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Rare Ownership
Who owns Rare?
Rare is owned by Microsoft. It was acquired on September 24, 2002.
Rare Business Overview
Where is Rare headquartered?
Rare is headquartered in Warks, United Kingdom.
What sector is Rare in?
Rare is a software company.
When was Rare founded?
Rare was founded in 1985.
Software M&A Summary in 2002
Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, software ranked 1 in number of deals in 2002. The largest software acquisition in 2002 was Navision AS - which was acquired by Microsoft for $1.5B.
Join Mergr to view all 106 acquisitions of software companies in 2002, including 18 acquisitions by private equity firms, and 88 by strategics.