M&A Deal Summary

Google Acquires Flutter

On October 2, 2013, Google acquired software company Flutter for 40M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Google’s 53rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Google’s 39th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Google’s 100th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Google’s 63rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-10-02
Target Flutter
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Google
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 40M USD

Target

Flutter

San Francisco, California, United States
Flutter, Inc. focused on developing a hand gesture interface.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Google

Mountain View, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees190,234
Revenue 350.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.

Google is a global provider of search and advertising services. In addition to its search engine, Google offers online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Google Apps, Google Maps, and YouTube. Google was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Mountain View, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 127 of 225
Sector: Software M&A 53 of 76
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 122 of 217
State: California M&A 63 of 115
Country: United States M&A 100 of 177
Year: 2013 M&A 9 of 18
Size (of disclosed) 39 of 57
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-16 Bump Technologies

Mountain View, California, United States

Bump Technologies, Inc. provides sharing of contacts, pics and etc., by tapping phones.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-22 FlexyCore SAS

Rennes, France

FlexyCore, the company behind DroidBooster and other tools used to improve performance on Android devices for users, OEMs, and carriers.

Buy $23M