Twitter - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

Internet Software And ServicesCompany

Twitter M&A Summary

Twitter has acquired 37 companies of its own, including 10 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 2 assets.

Twitter’s largest acquisition to date was in 2013, when it acquired MoPub for $350M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold MoPub to AppLovin for $1.1B. Twitter has acquired in 7 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (76%) and software (14%).

Twitter Ownership

Who owns Twitter?

Twitter is owned by X Holdings I. It was acquired on April 25, 2022.

Twitter Business Overview

Where is Twitter headquartered?

Twitter is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

What is Twitter’s revenue?

Twitter disclosed revenue of 5,077M USD for 2021 and 3,716M USD for 2020.

What sector is Twitter in?

Twitter is an internet software and services company.

When was Twitter founded?

Twitter was founded in 2006.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity39
    • M&A Buy Activity37
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Twitter

Twitter, Inc.

1355 Market Street, Suite 900,
San Francisco, California 94103
United States,
(415) 222-9670
www.twitter.com

Twitter is a real-time information network of connected users. At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on a user's profile page. Twitter was established in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 28 2 6 - 1 - 37
vol $558M $558M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 1 - 1 - - - 2
vol $1.1B $1.1B
  39

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Laskie, Inc. 2023-05-16 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.laskie.com
Sphere Knowledge Ltd. 2021-10-20 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.sphere.me
MoPub 2021-10-06 1.1B USD Divestiture
San Francisco, California · www.mopub.com
Scroll 2021-05-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Brooklyn, New York · www.scroll.com
Reshuffle 2021-03-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California · www.reshuffle.com
Revue 2021-01-26 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.getrevue.co
Ueno.co 2021-01-06 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.ueno.co
Breaker, Inc. 2021-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.breaker.audio
Olabot, Inc. 2020-12-11 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.squadapp.io
Crossinstall, Inc. 2020-05-12 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.crossinstall.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 28 (76%) 558M (100%) 2 (100%) 1.1B (100%)
Software 5 (14%) - - -
Information Technology 2 (5%) - - -
Business Services 1 (3%) - - -
Media 1 (3%) - - -
Total 37 $558M 2 $1.1B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 32 518M 2 1.1B
  California 21 350M 2 1.1B
  New York 5 130M - -
  Massachusetts 2 38M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
United Kingdom 4 40M - -
India 1 - - -
Domestic 32 (86%) 518M (93%) 2 (100%) 1.1B (100%)
Cross-border 5 (14%) 40M (7%) - -
Total 37 $558M 2 $1.1B

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $350M
< $100M 4 $208M
TOTAL $558M
Largest MoPub
$350M (2013-09-09)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.1B
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest MoPub
$1.1B (2021-10-06)

M&A Connections

Deals
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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