Autodesk - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Autodesk M&A Summary

Autodesk has acquired 60 companies, including 9 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Autodesk’s largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired Innovyze for $1.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2009, when it sold Location Logic to Telecommunication Systems for $25M. Autodesk has acquired in 14 different US states, and 13 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (60%) and internet software and services (30%).

Autodesk Business Overview

Where is Autodesk headquartered?

Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California.

What is Autodesk’s revenue?

Autodesk disclosed revenue of 5,005M USD for 2023 and 4,386M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Autodesk have?

Autodesk has 12,600 employees.

What sector is Autodesk in?

Autodesk is a software company.

When was Autodesk founded?

Autodesk was founded in 1982.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity64
    • M&A Buy Activity60
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 13
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 14

Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc.

111 McInnis Parkway,
San Rafael, California 94903
United States,
(415) 507-5000
www.autodesk.com

Autodesk is a provider of design software for customers in the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, digital media, consumer, and entertainment industries. Autodesk's sophisticated software products enable customers to experience their ideas before they are real. Customers are able to imagine, design, and create their ideas by visualizing, simulating and analyzing real-world performance early in the design process by creating and manipulating digital prototypes. Autodesk's professional software products are sold globally, both directly to customers and through a network of resellers and distributors. Additionally, the Company sells a line of consumer products for digital art, personal design and creativity, and home design. Autodesk was founded in 1982 and is based in San Rafael, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 51 3 3 2 - 1 60
vol $2.4B $240M $1.0B $3.7B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 1 - - - - 4
vol $25M $25M
  64

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Wonder Dynamics 2024-05-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · wonderdynamics.com
Wild Technology, Inc. 2022-03-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Portland, Oregon · www.thewild.com
Moxion Ltd. 2022-01-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.moxion.io
ProEst 2021-12-16 - Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.proest.com
Upchain, Inc. 2021-04-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.upchain.com
Innovyze, Inc. 2021-02-24 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Broomfield, Colorado · www.innovyze.com
Spacemaker AS 2020-11-17 240M USD Add-on Acquisition
Oslo, Norway · www.spacemakerai.com
Pype 2020-07-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Herndon, Virginia · www.pype.io
Creative Market Labs, Inc. 2020-04-30 - Divestiture
San Francisco, California · www.creativemarket.com
Aurigo Software Technologies, Inc. 2020-04-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.aurigo.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 36 (60%) 3.2B (87%) 1 (25%) -
Internet Software and Services 18 (30%) 300M (8%) 2 (50%) -
Information Technology 4 (7%) 148M (4%) 1 (25%) 25M (100%)
Technology Hardware 2 (3%) 15M (< 1%) - -
Total 60 $3.7B 4 $25M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 36 2.8B 3 25M
  California 15 1.2B 2 25M
  Massachusetts 4 430M - -
  Texas 3 - 1 -
  Virginia 3 39M - -
  Pennsylvania 2 34M - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 36M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
  Florida 1 10M - -
  Colorado 1 1.0B - -
  Wyoming 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  New Hampshire 1 72M - -
Canada 5 217M - -
  Quebec 3 35M - -
  Ontario 2 182M - -
Germany 4 15M - -
Sweden 3 - 1 -
United Kingdom 3 292M - -
France 2 33M - -
Finland 1 - - -
Hungary 1 15M - -
Israel 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Norway 1 240M - -
Spain 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 18M - -
Domestic 36 (60%) 2.8B (77%) 3 (75%) 25M (100%)
Cross-border 24 (40%) 829M (23%) 1 (25%) -
Total 60 $3.7B 4 $25M

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.0B
$100M to $1B 7 $2.3B
< $100M 12 $393M
TOTAL $3.7B
Largest Innovyze, Inc.
$1.0B (2021-02-24)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $25M
TOTAL $25M
Largest Location Logic
$25M (2009-05-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
7%
4 (7%)
Strategic(s)
8%
5 (8%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

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