVDirector Pro, DVDelight, and DVDExport.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-03-13 PowerSchool

Folsom, California, United States

PowerSchool is a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their full potential, in their way. PowerSchool connects students, teachers, administrators, and parents, with the shared goal of improving student outcomes. From the office to the classroom to the home, it helps schools and districts efficiently manage state reporting and related compliance, special education, finance, human resources, talent, registration, attendance, funding, learning, instruction, grading, assessments, and analytics in one unified platform. The company supports over 45 million students globally and more than 12,000 customers, including 93 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States, and sells solutions in over 90 countries. PowerSchool is based in Folsom, California.

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